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Orchestral John Adams from Paris and Gershwin for trumpet in Belfast

Tom McKinney showcases live recordings by performing groups from around the globe, with John Adams's Harmonielehre from Paris and Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue from Belfast.

Tom McKinney showcases the best performances by BBC orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.

Today the French National Orchestra play John Adams's Harmonielehre, an orchestral piece written inspired by a dream which ended his writer's block.

Plus performances from this year's Belfast Music Society International Festival of Chamber Music by former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists, trumpeter Simon Höfele and pianist Elisabeth Brauss.

Leonard Bernstein
Candide (Overture)
French National Orchestra
Pierre Bleuse (conductor)

Alexander Arutunian
Aria and Scherzo
Simon Höfele (trumpet)
Elisabeth Brauss (piano)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Concerto No 4 in E flat major, K 495
Tim Thorpe (horn)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Grant Llewellyn (conductor)

Paul Dukas
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Lionel Bringuier (conductor)

George Gershwin arr Timofei Dokschitzer
Rhapsody in Blue arr for trumpet and piano
Simon Höfele (trumpet)
Elisabeth Brauss (piano)

Ina Boyle
Psalm for cello and orchestra
Nadège Rochat (cello)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Ronald Corp (conductor)

Hugo Wolf
4 songs from Goethe-Lieder: Gleich und Gleich; Ganymed; Blumengruss; Kennst du das Land
Ailish Tynan (soprano)
James Baillieu (piano)

John Adams
Harmonielehre
French National Orchestra
Pierre Bleuse (conductor)

Ludwig van Beethoven
Für Elise (Bagatelle in A minor)
Boris Giltburg (piano)

2 hours, 58 minutes

Music Played

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Overture to 'Candide'

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Pierre Bleuse.
  • Alexander Arutiunian

    Aria and scherzo

    Performer: Simon Höfele. Performer: Elisabeth Brauss.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No 4 in E flat major, K 495

    Performer: Tim Thorpe. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Grant Llewellyn.
  • Margaret Bonds

    Spiritual Suite: iii. Troubled Water

    Performer: William Chapman Nyaho.
    • Senku - Piano Music by Composers of African Descent, Vol. 1.
    • MSR Classics.
    • 9.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in A minor RV 356, Op 3 No 6

    Performer: Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Ensemble: Le Consort.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Paul Dukas

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Lionel Bringuier.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite, Op 40 (Gavotte; Musette)

    Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Hanssler.
  • George Gershwin

    Rhapsody in Blue (arr. Dokschitzer)

    Performer: Simon Höfele. Performer: Elisabeth Brauss.
  • Ina Boyle

    Psalm

    Performer: Nadège Rochat. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • DUTTON EPOCH.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Air and variations 'The Harmonious Blacksmith' (Suite in E major HWV.430)

    Performer: Red Priest.
    • Red Priest Records.
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Ego sum panis vivus qui

    Choir: The Sixteen. Director: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Lute Suite in E minor BWV.996 (Allemande)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • DELPHIAN.
  • Hugo Wolf

    4 songs from Goethe-Lieder

    Performer: James Baillieu. Singer: Ailish Tynan.
  • John Adams

    Harmonielehre (1984-1985)

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Pierre Bleuse.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Für Elise

    • Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise".
    • Naxos.
    • 101.
  • Ilan Eshkeri

    The Way of the Ghost

    • Ghost of Tsushima (Music from the Video Game).
    • Masterworks.
    • 1.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Mazurek in E minor Op.49

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Dvorak: Violin Concerto; Romance; Mazurek; Humoresque.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.

Broadcast

  • Thu 11 Apr 2024 13:00