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Brahms's First Symphony from Prague

Tom McKinney introduces concert performances of Brahms鈥檚 First Symphony and Lutoslawski's Concerto for Orchestra from Prague, and music by Mozart and Coleridge-Taylor.

Tom McKinney ends the week with more concert performances from around Europe including Brahms鈥檚 Symphony No.1 & Lutoslawski's Concerto for Orchestra from Prague, and music by Mozart, Ethel Smyth, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Francesco Cesarini. Plus there鈥檒l be more from the Catalan ensemble Vespres d鈥橝rnadi and the mandolin virtuoso Avi Avital.

John Williams 鈥 Olympic Fanfare and Theme (for the Los Angeles Games, 1984)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
John Williams (conductor)

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor 鈥 Petite Suite de Concert
麻豆社 Concert Orchestra
Bramwell Tovey (conductor)

c. 2.20pm
Lutoslawski 鈥 Concerto for Orchestra
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Jakub Hrusa (conductor)

3pm
Brahms 鈥 Symphony No.1 in C minor, Op.18
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Liebreich (conductor)

c. 3.45pm

Trad. Bulgarian arr. Avi Avital 鈥 Bucimis
Avi Avital (mandolin)
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Miguel Harth-Bedoya (conductor)

Franco Cesarini 鈥 Bulgarian Dances II, Op.43
Barcelona Symphonic Wind Band
Jos茅 Rafael Pascual-Vilaplana (conductor)

c. 4.10pm
Mozart 鈥 Symphony No.10 in G, K.74
Vespres d鈥橝rnadi
Dani Espasa (conductor)

Presented by Tom McKinney

2 hours, 32 minutes

Music Played

  • John Williams

    Olympic Fanfare and Theme

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: John Williams.
  • Samuel Coleridge鈥怲aylor

    Petite Suite de Concert

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
  • Witold Lutos艂awski

    Concerto for Orchestra

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jakub Hr暖拧a.
  • Michel Lambert

    Ma berg猫re est tendre et fid猫le

    Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.
  • Pierre Gu茅dron

    Aux plaisir aux d茅lices berg猫res

    Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No.1 in C minor, Op.68

    Orchestra: Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Liebreich.
  • Traditional Bulgarian

    Bucimis

    Performer: Avi Avital. Music Arranger: Avi Avital.
  • Franco Cesarini

    Bulgarian Dances II, Op.43

    Ensemble: Barcelona Symphonic Band. Conductor: Franco Cesarini.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No.10 in G, K.74

    Orchestra: Vespres d'Arnad铆. Conductor: Dani Espasa.
  • Cole Porter

    Kiss me Kate (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: John McGlinn.
    • EMI.

Broadcast

  • Fri 25 Feb 2022 14:00