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Schoenberg's Gurrelieder

Simon Rattle conducts the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, a starry international cast and massed choirs in a performance of Schoenberg's early 20th-century epic, Gurrelieder.

Ahead of Simon Rattle and Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra's visit to the 麻豆社 Proms this September, a chance to hear their acclaimed performance of an early 20th-century epic, recorded at the Isarphilharmonie, Munich, in April this year.

Appointed chief conductor of the celebrated BRSO at the beginning of the 2023/2024 season, Rattle chose to go big for this, the orchestra's 75th anniversary gala concert.

Schoenberg's Gurrelieder, gigantic, richly romantic and lyrical, takes its audience on a journey into a unique and all-embracing sound landscape. It's based on an ancient Danish saga of illicit love, jealousy and murder, set at the castle of Gurre in north Zealand.

Tonight鈥檚 performance features an international, all-star vocal line-up and massed choral forces, as well a colossal orchestra with a gargantuan percussion section (with exotica such as 'large iron chains' and a ratchet), ten horns, seven trombones, 25 wind players and nearly 70 string players, including four harps.

Introduced by Ian Skelly.

Schoenberg: Gurrelieder

Simon O'Neill (tenor, Waldemar)
Dorothea Roschmann (soprano, Tove)
Jamie Barton (mezzo-soprano, Waldtaube)
Josef Wagner (baritone, Bauer)
Peter Hoare (tenor, Klaus-Narr)
Thomas Quasthoff (narrator)
Bavarian Radio Chorus
MDR Radio Chorus, Leipzig
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle (condcutor)

2 hours, 14 minutes

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Wed 12 Jun 2024 19:30
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Gurrelieder

    Singer: Simon O鈥橬eill. Singer: Dorothea R枚schmann. Singer: Jamie Barton. Singer: Josef Wagner. Singer: Peter Hoare. Narrator: Thomas Quasthoff. Choir: MDR Radio Chorus. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Cello Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102 No. 2: I. Allegro con brio

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Performer: Inon Barnatan.
    • Beethoven: Cello Sonatas.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 6.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Cello Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102 No. 2: II. Adagio con molto sentimento d'affetto

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Performer: Inon Barnatan.
    • Beethoven: Cello Sonatas.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 7.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Cello Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102 No. 2: III. Allegro

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Performer: Inon Barnatan.
    • Beethoven: Cello Sonatas.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 8.

Broadcast

  • Wed 12 Jun 2024 19:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3