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Thursday - David Matthews at 80

Penny Gore joins composer David Matthews and the BBC Philharmonic, celebrating the composer's 80th birthday with live music making in Salford.

Penny Gore hosts an afternoon of live music making celebrating David Matthews's 80th birthday. Live in Salford, John Storgards conducts the BBC Philharmonic and baritone Marcus Farnsworth in a selection of works written and chosen by David Matthews, including his Concerto for orchestra and arrangements of Schubert songs.

Also today, the BBC Philharmonic in recordings of music by Stravinsky and Vivaldi, plus more 18th-century chamber music from Collegium Marianum.

Including:

Stravinsky: Greeting Prelude
BBC Philharmonic
Andrew Davis (conductor)

J.S. Bach: Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E flat, BWV998
Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)

2.30
BBC Philharmonic LIVE - David Matthews at 80

David Matthews: Concerto for orchestra
Schubert (orch. Max Reger): Prometheus
Schubert (arr. Johannes Brahms) An Schwager Kronos
Schubert (orch. Max Reger): Erlkonig
David Matthews: Nachtgesang Op 133
Schubert (arr. Max Reger): Gesange des Harfnes I-III

Marcus Farnsworth (baritone)
BBC Philharmonic
John Storgards (conductor)

Blockwitz/Quantz: Suite Imaginaire in E minor
Johann Friedrich Fasch: Quartet in D FaWV N:d1
Collegium Marianum

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons - "Autumn"
BBC Phiharmonic
Jack Liebeck (violin/director)

Stravinsky: Symphony in C
BBC Philharmonic
Andrew Davis (conductor)

3 hours, 1 minute

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Thu 9 Mar 2023 14:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Greeting prelude for orchestra

    Performer: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Andrew Davis.

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet in D Minor, D. 810 "Death and the Maiden" (Arr. G. Mahler for Orc

    Conductor: Heinz Rögner. Orchestra: MDR Sinfonieorchester.
    • Beethoven, Schubert & Others: Orchestral Works (Live).
    • Genuin.
    • 201.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude, fugue and allegro in E flat major, BWV 998

    Performer: Mahan Esfahani.

  • Franz Schubert

    Gesange des Harfnes

    Singer: Marcus Farnsworth. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storgårds.

  • David Matthews

    Nachtgesange

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Singer: Marcus Farnsworth. Conductor: John Storgårds.

  • Franz Schubert

    Prometheus

    Orchestrator: Max Reger. Singer: Marcus Farnsworth. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storgårds.

  • Franz Schubert

    An Schwager Kronos

    Music Arranger: Johannes Brahms. Singer: Marcus Farnsworth. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storgårds. Conductor: John Storgårds.

  • Franz Schubert

    Erlkönig

    Singer: Marcus Farnsworth. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storgårds.

  • Johann Martin Blockwitz

    Suite imaginaire in E minor

    Composer: Johann Joachim Quantz. Ensemble: Collegium Marianum. Director: Jana Semerádová.

  • Johann Friedrich Fasch

    Quartet in D, FaWV N:d1

    Ensemble: Collegium Marianum. Director: Jana Semerádová.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Overture in E minor, Op.23

    Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Johannes Goritzki.
    • Louise Farrenc: Symphony no.2, Overtures.
    • CPO.
    • 5.

  • Claude Debussy

    Hommage à Rameau (Images - set 1)

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Debussy – Rameau.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 28.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Symphony in C

    Performer: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Andrew Davis.

Broadcast

  • Thu 9 Mar 2023 14:00
    BBC Radio 3