Desire, grief and hope
Leslie Suganandarajah conducts the BBC Philharmonic in Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony, 'Pathétique', and music by Mahler and Emilie Mayer.
Live from Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Presented by Tom McKinney
Leslie Suganandarajah joins the BBC Philharmonic for a programme that explores desire, grief and hope. We witness a pact with the devil in Emilie Mayer’s Faust Overture before mezzo-soprano Christa Mayer joins the orchestra for a performance of Gustav Mahler’s grief-stricken Kindertotenlieder. Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony, his last, (Pathétique) ends the programme, the fullest expression of a profoundly emotional man’s turbulence is shared with us through his music.
Mayer: Faust Overture
Mahler: Kindertotenlieder
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Music Interval CD
Tchaikovsky: Six pieces composed on one theme, Op.21
Peter Donohoe (piano)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 (Pathétique)
Christa Mayer (mezzo-soprano)
BBC Philharmonic
Leslie Suganandarajah
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Emilie Mayer
Faust Overture
Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leslie Suganandarajah. -
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Gustav Mahler
Kindertotelieder
Performer: Christa Mayer. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leslie Suganandarajah. -
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Six Pieces on a Single Theme Op.21
Performer: Peter Donohoe. -
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No.6 Pathetique
Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leslie Suganandarajah. -
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Giovanni Benedetto Platti
Cello Sonata No 7 in D major
Performer: Abel Selaocoe. Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Performer: Kadialy Kouyate. Performer: Fred Thomas.- Warner.
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Augusta Holmès
La vision de la reine
Performer: Morwenna Del Mar. Performer: Alison Martin. Performer: Annabel Thwaite. Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Hilary Campbell.
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- Wed 7 Dec 2022 19:30BBC Radio 3