A musical journey from Edinburgh to Italy: Seong-Jin Cho plays Liszt
Linton Stephens showcases exclusive performances from the UK and beyond, including pianist Seong-Jin Cho transporting us to Italy in music by Liszt, recorded this year in Edinburgh
Linton Stephens showcases excluisve recordings by 麻豆社 orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.
The week on Classical Live is all about musical journeys, and we start with a big one: the complete second suite from Liszt鈥檚 Years of Pilgrimage, transporting us to Italy through the composer鈥檚 responses to the art, music and literature he experienced on his travels there. Our guide on this epic solo piano voyage is South Korean pianist Seong-Jin Cho, who performed the complete suite in recital at this summer鈥檚 Edinburgh International Festival. Also from the Queen鈥檚 Hall in Edinburgh, we hear current 麻豆社 Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Kleio Quartet performing music by Britten; and we鈥檝e another current member of the flagship scheme - mezzo soprano Niamh O鈥橲ullivan - singing Vaughan Williams鈥檚 Songs of Travel in recital in Birmingham.
Our centrepiece today features more musical travelling, with Daniele Gatti conducting the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in orchestral excerpts from Wagner's G枚tterd盲mmerung 鈥� the climax of his monumental Ring Cycle of operas 鈥� including Siegfried鈥檚 Journey down the Rhine.
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Felix Mendelssohn
The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) 鈥� overture (Op.26)
麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox (conductor)
Franz Liszt
Years of Pilgrimage: Second Year - Italy
Seong-Jin Cho (piano)
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Benjamin Britten
3 Divertimenti for String Quartet
Kleio Quartet
Joseph Haydn
Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major
Andreas Brantelid (cello)
Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Andrew Manze (conductor)
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Songs of Travel (selection)
Niamh O鈥橲ullivan (mezzo soprano)
Gary Beecher (piano)
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Richard Wagner
G枚tterd盲mmerung (orchestral excerpts)
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Daniele Gatti (conductor)
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Felix Mendelssohn
The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) - overture (Op.26)
Ensemble: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- GB麻豆社.
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Franz Liszt
Years of Pilgrimage - 2nd Year: Italy
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Benjamin Britten
3 Divertimenti
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Joseph Haydn
Cello Concerto No. 1 in C
Performer: Andreas Brantelid. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze. -
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Songs of Travel (selection) - Live Birmingham Barber Concert Series
Performer: Gary Beecher. Singer: Niamh O'Sullivan. -
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Sir Stephen Hough
Valse 茅nigmatique no.1
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- Stephen Hough's English Piano Album.
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Richard Wagner
Orchestral excerpts from 'G枚tterd盲mmerung'
Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Daniele Gatti. -
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Georg Philipp Telemann
12 Fantasies Twv.40:2-13 ; No.10 In F Sharp Minor
Performer: Geneva Lewis. -
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Guillaume de Machaut
Ma fin est mon commencement
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Florence Price
Concert Overture No 1
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mike Seal.
Broadcast
- Mon 30 Dec 2024 13:00麻豆社 Radio 3