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Into the Forest

Weir's Forest with the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra, and music by Grieg, Rachmaninov and Nielsen with the Ulster Orchestra - all part of Radio 3's Into the Forest season.

Presented by Kate Molleson

Forest by Judith Weir opens today's programme, appropriately, as part of our Into the Forest season - a year-long theme for Radio 3, exploring the enduring and magical influence of the woods on music and the arts. It's performed by the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra, under conductor Martyn Brabbins. Then we turn to a concert given recently by the Ulster Orchestra, under Eivind Gullberg Jensen, with Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1, by Edvard Grieg, featuring the incidental music he wrote for a play by Ibsen in which nature, including forests and mountains, play a crucial role. The concert is followed by Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini, with Simon Trpceski as soloist, finishing with Carl Nielsen's powerful and enigmatic Symphony No. 5.

Weir: Forest

麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins, conductor

Grieg: Peer Gynt - Suite No. 1, Op.46
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, for piano and orchestra, Op. 43
Nielsen: Symphony No. 5, Op. 50

Ulster Orchestra
Simon Trpceski, piano
Eivind Gullberg Jensen, conductor

1 hour, 30 minutes

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Wed 17 Oct 2018 14:00
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Judith Weir

    Forest

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini Op.43 for piano and orchestra

    Performer: Simon Trpceski. Conductor: Eivind Gullberg Jensen. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra.

  • Carl Nielsen

    Symphony no. 5 Op.50

    Conductor: Eivind Gullberg Jensen. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra.

  • Arnold Bax

    The Happy Forest

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Made In Britain.
    • Avie.
    • 5.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane de la belle au bois dormant (Ma m猫re l'oye)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Antonio Pedrotti.
    • SUPRAPHON SU 4199-2.
    • Supraphon.
    • 13.

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  • Wed 17 Oct 2018 14:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3

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