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Highlights from 麻豆社 Young Musician and a celebration of Puccini from Italy

Linton Stephens showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, featuring highlights from 麻豆社 Young Musician and a celebration of Puccini from Italy

Linton Stephens showcases the best performances by 麻豆社 orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.

This week on Classical Live we are celebrating youth. To mark the centenary of Giacomo Puccini's death, the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai, conducted by Michele Gamba, performed a concert of infrequently heard works, written in the composers very early years. Additionally, there will be highlights from the 2024 麻豆社 Young Musician competition.

Plus, there is focus on Piano Trios from across Europe with Mendelssohn performed from Mozart Hall, Schwetzingen.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Trio in C K. 548
Antje Weithaas (Violin)
Marie Elisabeth Hecker (cello)
Martin Helmchen (piano)

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麻豆社 Young Musician 20024 - Semi Finals
Jacky Zhang (piano)

Giacomo Puccini
Intermezzo from 'Le Villi'
RAI National Symphony Orchestra
Michele Gamba (conductor)

Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor Op. 66
Antje Weithaas (violin)
Marie Elisabeth Hecker (cello)
Martin Helmchen (piano)

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麻豆社 Young Musician 2024 - Semi Finals
Hugo Svedberg (cello)
Rebecca Selley (piano)

Giacomo Puccini
Capriccio Sinfonico
RAI National Symphony Orchestra
Michele Gamba (conductor)

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Giacomo Puccini
Messe 脿 quattro voci
Teatro Regio Chorus
RAI National Symphony Orchestra
Michele Gamba (conductor)

2 hours, 58 minutes

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Trio No. 5 in C, K.548

    Performer: Antje Weithaas. Performer: Marie-Elisabeth Hecker. Performer: Martin Helmchen.
  • Nikolai Karlovich Medtner

    Two Fairy Tales Op. 20

    Performer: Jacky Zhang.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Le Villi: Prelude and La tregenda, intermezzo

    Orchestra: RAI National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michele Gamba.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Sonate champ锚tre

    Ensemble: Orsino Ensemble.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Cello Sonata in G minor Op.19 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • Decca.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66

    Performer: Antje Weithaas. Performer: Marie-Elisabeth Hecker. Performer: Martin Helmchen.
  • Robert Schumann

    YM Semi Final 5 Hugo Svedberg (cello)

    Composer: Harold Arlen. Performer: Hugo Svedberg. Performer: Rebecca Selley. Music Arranger: Tom Poster.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Capriccio sinfonico, SC 55

    Orchestra: RAI National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michele Gamba.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Piano Sonata in G major, Op 37 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Freddy Kempf.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Seasons / Grand Sonata.
    • BIS.
    • 004.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Messa a quattro voci

    Singer: Giulio Pelligra. Singer: Markus Werba. Choir: Teatro Regio Chorus, Turin. Director: Ulisse Trabacchin. Orchestra: RAI National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michele Gamba.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Concertante Quartet in C major, Op 15 No 3: second movement (Rondeau)

    Ensemble: Levare String Quartet.
  • Giuseppe Tartini

    Trumpet Concerto in D major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.
    • Italian Concertos; Alison Balsom, Scottish Ensemble.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 18.

Broadcast

  • Thu 17 Oct 2024 13:00