Prom 33: Grieg, Sibelius, Schumann and Hindemith
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Philharmonic and John Storgards join soprano Lise Davidsen and cellist Alban Gerhardt for music by Grieg, Sibelius, Schumann and Hindemith.
Live at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Proms: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Philharmonic and conductor John Storgards with soprano Lise Davidsen and cellist Alban Gerhardt in Grieg, Sibelius, Schumann and Hindemith.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Martin Handley
Grieg: Peer Gynt (excerpts)
Sibelius: Luonnotar; Karelia Suite
Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op.129
Hindemith: Symphony 'Mathis der Maler'
Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Philharmonic
Lise Davidsen (soprano)
Alban Gerhardt (cello)
John Storgårds (conductor)
Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen makes her Proms debut singing Solveig's Song from Grieg's incidental music to Ibsen's dark drama 'Peer Gynt' and in Sibelius's late, great tone-poem Luonnotar. The sophisticated orchestral textures and sensuous melodies of Luonnotar contrast with the rough-hewn folk music of the same composer's struggle for freedom from Russian tyranny in his buoyant Karelia Suite.
Hindemith's opera 'Mathis der Maler', is set at the time of the Protestant Reformation; it was dubbed as "degenerate" by the Nazi regime who then banned all performances of his music. But not before the Symphony drawn from the opera was premiered in March 1934 at one of the early peaks of Hitler's power by one his artistic favourites and persuasive defenders of the artistic credo, Wilhelm Furtwängler. Alban Gerhardt is the soloist in Schumann's Cello Concerto, which rejects overt solo virtuosity, favouring instead dialogue between cello and orchestra.
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Part 1
Duration: 59:52
Jean Sibelius
Karelia Suite, Op 11
Orchestra: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: John StorgÃ¥rds.
Jean Sibelius
Luonnotar, Op 70
Performer: Lise Davidsen. Orchestra: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: John StorgÃ¥rds.
Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt
Performer: Lise Davidsen. Orchestra: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: John StorgÃ¥rds.Proms Extra Hindemith
Duration: 20:40
Part 2
Duration: 01:02:24
Robert Schumann
Cello Concerto in A minor
Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Orchestra: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: John StorgÃ¥rds.
Paul Hindemith
Symphony 'Mathis der Maler'
Orchestra: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: John StorgÃ¥rds.Post-concert
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Prelude in G minor, Op 23 No 5
Performer: Vladimir Horowitz.- Vladimir Horowitz The Indespensable.
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- Thu 10 Aug 2017 19:30Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 3
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