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Monday - Sibelius's Third Symphony from Switzerland

Ian Skelly introduces an afternoon of performances from across Europe, including music by Grieg, Holst, Rehnqvist and Wagner, and Sibelius's Third Symphony from Switzerland.

Ian Skelly introduces an afternoon of performances from across Europe with a nod in the direction of monsters, myths and legends, including music by Grieg, Holst, Rehnqvist and Wagner and a performance at 3pm of Sibelius's Third Symphony from the Gion Antoni Derungs Festival in Switzerland.

Including:

Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No 1
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Grant Llewellyn (conductor)

Karin Rehnqvist: Jag lyfter Mina händer (I Raise My Hands)
Eero Palvainen, theorbo
Bjorn Gafert, organ
Daniel Holst, cello
Eric Ericsson Chamber Choir
Grete Pedersen (conductor)

Gustav Holst: The Perfect Fool -Ballet Music
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis (conductor)

James MacMillan: O chi mi na morbheanna (The Mist Covered Mountains of Home)
The King Singers

3.00
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No 3 in C Op52
Orchestra della Svizzera italiana
Philippe Bach (conductor)

Alfonso Ferrabosco: Pavan On Four Notes
William Lawes: Almaine in D minor
Richard Dering: Fantasia in A minor
L’Acheron

George Enescu: 'Pavane' from Suite No 2 in D Op10
Daria Parkhomenko (piano)

William Alwyn: Lyra Angelica for harp and string orchestra
Osian Ellis (harp)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
William Alwyn (conductor)

2 hours, 31 minutes

Last on

Mon 23 Jan 2023 14:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Howard Shore

    The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring "The Ring Goes South"

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Choir: London Voices. Conductor: Howard Shore.
    • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Original Motion Picture Sound.
    • Reprise.
    • 11.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt Suite No.1 (Op.46)

    Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Grant Llewellyn.
    • GBBBC.

  • Karin Rehnqvist

    Jag lyfter mina händer

    Performer: Eero Palviainen. Performer: Björn Gäfvert. Performer: Daniel Holst. Author: Jakob Arrhenius. Choir: Eric Ericsons Kammarkör. Conductor: Grete Pedersen.

  • Gustav Holst

    The Perfect fool

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.

  • Richard Wagner

    Siegfried: Forest Murmurs

    Conductor: Philippe Jordan. Orchestra: National Theater Opera Orchestra of Paris.
    • Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - Symphonic Excerpts.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 4.

  • Trad.

    Dialogue in Song

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Dragon Songs.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 07.

  • James McMillan

    O, chì mì na mòrbheanna

    Ensemble: The King’s Singers.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No. 3 in C, op. 52

    Orchestra: Orchestra della Svizzera italiana. Conductor: Philippe Bach.

  • Alfonso Ferrabosco

    Four Notes Pavan

    Performer: L’Achéron. Performer: Liam Byrne. Performer: Marie-Suzanne de Loye. Performer: Aude-Marie Piloz. Performer: Robert Smith. Performer: Sarah Van Oudenhove. Performer: Yoann Moulin. Performer: Pierre Gallon. Performer: François Joubert-Caillet.

  • William Lawes

    Almaine in D Minor

    Performer: L’Achéron. Performer: Liam Byrne. Performer: Marie-Suzanne de Loye. Performer: Aude-Marie Piloz. Performer: Robert Smith. Performer: Sarah Van Oudenhove. Performer: Yoann Moulin. Performer: Pierre Gallon. Performer: François Joubert-Caillet.

  • Richard Dering

    Fantasia in A minor_Dering

    Performer: L’Achéron. Performer: Liam Byrne. Performer: Marie-Suzanne de Loye. Performer: Aude-Marie Piloz. Performer: Robert Smith. Performer: Sarah Van Oudenhove. Performer: Yoann Moulin. Performer: Pierre Gallon. Performer: François Joubert-Caillet.

  • George Enescu

    Pavane, from 'Piano Suite No. 2 in D, op. 10

    Performer: Daria Parkhomenko.

  • Edwin Lemare

    The Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walküre)

    Composer: Richard Wagner. Performer: Thomas Trotter.
    • Organ Transcriptions - Wagner, Suppe etc..
    • Decca.
    • 11.

  • William Alwyn

    Lyra Angelica' Concerto for Harp and String Orchestra - Mvt. 1: Adagio

    Performer: Osian Ellis. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: William Alwyn.
    • Alwyn Conducts Alwyn.
    • Lyrita.

  • William Alwyn

    Lyra Angelica' Concerto for Harp and String Orchestra - Mvt. 2: Adagio ma troppo

    Performer: Osian Ellis. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: William Alwyn.
    • Alwyn Conducts Alwyn.
    • Lyrita.

  • William Alwyn

    Lyra Angelica' Concerto for Harp and String Orchestra - Mvt. 3: Moderato

    Performer: Osian Ellis. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: William Alwyn.
    • Alwyn Conducts Alwyn.
    • Lyrita.

  • William Alwyn

    Lyra Angelica' Concerto for Harp and String Orchestra - Mvt. 4: Allegro jubiloso

    Performer: Osian Ellis. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: William Alwyn.
    • Alwyn Conducts Alwyn.
    • Lyrita.

Broadcast

  • Mon 23 Jan 2023 14:00
    BBC Radio 3