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Spotlight on the 麻豆社 Performing Groups

A focus on the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra and 麻豆社 Singers. Including music by Adams, Strauss, Kuhnau, Brahms and Rachmaninov. Plus Haydn String Quartets.

As the first night of the 2009 麻豆社 Proms approaches, Jonathan Swain throws the spotlight onto the 麻豆社's Performing Groups, who provide the backbone of every year's Proms performances including on the first and last nights.

This programme focuses on the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra and 麻豆社 Singers.

John Adams: The Chairman Dances
麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra
Mikhail Agrest (conductor)

Strauss: Metamorphosen
麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra
Eivind Gullberg Jensen (conductor)

Haydn: String Quartet in G, Op 76, No 1
Doric String Quartet

3.00pm
Kuhnau: Tristis est anima mea
Stephen Farr (organ)
麻豆社 Singers
David Hill (conductor)

Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor, Op 15
Shai Wozner (piano)
麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra
Jonas Alber (conductor)

3.55pm
Haydn: String Quartet in G, Op 77, No 1
Jerusalem Quartet

Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances
麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra
Mikhail Agrest (conductor).

3 hours

Last on

Fri 17 Jul 2009 14:00

Broadcast

  • Fri 17 Jul 2009 14:00