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Ulster Orchestra: Kodaly, Britten, Stravinsky

Gergely Madras conducts the Ulster Orchestra, with Kodaly's Variations on a Hungarian Folksong, Britten's Piano Concerto with soloist Steven Osborne and Stravinsky's The Firebird.

Hungarian conductor Gergely Madras conducts the Ulster Orchestra in a concert featuring the music of another Hungarian, Zoltan Kodaly. His Variations on a Hungarian Folksong, or "Peacock Variations", was commissioned by the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam to celebrate their 50th anniversary and premiered on the 23rd November 1939. Benjamin Britten only wrote one piano concerto, completed in 1938 but then revised in 1945. The piece was premiered by the composer himself as soloist on 3rd August 1938 with Sir Henry Wood conducting the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra as part of the 麻豆社 Proms.

Completing the programme is Stravinsky's glorious ballet The Firebird, which premiered in Paris on 25th June 1910. The work has been popular with audiences ever since and marked the beginning of the collaboration between the composer and Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes.

Kodaly: Variations on a Hungarian Folksong (The Peacock)
Britten: Piano Concerto
Stravinsky: The Firebird

Steven Osborne (piano)
Ulster Orchestra
Gergely Madras (conductor).

2 hours, 28 minutes

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Wed 18 Oct 2017 19:30
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music and featured items

  • Part 1

    Duration: 01:17:58

  • Zolt谩n Kod谩ly

    Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song (The Peacock)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Gergely Madaras.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Piano Concerto, Op 13

    Performer: Steven Osborne. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Gergely Madaras.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Oiseaux Tristes from Miroirs (encore)

    Performer: Steven Osborne.

  • Interval

    Duration: 19:55

  • Part 2

    Duration: 35:08

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird (1945 version)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Gergely Madaras.

  • Post-concert

    Duration: 19:58

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ich ruf zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639

    Performer: Nelson Freire. Music Arranger: Ferruccio Busoni.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Komm, Gott Sch枚pfer, heiliger Geist, BWV 667

    Performer: Nelson Freire. Music Arranger: Ferruccio Busoni.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jesu, Joy of man's desiring

    Performer: Nelson Freire. Music Arranger: Myra Hess.

  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    3 movements from La Prole do Beb茅 no 1 (Branquinha, A pobrezinha, Morenhina)

    Performer: Nelson Freire.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz in D flat major, Op 64 No 1, 'Minute'

    Performer: Arthur Rubinstein.
    • RCA.

Broadcast

  • Wed 18 Oct 2017 19:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3