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Beethoven's 'Eroica' Symphony, from Gateshead

Dinis Sousa conducts the Royal Northern Sinfonia in Beethoven鈥檚 groundbreaking Symphony No 3 鈥楨roica鈥�; Isata Kanneh-Mason joins them as soloist in Clara Schumann鈥檚 Piano Concerto.

Dinis Sousa conducts the Royal Northern Sinfonia in Beethoven鈥檚 groundbreaking Symphony No 3 鈥楨roica鈥� (1803-4) 鈥� one of the greatest turning-points in the history of music. Several decades later, Robert Schumann was working on sketches for an opera based on Shakespeare's Hamlet. He abandoned the project but used the sketches to compose two movements of a symphony in G minor, the first of which was performed by the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in 1832. Just three years later, the same orchestra (conducted by Mendelssohn), gave the premiere of a piano concerto by Robert鈥檚 wife, Clara Schumann, who was also the solo pianist in that first performance.

Recorded at The Glasshouse, Gateshead
Presented by Linton Stephens

Robert Schumann: Symphony in G minor 'Zwickau'
Clara Schumann: Piano Concerto

c. 20:15
Interval

Beethoven: Symphony No 3 鈥楨roica鈥�

Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano)
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Dinis Sousa (conductor)

2 hours, 14 minutes

Last on

Wed 1 May 2024 19:30
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony in G minor

    Ensemble: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Dinis Sousa.

  • Clara Schumann

    Concerto in A minor Op.7 for piano and orchestra

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason. Ensemble: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Dinis Sousa.

  • Charles Avison

    Concerto in 4 parts for strings and continuo in F major Op.9 No.10

    Ensemble: Avison Ensemble.
    • Divine Art.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no. 3 in E flat major Op.55 (Eroica)

    Ensemble: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Dinis Sousa.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Sonata for 4 Hands, FP 8: I Pr茅lude. Mod茅r茅

    Performer: Steven Osborne. Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • French Duets - Faur茅: Dolly Suite; Ravel, Debussy, Poulenc etc..
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Sonata for 4 Hands, FP 8: II. Rustique. Na茂f et lent

    Performer: Paul Lewis. Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • French Duets - Faur茅: Dolly Suite; Ravel, Debussy, Poulenc etc..
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Sonata for 4 Hands, FP 8: III. Final. Tr猫s vite

    Performer: Paul Lewis. Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • French Duets - Faur茅: Dolly Suite; Ravel, Debussy, Poulenc etc..
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Clarinet Sonata

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Francis Poulenc

    L'embarquement pour Cyth猫re

    Performer: Katia Lab猫que. Performer: Marielle Lab猫que.
    • Philips.

Broadcast

  • Wed 1 May 2024 19:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3