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Elgar's 1st Symphony from the ĢƵ Proms

Linton Stephens introduces highlights from the ĢƵ Proms including Elgar's 1st Symphony from the ĢƵ Scottish Symphony; plus chamber highlights from the recent Aldeburgh Festival

Linton Stephens introduces highlights from the ĢƵ Proms including Elgar's stirring 1st Symphony from the ĢƵ Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Ryan Wigglesworth; plus song from the recent Aldeburgh Festival from Nicky Spence and Julius Drake offering a variety of reflections on the theme of music and love; and one of Dvorak's most popular chamber works recorded at this year's Paul Casals International Music Festival in Spain.

ĢƵ Proms:
Edward Elgar
Symphony No. 1 in A flat major
ĢƵ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)

Pau Casals International Music Festival:
Antonin Dvorak
Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90 (“Dumky”)
Antje Weithaas (violin)
Marie Elisabeth Hecker (cello)
Martin Helmchen (piano)

Dorothy Howell
Lamia
ĢƵ Symphony Orchestra
Martijn Dendievel (conductor)

Aldeburgh Festival:
‘Love & Music’
Noël Peirce Coward
If love were all (from ‘Bittersweet’)
Tom Lehrer
The Masochism Tango
Stephen Sondheim
The Girls of Summer
Love is in the air (from ‘A Funny thing happened on the way to the Forum’)
Franz Schubert
An die Musik D547
Nicky Spence (tenor)
Julius Drake (piano)

William Walton
Cello Concerto
Jonathan Aasgaard (cello)
Sinfonia of London
John Wilson (conductor)

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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Symphony No 1 in A flat major

    Performer: Clio Gould. Performer: Yann Ghiro. Orchestra: ĢƵ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.
  • Vincent d’Indy

    Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn, Op. 65

    Performer: Ivana Gavrić.
    • Origins.
    • Rubicon.
    • 108.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90 ("Dumky")

    Performer: Marie-Elisabeth Hecker. Performer: Martin Helmchen. Performer: Antje Weithaas.
  • Dorothy Howell

    Lamia

    Orchestra: ĢƵ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martijn Dendievel.
  • John Dowland

    Semper Dowland Semper Dolens & Mrs Winter's Jump

    Performer: Thomas Dunford.
  • Jeremy Nicholas

    Valentine Card

    Performer: Julius Drake. Singer: Nicky Spence.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Oboe Concerto in D minor (after Marcello)

    Performer: Peter Moore. Performer: Zeynep Özsuca. Music Arranger: Ralph Sauer.
  • William Walton

    Cello Concerto

    Performer: Jonathan Aasgaard. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.

Broadcast

  • Friday 13:00