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What's on the programme?

Tom Service explores the art of concert programming.

Who decides what goes into a classical music concert? What music will there be? What constraints are there on what can be played? And how have ideas about concerts changed over the years, from Beethoven's four-hour marathons to today's immersive experiences?

With Tom Service and the violinist, composer and music director Rakhi Singh.

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29 minutes

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Sun 9 Jul 2023 17:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no. 5 in C minor, 3rd & 4th movements Op.67

    Conductor: Charles Mackerras. Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
    • HYPERION.
    • CDS 443015.

  • Lalo Schifrin

    Mission Impossible

    Performer: Ensemble Triptikh.
    • Ad Vitam Records.
    • AV200615D.

  • Paul Clark

    Interlude

    Performer: Manchester Collective.
    • Bedroom Community.
    • HVALREKI19.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no. 29 in A major K.201: 1st mvt; Allegro moderato

    Conductor: Charles Mackerras. Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
    • LINN.
    • CKD350.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Saul, Act 3: Dead March

    Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Performer: English Baroque Soloists.
    • PHILIPS.
    • 426-265-2.

  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Ruslan i Lyudmila - Overture

    Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen. Performer: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Philips.
    • 412552-2.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Concerto in E minor Op.64 for violin and orchestra

    Conductor: Paavo Järvi. Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Performer: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Ondine.
    • ODE1195-2.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony no. 3 in F major Op.90

    Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Performer: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 4356832.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no. 5 in C minor Op.67

    Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth. Performer: Les Siècles.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 902423DI.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no. 6 in F major Op.68 (Pastoral)

    Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington. Performer: London Classical Players.
    • VIRGIN.
    • 5624892.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Fantasia in C minor Op.80 for piano, chorus and orchestra

    Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado. Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout. Performer: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Performer: Zürcher Sing-Akademie.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 90243132DI.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Concerto no. 4 in G major Op.58 for piano and orchestra

    Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado. Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout. Performer: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • HMM902413.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ah! perfido - scena and aria Op.65 for soprano and orchestra

    Performer: Camilla Tilling. Performer: Paul McCreesh. Performer: Gabrieli Consort.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 4779176.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mass in C Major, Op. 86: II. Gloria

    Conductor: Mariss Jansons. Performer: Bavarian Radio Symphony Choir. Performer: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • BR KLASSIK.
    • 900170.

  • Paul Clark

    Interlude

    Performer: Manchester Collective.
    • Bedroom Community.
    • HVALREKI19.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    First Day of Summer

    Performer: Manchester Collective.
    • Bedroom Community.
    • HVALREKI19.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    First Day of Summer

    Performer: Manchester Collective.
    • Bedroom Community.
    • HVALREKI19.

  • Gyorgy Ligeti

    Métamorphoses Nocturnes: First Vignette

    Performer: Manchester Collective.
    • Bedroom Community.
    • HVALREKI19.

  • Franz Liszt

    (Gounod) Waltz from 'Faust' S.407, transc. for piano

    Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.
    • DAL SEGNO.
    • DSPRCD061.

  • Johann Strauss

    Brünner National-Garde-Marsch, Op.231

    Conductor: Werner Hackl. Performer: Bläserensemble Des Niederösterreichischen.
    • DIVERTIMENTO.
    • LC7397.

  • Richard Wagner

    Tristan und Isolde - opera in 3 acts

    Performer: Uri Caine Ensemble.
    • WINTER AND WINTER.
    • 9100132.

  • Henry Wood

    Fantasia on British sea songs

    Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Performer: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Philips.
    • 4541722.

  • Frank Martin

    Polyptique for violin and 2 string orchestras

    Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Performer: Camerata Bern.
    • ALPHA.
    • ALPHA545.

Broadcast

  • Sun 9 Jul 2023 17:00
    BBC Radio 3

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