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Monday - Franck's Symphony in D

Cristian Macelaru conducts the French National Orchestra in Franck's Symphony in D. There's also music by Monteverdi, Chopin and Berlioz.

An afternoon of concert recordings from around Europe.

At 3pm, Cristian Macelaru conducts the French National Orchestra in Franck's great symphony, probably the Belgian composer's best-known work, in a recent recording from Paris. Also today, music by Rossi and Monteverdi from Les Arts Florissants, and soprano Veronique Gens is in Monte-Carlo to perform Berlioz' setting of six poems by Théophile Gautier, Les Nuits d'ete.

Presented by Penny Gore

Including:

Rossi : Sonata sopra l'aria di Ruggiero terzo libro
Les Arts Florissants
Paul Agnew, conductor

Scriabin: Etude in D sharp minor, Op.8/12
Daniil Trifonov, piano

Monteverdi: Excerpts from 'Selva morale e spirituale'
Les Arts Florissants
Paul Agnew, conductor

Chopin: Two Nocturnes; Berceuse
Emanuel Ax, piano

Schreker: Fantastic Overture
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky, conductor

3.00pm
Franck: Symphony in D minor, Op.48
French National Orchestra
Cristian Macelaru, conductor

Berlioz: Les Nuits d'ete, Op.7
Veronique Gens, soprano
Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
Kazuki Yamada, conductor

2 hours, 31 minutes

Last on

Mon 27 Feb 2023 14:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Salamone Rossi

    Sonata sopra l'aria di Ruggiero terzo libro

    Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: Paul Agnew.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Excerpts from 'Selva morale e spirituale'

    Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: Paul Agnew.

  • César Franck

    Symphony in D minor, op. 48

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Cristian Măcelaru.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne in F sharp, op. 15/2

    Performer: Emanuel Ax. Performer: Hannu Lintu. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne in F minor, op. 55/1

    Performer: Emanuel Ax. Performer: Hannu Lintu. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.

  • Franz Schreker

    Fantastic Overture (Op.15)

    Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
    • GBBBC.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Berceuse in D flat, op. 57

    Performer: Emanuel Ax. Performer: Hannu Lintu. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Te Deum, Op 22 (Christe Rex gloriae)

    Performer: Nicolas Kynaston. Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Choir: Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir.
    • Berlioz: Te Deum: Sir Colin Davis.
    • Philips.

  • Claude Debussy

    Ondine (Preludes - Book 2)

    Performer: Tom Borrow.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Les Nuits d'été, op. 7

    Singer: Véronique Gens. Orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada.

  • Richard Strauss

    Aus Italien Op.16 for orchestra (2nd movement - In Roms Ruinen)

    Orchestra: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Strauss: 3.
    • Hanssler Classic.
    • 11.

Broadcast

  • Mon 27 Feb 2023 14:00
    BBC Radio 3