1antimuzak
Tuesday 9th February 2021 (starting this evening)
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Nicola Benedetti plays Beethoven.
Best known as an excitingly unconventional violinist, Pekka Kuusisto takes up the baton for this all-Beethoven concert with the Philharmonia Orchestra. They're joined by one of Britain's best-loved violinists, the multi award-winning Nicola Benedetti in the Violin Concerto. As you might expect with Beethoven, he wrote a concerto on a hitherto unprecedented symphonic scale which has long been de rigueur in every violinist's repertoire and an audience favourite. The concert ends with Symphony No. 2. Although it comes from one of the most miserable times of a life which had more than its fair share of misery, it's among Beethoven's most exuberantly playful and joyous works. Recorded in November at the Royal Festival Hall and introduced by Martin Handley. Philharmonia Orchestra Nicola Benedetti (violin) Pekka Kuusisto (conductor).
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Nicola Benedetti plays Beethoven.
Best known as an excitingly unconventional violinist, Pekka Kuusisto takes up the baton for this all-Beethoven concert with the Philharmonia Orchestra. They're joined by one of Britain's best-loved violinists, the multi award-winning Nicola Benedetti in the Violin Concerto. As you might expect with Beethoven, he wrote a concerto on a hitherto unprecedented symphonic scale which has long been de rigueur in every violinist's repertoire and an audience favourite. The concert ends with Symphony No. 2. Although it comes from one of the most miserable times of a life which had more than its fair share of misery, it's among Beethoven's most exuberantly playful and joyous works. Recorded in November at the Royal Festival Hall and introduced by Martin Handley. Philharmonia Orchestra Nicola Benedetti (violin) Pekka Kuusisto (conductor).
2antimuzak
Tuesday 16th February 2021 (starting this evening)
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Chamber music from East Neuk.
Kate Molleson introduces a concert recorded at the 2019 East Neuk Festival, held in venues up and down the beautiful coastline of the Kingdom of Fife. The Bowhouse, just outside the picturesque harbour town of St Monans, was the venue for a concert featuring an all-star line-up of musicians and culminating in one of Brahms' greatest works of chamber music. Dvorak: String Quintet in E flat, Op 97. Pavel Haas Quartet, Krzysztof Chorzelski (viola). Schubert: Impromptu in G flat, D899 No 3. Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano). Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op 34. Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano), Belcea Quartet.
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Chamber music from East Neuk.
Kate Molleson introduces a concert recorded at the 2019 East Neuk Festival, held in venues up and down the beautiful coastline of the Kingdom of Fife. The Bowhouse, just outside the picturesque harbour town of St Monans, was the venue for a concert featuring an all-star line-up of musicians and culminating in one of Brahms' greatest works of chamber music. Dvorak: String Quintet in E flat, Op 97. Pavel Haas Quartet, Krzysztof Chorzelski (viola). Schubert: Impromptu in G flat, D899 No 3. Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano). Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op 34. Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano), Belcea Quartet.
3antimuzak
Monday 22nd February 2021 (starting this evening)
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Missa Solemnis - A Mount Everest of Music.
Jan Caeyers conducts Le Concert Olympique, the Arnold Schoenberg Chorus of Vienna and soloists in a performance of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, recorded in Antwerp, Belgium, in February 2018. Beethoven's sublime but fearsome mass is recreated by conductor and Beethoven scholar Jan Caeyer and Le Concert Olympique, a hand-picked ensemble of 45 instrumentalists drawn from the whole of Europe. They are joined by the Arnold Schoenberg Chorus of Vienna and a starry line-up of soloists at the Blue Hall. Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D, Op 123. Malin Hartelius (soprano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Steve Davislim (tenor), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (bass), Arnold Schoenberg Chorus, Le Concert Olympique, Jan Caeyers (conductor) c 8.45. Recordings from two of Radio 3's current New Generation Artists. Brahms: Six Pieces for piano, Op 118. Alexander Gadjiev (piano). Dvorak: String Quartet No 13 in G, Op 106. Aris String Quartet.
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Missa Solemnis - A Mount Everest of Music.
Jan Caeyers conducts Le Concert Olympique, the Arnold Schoenberg Chorus of Vienna and soloists in a performance of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, recorded in Antwerp, Belgium, in February 2018. Beethoven's sublime but fearsome mass is recreated by conductor and Beethoven scholar Jan Caeyer and Le Concert Olympique, a hand-picked ensemble of 45 instrumentalists drawn from the whole of Europe. They are joined by the Arnold Schoenberg Chorus of Vienna and a starry line-up of soloists at the Blue Hall. Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D, Op 123. Malin Hartelius (soprano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Steve Davislim (tenor), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (bass), Arnold Schoenberg Chorus, Le Concert Olympique, Jan Caeyers (conductor) c 8.45. Recordings from two of Radio 3's current New Generation Artists. Brahms: Six Pieces for piano, Op 118. Alexander Gadjiev (piano). Dvorak: String Quartet No 13 in G, Op 106. Aris String Quartet.
4antimuzak
Tuesday 9th March 2021 (starting this evening)
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Elena Urioste plays The Lark Ascending.
Principal Players of Aurora Orchestra and violinist Elena Urioste give the first concert of Kings Place's year-long London Unwrapped series celebrating London as musical melting pot. Also on the bill, two miniatures by living British composers: Anna Meredith's angular string quartet Music for Ravens and Thea Musgrave's optimistically titled Light at the End of the Tunnel for solo viola, written at the height of the 2020 pandemic. Recorded last month and introduced by Tom Service. Thea Musgrave: Light at the End of the Tunnel. Ravel: Introduction and Allegro. Anna Meredith: Music for Ravens. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending. Mendelssohn: Octet in E-flat, Op 20. Elena Urioste (violin), Principal Players of Aurora Orchestra.
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Elena Urioste plays The Lark Ascending.
Principal Players of Aurora Orchestra and violinist Elena Urioste give the first concert of Kings Place's year-long London Unwrapped series celebrating London as musical melting pot. Also on the bill, two miniatures by living British composers: Anna Meredith's angular string quartet Music for Ravens and Thea Musgrave's optimistically titled Light at the End of the Tunnel for solo viola, written at the height of the 2020 pandemic. Recorded last month and introduced by Tom Service. Thea Musgrave: Light at the End of the Tunnel. Ravel: Introduction and Allegro. Anna Meredith: Music for Ravens. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending. Mendelssohn: Octet in E-flat, Op 20. Elena Urioste (violin), Principal Players of Aurora Orchestra.
5antimuzak
Friday 9th April 2021 (starting this evening)
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Simon Rattle conducts the LSO.
Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra perform a strings concert with and for freelance musicians, celebrating the vital role freelancers play in Britain's musical life and drawing attention to the impact the last year of pandemic has had on the freelance profession. Government restrictions have reduced the number of concerts and necessitated smaller numbers of socially distanced musicians on stage, so this configuration of the Orchestra made up of 40 LSO members and 30 freelance 'extras' symbolises both a commitment to freelancers and a hope for a better future. The concert marks the first time a large number of extras have played with the LSO since March 2020. The commitment to freelancers is at the foundation of the LSO, formed over a century ago by a renegade group of musicians whose freelance status in the Queen's Hall Orchestra was threatened: to this day, the LSO is a collective of freelance musicians. The concert, recorded last month at LSO St Luke's and introduced by Martin Handley, includes two 20th-century classics of the string repertoire, Barber's moving Adagio and Vaughan William's other-worldly, ecstatic Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis. Grieg: Holberg Suite (Prelude). Puccini: Crisantemi. Barber: Adagio. Herrmann: Psycho (Suite from the film). Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis. London Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle (conductor).
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Simon Rattle conducts the LSO.
Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra perform a strings concert with and for freelance musicians, celebrating the vital role freelancers play in Britain's musical life and drawing attention to the impact the last year of pandemic has had on the freelance profession. Government restrictions have reduced the number of concerts and necessitated smaller numbers of socially distanced musicians on stage, so this configuration of the Orchestra made up of 40 LSO members and 30 freelance 'extras' symbolises both a commitment to freelancers and a hope for a better future. The concert marks the first time a large number of extras have played with the LSO since March 2020. The commitment to freelancers is at the foundation of the LSO, formed over a century ago by a renegade group of musicians whose freelance status in the Queen's Hall Orchestra was threatened: to this day, the LSO is a collective of freelance musicians. The concert, recorded last month at LSO St Luke's and introduced by Martin Handley, includes two 20th-century classics of the string repertoire, Barber's moving Adagio and Vaughan William's other-worldly, ecstatic Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis. Grieg: Holberg Suite (Prelude). Puccini: Crisantemi. Barber: Adagio. Herrmann: Psycho (Suite from the film). Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis. London Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle (conductor).
6antimuzak
Monday 19th April 2021 (starting this evening)
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
A 2014 performance from Amsterdam, with Mariss Jansons conducting the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Beethoven's Piano Concerto No1 in C and Bruckner's Symphony No 9 in D minor. The great Latvian-born conductor enjoyed a decade as the orchestra's chief chief conductor and he is heard here in one of the great Romantic works for which he was held in such high regard. He brings a luminous grandeur to Anton Bruckner's Ninth Symphony, which ends with one of the most poignant adagios in all music. The concert opens with Lars Vogt playing Beethoven in classical mode: all grace and charm and this famous orchestra matches his every move. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 1 in C, Op 15; Bruckner: Symphony No 9 in D minor. Lars Vogt (piano), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (conductor).
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
A 2014 performance from Amsterdam, with Mariss Jansons conducting the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Beethoven's Piano Concerto No1 in C and Bruckner's Symphony No 9 in D minor. The great Latvian-born conductor enjoyed a decade as the orchestra's chief chief conductor and he is heard here in one of the great Romantic works for which he was held in such high regard. He brings a luminous grandeur to Anton Bruckner's Ninth Symphony, which ends with one of the most poignant adagios in all music. The concert opens with Lars Vogt playing Beethoven in classical mode: all grace and charm and this famous orchestra matches his every move. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 1 in C, Op 15; Bruckner: Symphony No 9 in D minor. Lars Vogt (piano), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (conductor).
7antimuzak
Wednesday 21st April 2021 (starting this evening)
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Steven Osborne 50th Birthday Concert.
In March, Steven Osborne, the acclaimed Scottish pianist with a worldwide reputation, celebrated his birthday in the company of a distinguished line-up of musical friends and two of his favourite composers. Recorded at Wigmore Hall and introduced by Kate Molleson. Schubert: The Shepherd on the Rock D965. Ailish Tynan (soprano), Jean Johnson (clarinet), Steven Osborne (piano). Fantasy in F minor D940. Steven Osborne & Paul Lewis (piano). Ravel: La vallée des cloches (Miroirs). Steven Osborne (piano). Piano Trio in A minor. Alina Ibragimova (violin), Bjørg Lewis (cello), Steven Osborne (piano).
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Steven Osborne 50th Birthday Concert.
In March, Steven Osborne, the acclaimed Scottish pianist with a worldwide reputation, celebrated his birthday in the company of a distinguished line-up of musical friends and two of his favourite composers. Recorded at Wigmore Hall and introduced by Kate Molleson. Schubert: The Shepherd on the Rock D965. Ailish Tynan (soprano), Jean Johnson (clarinet), Steven Osborne (piano). Fantasy in F minor D940. Steven Osborne & Paul Lewis (piano). Ravel: La vallée des cloches (Miroirs). Steven Osborne (piano). Piano Trio in A minor. Alina Ibragimova (violin), Bjørg Lewis (cello), Steven Osborne (piano).
8antimuzak
Tuesday 27th April 2021 (starting this evening)
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Simon Rattle conducts the LSO.
Simon Rattle and the LSO perform a special concert, including Barber's Adagio and Vaughan Williams's Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis. Grieg: Holberg Suite (Prelude). Puccini: Crisantemi. Barber: Adagio. Bernard Herrmann: Psycho (Suite from the film). Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis. London Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle (conductor). 8.40 Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27. A chance to hear Simon Rattle's latest recording with the LSO.
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Simon Rattle conducts the LSO.
Simon Rattle and the LSO perform a special concert, including Barber's Adagio and Vaughan Williams's Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis. Grieg: Holberg Suite (Prelude). Puccini: Crisantemi. Barber: Adagio. Bernard Herrmann: Psycho (Suite from the film). Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis. London Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle (conductor). 8.40 Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27. A chance to hear Simon Rattle's latest recording with the LSO.
9antimuzak
Thursday 29th April 2021 (starting this evening)
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Music by Berlioz, Haydn and Prokofiev performed by the Royal Northern Sinfonia. Berlioz: Les Nuits d'Ete. Haydn: Symphony No.6 "Le Matin". Boulanger: D'un Matin de Printemps. Prokofiev: Classical Symphony. Royal Northern Sinfonia, Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Dinis Sousa (conductor).
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Music by Berlioz, Haydn and Prokofiev performed by the Royal Northern Sinfonia. Berlioz: Les Nuits d'Ete. Haydn: Symphony No.6 "Le Matin". Boulanger: D'un Matin de Printemps. Prokofiev: Classical Symphony. Royal Northern Sinfonia, Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Dinis Sousa (conductor).
10antimuzak
Tuesday 4th May 2021 (starting this evening)
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Scotland Inspires.
Three composers reveal the power of Scotland's history, landscape,and folklore over them. BBC New Generation artist Timothy Ridout plays Sally Beamish's Viola Concerto No 3 'Under the Wing of the Rock", plus works by Peter Maxwell Davies and Mendelssohn. Presented by Martin Handley, recorded at the Barbican on 25 April 2021. Davies: An Orkney Wedding with Sunrise. Beamish: Viola Concerto No 3 'Under the Wing of the Rock". Interval. Music by Geraldine Mucha Mucha: Variations on an Old Scottish Song. Patricia Goodson (piano). Mucha: Epitaph in Memory of Ji?i Mucha. Vilém Veverka (oboe), Jan Machat (flute) Stamic Quartet. Part 2. Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3 in A 'Scottish". Timothy Ridout (viola), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Alpesh Chauhan (conductor).
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Scotland Inspires.
Three composers reveal the power of Scotland's history, landscape,and folklore over them. BBC New Generation artist Timothy Ridout plays Sally Beamish's Viola Concerto No 3 'Under the Wing of the Rock", plus works by Peter Maxwell Davies and Mendelssohn. Presented by Martin Handley, recorded at the Barbican on 25 April 2021. Davies: An Orkney Wedding with Sunrise. Beamish: Viola Concerto No 3 'Under the Wing of the Rock". Interval. Music by Geraldine Mucha Mucha: Variations on an Old Scottish Song. Patricia Goodson (piano). Mucha: Epitaph in Memory of Ji?i Mucha. Vilém Veverka (oboe), Jan Machat (flute) Stamic Quartet. Part 2. Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3 in A 'Scottish". Timothy Ridout (viola), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Alpesh Chauhan (conductor).
11antimuzak
Wednesday 5th May 2021 (starting this evening)
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Mahan Esfahani Plays Bach.
The acclaimed, award-wining harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani performs 24 mini-masterpieces by Bach, recorded last month at Wigmore Hall. JS Bach: The Well-tempered Clavier Book I. Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord).
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Mahan Esfahani Plays Bach.
The acclaimed, award-wining harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani performs 24 mini-masterpieces by Bach, recorded last month at Wigmore Hall. JS Bach: The Well-tempered Clavier Book I. Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord).
12antimuzak
Monday 17th May 2021 (starting this evening)
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Beatrice Rana Plays Mozart.
Fiona Talkington introduces a concert in which Italian pianist Beatrice Rana joins the Danish National Symphony Orchestra to perform Mozart's Jeunehomme concerto. The former Radio 3 New Generation Artist has won admirers across the globe for her glittering technique and insightful performances. Invited at short notice for this lockdown concert, she was delighted to play this concerto, which, with its wistful slow movement, she describes as music from a different realm, touched by genius. Strauss's charming music for a version of Molière's play Le bourgeois gentilhomme rounds off this concert given in March without an audience. Nielsen: Pan and Syrinx, Op 49. Mozart: Piano Concerto No 9 in E flat, K 271, Jeunehomme; R Strauss: Le Bourgeois gentilhomme - suite, Op 60. Beatrice Rana (piano), Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Luisi (conductor). Followed at approx 8.45 by Ravel's Miroirs in Beatrice Rana's new recording.
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Beatrice Rana Plays Mozart.
Fiona Talkington introduces a concert in which Italian pianist Beatrice Rana joins the Danish National Symphony Orchestra to perform Mozart's Jeunehomme concerto. The former Radio 3 New Generation Artist has won admirers across the globe for her glittering technique and insightful performances. Invited at short notice for this lockdown concert, she was delighted to play this concerto, which, with its wistful slow movement, she describes as music from a different realm, touched by genius. Strauss's charming music for a version of Molière's play Le bourgeois gentilhomme rounds off this concert given in March without an audience. Nielsen: Pan and Syrinx, Op 49. Mozart: Piano Concerto No 9 in E flat, K 271, Jeunehomme; R Strauss: Le Bourgeois gentilhomme - suite, Op 60. Beatrice Rana (piano), Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Fabio Luisi (conductor). Followed at approx 8.45 by Ravel's Miroirs in Beatrice Rana's new recording.
13antimuzak
Wednesday 2nd June 2021 (starting this evening)
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Mitsuko Uchida Plays Schubert.
As part of Wigmore Hall's 120th anniversary celebrations, internationally renowned pianist Mitsuko Uchida plays all eight of Schubert's impromptus, presented live by Sean Rafferty. Schubert:4 Impromptus D.899; 4 Impromptus D. 935. Mitsuko Uchida (piano).
(Live)
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Mitsuko Uchida Plays Schubert.
As part of Wigmore Hall's 120th anniversary celebrations, internationally renowned pianist Mitsuko Uchida plays all eight of Schubert's impromptus, presented live by Sean Rafferty. Schubert:4 Impromptus D.899; 4 Impromptus D. 935. Mitsuko Uchida (piano).
(Live)
14antimuzak
Wednesday 16th June 2021 (starting this evening)
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Nicola Benedetti and LSO play Mark Simpson and Tchaikovsky.
The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gianandrea Noseda perform two powerful works, beginning with a world premiere. Recorded at LSO St Luke's in April and presented by Martin Handley. Mark Simpson: Violin Concerto. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6, 'Pathétique'. Nicola Benedetti (violin), London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda, (conductor).
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Nicola Benedetti and LSO play Mark Simpson and Tchaikovsky.
The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gianandrea Noseda perform two powerful works, beginning with a world premiere. Recorded at LSO St Luke's in April and presented by Martin Handley. Mark Simpson: Violin Concerto. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 6, 'Pathétique'. Nicola Benedetti (violin), London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda, (conductor).
15antimuzak
Thursday 17th June 2021 (starting this evening)
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Song Prize Final, BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2021.
Andrew McGregor presents the nail-biting finale of 2021 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Song Prize, with guest contributor, soprano Rebecca Evans. Five of the world's most exciting young singers are through to the final of the Singer of the World lieder and art song competition. They'll be performing on stage at St David's Hall in Cardiff, for an expert jury chaired by Wigmore Hall's Artistic and Executive Director John Gilhooly. Expectations are high, there can only be one winner. Whoever secures the prestigious title follows in the footsteps of some of our finest recitalists, among them, Bryn Terfel, the first recipient of the Song Prize in 1989, sopranos Ailish Tynan and Elizabeth Watts, tenor, Andrew Kennedy and baritone Christopher Maltman, to name but a few.
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Song Prize Final, BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2021.
Andrew McGregor presents the nail-biting finale of 2021 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Song Prize, with guest contributor, soprano Rebecca Evans. Five of the world's most exciting young singers are through to the final of the Singer of the World lieder and art song competition. They'll be performing on stage at St David's Hall in Cardiff, for an expert jury chaired by Wigmore Hall's Artistic and Executive Director John Gilhooly. Expectations are high, there can only be one winner. Whoever secures the prestigious title follows in the footsteps of some of our finest recitalists, among them, Bryn Terfel, the first recipient of the Song Prize in 1989, sopranos Ailish Tynan and Elizabeth Watts, tenor, Andrew Kennedy and baritone Christopher Maltman, to name but a few.
16antimuzak
Monday 12th July 2021 (starting this evening)
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Herbert Blomstedt in Copehnagen.
Herbert Blomstedt conducts Berwald and Schubert. The legendary conductor, who recently turned 94, conducts music by two composers whose music is close to his heart. Franz Berwald's hugely original symphony, given its disastrous premiere in 1842, is a work he has long championed whilst his performances of Schubert's `Great" symphony go to the very heart of Schubert's creative genius. As Blomstedt says: `He composed as if he had some secret line to God himself." Berwald: Symphony No 1 in G minor, Sinfonie sérieuse. c.8.00 Interval music: Berwald's Piano Trio No 4 in C in a recording by Marieke Blankestijn (violin), Christopher Marks (cello) and Susan Tomes (piano). c.8.20 Schubert: Symphony No 9 in C, D 944, Great. Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt (conductor). Recorded at DR Concert House, Copenhagen, Denmark in April 2021.
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Herbert Blomstedt in Copehnagen.
Herbert Blomstedt conducts Berwald and Schubert. The legendary conductor, who recently turned 94, conducts music by two composers whose music is close to his heart. Franz Berwald's hugely original symphony, given its disastrous premiere in 1842, is a work he has long championed whilst his performances of Schubert's `Great" symphony go to the very heart of Schubert's creative genius. As Blomstedt says: `He composed as if he had some secret line to God himself." Berwald: Symphony No 1 in G minor, Sinfonie sérieuse. c.8.00 Interval music: Berwald's Piano Trio No 4 in C in a recording by Marieke Blankestijn (violin), Christopher Marks (cello) and Susan Tomes (piano). c.8.20 Schubert: Symphony No 9 in C, D 944, Great. Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt (conductor). Recorded at DR Concert House, Copenhagen, Denmark in April 2021.
17antimuzak
Tuesday 20th July 2021 (starting this evening)
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Visiting the UK: Claudio Abbado conducts the Lucerne Festival Orchestra.
From the Royal Festival Hall, London, Claudio Abbado conducts the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in music by Mozart and Bruckner. Hand-picked by Abbado himself, the orchestra comprises soloist and chamber musicians from around the world, along with 40 members of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Presented by Martin Handley. Mozart: Symphony No 35 in D (Haffner). 7.50 Interval Principal viola, Beatrice Muthelet talks about making music with Claudio Abbado. 8.05 Bruckner: Symphony No 5 in B flat. Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor). Followed by performances of music by Schumann and Mozart from pianist, Mitsuko Uchida, who appeared with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hal the previous evening.
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Visiting the UK: Claudio Abbado conducts the Lucerne Festival Orchestra.
From the Royal Festival Hall, London, Claudio Abbado conducts the Lucerne Festival Orchestra in music by Mozart and Bruckner. Hand-picked by Abbado himself, the orchestra comprises soloist and chamber musicians from around the world, along with 40 members of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Presented by Martin Handley. Mozart: Symphony No 35 in D (Haffner). 7.50 Interval Principal viola, Beatrice Muthelet talks about making music with Claudio Abbado. 8.05 Bruckner: Symphony No 5 in B flat. Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor). Followed by performances of music by Schumann and Mozart from pianist, Mitsuko Uchida, who appeared with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hal the previous evening.
18antimuzak
Friday 23rd July 2021 (starting this evening)
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Bach Collegium Japan: Bach B Minor Mass.
Hannah French presents a 2016 recital at London's Barbican Hall in which Bach Collegium Japan performs Bach's B Minor Mass. The group has built a worldwide reputation in Baroque sacred music and Bach's Mass is a suitably inspired opening to its first major UK residency. Bach: Mass in B minor (Part one). 8.30 Interval: Robin Blaze talks to Hannah French about working with Masaaki Suzuki and his Bach Collegium Japan. 8.40 Bach: Mass in B minor (Part Two). Bach Collegium Japan - Hana Blažíková, Joanne Lunn (sopranos), Robin Blaze (alto), Colin Balzer (tenor), Dominik Wörner (bass), Masaaki Suzuki (conductor).
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Bach Collegium Japan: Bach B Minor Mass.
Hannah French presents a 2016 recital at London's Barbican Hall in which Bach Collegium Japan performs Bach's B Minor Mass. The group has built a worldwide reputation in Baroque sacred music and Bach's Mass is a suitably inspired opening to its first major UK residency. Bach: Mass in B minor (Part one). 8.30 Interval: Robin Blaze talks to Hannah French about working with Masaaki Suzuki and his Bach Collegium Japan. 8.40 Bach: Mass in B minor (Part Two). Bach Collegium Japan - Hana Blažíková, Joanne Lunn (sopranos), Robin Blaze (alto), Colin Balzer (tenor), Dominik Wörner (bass), Masaaki Suzuki (conductor).
19antimuzak
Saturday 24th July 2021 (starting this evening)
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Visiting the UK: Ivan Fisher Conducts the Budapest Festival Orchestra.
Andrew McGregor presents a performance from the 2012 Edinburgh International Festival, with Ivan Fisher conducting the Budapest Festival Orchestra in music by Bartok, as well as Mahler's epic Fifth Symphony, made famous by Visconti's film Death in Venice. Joining them in Bartók's First Violin Concerto is Barnabas Kelemen. Original concert presentation by Donald MacLeod. Bartok: Hungarian Peasant Songs; Bartok: Violin Concerto No 1. Mahler: Symphony No 5. Barnabas Kelemen (violin), Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer (conductor).
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Visiting the UK: Ivan Fisher Conducts the Budapest Festival Orchestra.
Andrew McGregor presents a performance from the 2012 Edinburgh International Festival, with Ivan Fisher conducting the Budapest Festival Orchestra in music by Bartok, as well as Mahler's epic Fifth Symphony, made famous by Visconti's film Death in Venice. Joining them in Bartók's First Violin Concerto is Barnabas Kelemen. Original concert presentation by Donald MacLeod. Bartok: Hungarian Peasant Songs; Bartok: Violin Concerto No 1. Mahler: Symphony No 5. Barnabas Kelemen (violin), Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer (conductor).
20antimuzak
Sunday 25th July 2021 (starting this evening)
Time: 19:30 to 21:00 (1 hour and 30 minutes long)
Visiting the UK: Daniel Barenboim Conducts the Berlin Staatskapelle-.
Ian Skelly introduces a perfromance from 2012, with Daniel Barenboim conducting the Staatskapelle Berlin in Bruckner's Symphony No 8 (ed Haas) at London's Royal Festival Hall, presented originally by Martin Handley. For many, it's the greatest of all Bruckner's symphonies and the one with a slow movement which, when Barenboim heard it for the first time as a teenager, `absolutely tore my heart apart". The acclaimed performance was described by one critic as organic and animated and having an `idiomatic spontaneity that... was Bruckner to treasure." Bruckner: Symphony No 8 (vers. composite, ed. Haas). Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (conductor).
Time: 19:30 to 21:00 (1 hour and 30 minutes long)
Visiting the UK: Daniel Barenboim Conducts the Berlin Staatskapelle-.
Ian Skelly introduces a perfromance from 2012, with Daniel Barenboim conducting the Staatskapelle Berlin in Bruckner's Symphony No 8 (ed Haas) at London's Royal Festival Hall, presented originally by Martin Handley. For many, it's the greatest of all Bruckner's symphonies and the one with a slow movement which, when Barenboim heard it for the first time as a teenager, `absolutely tore my heart apart". The acclaimed performance was described by one critic as organic and animated and having an `idiomatic spontaneity that... was Bruckner to treasure." Bruckner: Symphony No 8 (vers. composite, ed. Haas). Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (conductor).
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Monday 26th July 2021 (starting this evening)
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Visiting the UK: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
Ian Skelly introduces a 2014 recital in which Bernard Haitink conducts the Chamber Orchestra of Europe in Berg, Schumann and Beethoven, originally presented from London's Barbican Hall by Martin Handley. They are joined by violinist Isabelle Faust for Berg's austere but beautiful violin concerto, a work with which she is particularly associated, and the concert begins with Schumann's heart-on-sleeve romanticism of the overture to Manfred, his tribute to Byron, and ends with the sunny radiance of Beethoven's Sixth Symphony, known as the Pastoral. Schumann: Overture to Manfred; Berg: Violin Concerto. 8.10 Interval: Bernard Haitink talks to Martin Handley and reflects on a 60-year career that has led him to direct orchestras and opera companies all over the world. 8.30 Beethoven: Symphony No 6 - Pastoral. Isabelle Faust (violin), Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Bernard Haitink (conductor).
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Visiting the UK: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
Ian Skelly introduces a 2014 recital in which Bernard Haitink conducts the Chamber Orchestra of Europe in Berg, Schumann and Beethoven, originally presented from London's Barbican Hall by Martin Handley. They are joined by violinist Isabelle Faust for Berg's austere but beautiful violin concerto, a work with which she is particularly associated, and the concert begins with Schumann's heart-on-sleeve romanticism of the overture to Manfred, his tribute to Byron, and ends with the sunny radiance of Beethoven's Sixth Symphony, known as the Pastoral. Schumann: Overture to Manfred; Berg: Violin Concerto. 8.10 Interval: Bernard Haitink talks to Martin Handley and reflects on a 60-year career that has led him to direct orchestras and opera companies all over the world. 8.30 Beethoven: Symphony No 6 - Pastoral. Isabelle Faust (violin), Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Bernard Haitink (conductor).
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Thursday 29th July 2021 (starting this evening)
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Simon Rattle conducts the Berlin Philharmonic.
Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra close their London residency, as part of the maestro's 60th birthday celebrations, with a work significant to them all. Mahler's epic Second Symphony, beginning with its dramatic, brooding funeral march and ending in an overwhelming affirmation of Christian faith, was premièred in 1895 by the ensemble, and it was the Resurrection Symphony that inspired the then 11-year-old Simon to be a conductor. Providing an upbeat to Mahler's transcendent piece is Helmut Lachenmann's late 1980s Tableau - a short, intense work that uses a huge conventional orchestra to unconventional ends. Recorded live at the Royal Festival Hall in February 2015, and presented on the night by Petroc Trelawny. Helmut Lachenmann: Tableau. Mahler: Symphony No 2 (Resurrection). Kate Royal (soprano), Magdalena Kozená (mezzo), London Symphony Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Simon Rattle.
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Simon Rattle conducts the Berlin Philharmonic.
Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra close their London residency, as part of the maestro's 60th birthday celebrations, with a work significant to them all. Mahler's epic Second Symphony, beginning with its dramatic, brooding funeral march and ending in an overwhelming affirmation of Christian faith, was premièred in 1895 by the ensemble, and it was the Resurrection Symphony that inspired the then 11-year-old Simon to be a conductor. Providing an upbeat to Mahler's transcendent piece is Helmut Lachenmann's late 1980s Tableau - a short, intense work that uses a huge conventional orchestra to unconventional ends. Recorded live at the Royal Festival Hall in February 2015, and presented on the night by Petroc Trelawny. Helmut Lachenmann: Tableau. Mahler: Symphony No 2 (Resurrection). Kate Royal (soprano), Magdalena Kozená (mezzo), London Symphony Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Simon Rattle.
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Tuesday 14th September 2021 (starting this evening)
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Edinburgh International Festival 2021.
Pianist Steven Osborne joins the RSNO for Shostakovich's first piano concerto, with celebrated conductor Valery Gergiev at the helm. Presented by Kate Molleson. Tchaikovsky: Serenade for String Orchestra in C major Op. 48. Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No 1 Op35. 8.25 Interval: Schubert's Winterreise D911 (selected songs), Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Yannick Nezet-Seguin (piano). 8.45 Stravinsky: Apollon Musagete. Steven Osborne (piano), Christopher Hart (trumpet), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor).
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Edinburgh International Festival 2021.
Pianist Steven Osborne joins the RSNO for Shostakovich's first piano concerto, with celebrated conductor Valery Gergiev at the helm. Presented by Kate Molleson. Tchaikovsky: Serenade for String Orchestra in C major Op. 48. Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No 1 Op35. 8.25 Interval: Schubert's Winterreise D911 (selected songs), Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Yannick Nezet-Seguin (piano). 8.45 Stravinsky: Apollon Musagete. Steven Osborne (piano), Christopher Hart (trumpet), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor).
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Wednesday 15th September 2021 (starting this evening)
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Edinburgh International Festival 2021.
American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato in a feast of baroque arias, joined by the stylish Italian period-instrument ensemble Il Pomo d'Oro. Rossi: Sinfonia grave a cinque voci. Monteverdi: Illustratevi o cieli. Cesti: Intorno all'idol mio. Monteverdi: Sinfonia. Monteverdi: Addio Roma. Handel: Ariodante Overture. Hasse: Morte col fiero aspetto. Handel: Piangeró la mia sorte. Rameau: Sarabande, Air en Rondeau, Air Tres vif. Dowland: Come again sweet love. Rameau: Les indes Galantes - Orage. Handel: Dopo Notte. Zefira Valova (director/violin), Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano).
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Edinburgh International Festival 2021.
American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato in a feast of baroque arias, joined by the stylish Italian period-instrument ensemble Il Pomo d'Oro. Rossi: Sinfonia grave a cinque voci. Monteverdi: Illustratevi o cieli. Cesti: Intorno all'idol mio. Monteverdi: Sinfonia. Monteverdi: Addio Roma. Handel: Ariodante Overture. Hasse: Morte col fiero aspetto. Handel: Piangeró la mia sorte. Rameau: Sarabande, Air en Rondeau, Air Tres vif. Dowland: Come again sweet love. Rameau: Les indes Galantes - Orage. Handel: Dopo Notte. Zefira Valova (director/violin), Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano).
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Thursday 16th September 2021 (starting this evening)
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Edinburgh International Festival 2021.
Nicola Benedetti directs her ensemble of period-instrument players in a vivid rediscovery of works by Vivaldi, Geminiani and contemporaries. Geminiani: Concerto Grosso in D minor H.143 'La Folia'. Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in D RV211; Violin Concerto in Eb RV257; Violin Concerto in B minor RV386; 'Summer' from The Four Seasons. Tartini: Largo-Andante from Violin Concerto in A D96. Vivaldi: Ciaconna from Concerto for Strings in C major RV11. The Benedetti Baroque Orchestra, Nicola Benedetti (director/violin). Presented by Kate Molleson.
Time: 19:30 to 22:00 (2 hours and 30 minutes long)
Edinburgh International Festival 2021.
Nicola Benedetti directs her ensemble of period-instrument players in a vivid rediscovery of works by Vivaldi, Geminiani and contemporaries. Geminiani: Concerto Grosso in D minor H.143 'La Folia'. Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in D RV211; Violin Concerto in Eb RV257; Violin Concerto in B minor RV386; 'Summer' from The Four Seasons. Tartini: Largo-Andante from Violin Concerto in A D96. Vivaldi: Ciaconna from Concerto for Strings in C major RV11. The Benedetti Baroque Orchestra, Nicola Benedetti (director/violin). Presented by Kate Molleson.
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Saturday 18th September 2021 (starting this evening)
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Leeds International Piano Competition 2021.
Andrew McGregor and former Leeds prize-winner Katya Apekisheva introduce the last two pianists in the Concerto Finals of the Leeds International Piano Competition, live from Leeds Town Hall. The featured orchestra this year is the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic conducted by Andrew Manze. As well as the two concertos, Andrew and Katya meet the finalists, look back on some of the music from the qualifying rounds, feature some of their highlights from the Chamber Music section of the competition, and announce the winner of 'The Leeds' 2021. 6.30 A chance to hear part of recorded recital by the 2018 winner of 'The Leeds' - former BBC New Generation Artist, Eric Lu. 7.00 Live Concerto performances from the fourth and fifth finalists. 9.15 The announcement of the prizes, including the First Prize & The Waterman Gold Medal.
Time: 18:30 to 22:00 (3 hours and 30 minutes long)
Leeds International Piano Competition 2021.
Andrew McGregor and former Leeds prize-winner Katya Apekisheva introduce the last two pianists in the Concerto Finals of the Leeds International Piano Competition, live from Leeds Town Hall. The featured orchestra this year is the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic conducted by Andrew Manze. As well as the two concertos, Andrew and Katya meet the finalists, look back on some of the music from the qualifying rounds, feature some of their highlights from the Chamber Music section of the competition, and announce the winner of 'The Leeds' 2021. 6.30 A chance to hear part of recorded recital by the 2018 winner of 'The Leeds' - former BBC New Generation Artist, Eric Lu. 7.00 Live Concerto performances from the fourth and fifth finalists. 9.15 The announcement of the prizes, including the First Prize & The Waterman Gold Medal.
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