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The Other Vaughan Williams

Ryan Wigglesworth conducts the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra in Ravel, a Murail concerto premiere with pianist Fran莽ois-Fr茅d茅ric Guy, Vaughan Williams, and a new discovery by Franck.

The 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ryan Wigglesworth in Ravel, a Murail concerto premiere with pianist Fran莽ois-Fr茅d茅ric Guy, Vaughan Williams, and a new discovery by Franck.

Something erupted inside Ralph Vaughan Williams one morning in 1931, as he read a review of an outspoken new symphony from Europe. The violence, rage and volcanic temper that the composer subsequently channelled into his Symphony No. 4 has been retrospectively analysed as a manifestation of post-traumatic stress 鈥� the composer processing his horrific experiences from the First World War as he sensed Europe slipping towards yet another cataclysmic conflict.

Ryan Wigglesworth conducts this riveting British symphony, preceded by music from its composer鈥檚 Parisian teacher Maurice Ravel, who like his pupil worked as an ambulance driver at the front during the 1914-18 conflict. In between comes a brand-new piano concerto by the French composer Tristan Murail and before it, the tantalizing world premiere of a symphonic poem by C茅sar Franck discarded from his 1872 work 搁茅诲别尘辫迟颈辞苍

Recorded at the Barbican Hall on Friday 13th May
Presented by Hannah French

Maurice Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales (orchestral version)

Tristan Murail: L' Oeil du cyclone - fantaisie-impromptu for piano and orchestra (麻豆社 co-commission and UK premiere)

8.20pm Interval (from CD)

Vaughan Williams: Suite for Pipes
Early Music Consort of London
David Munrow (director)

Cesar Franck Choral No.3 in A Minor
Olivier Latry (organ of Notre Dame, Paris)

8.50 Part 2
C茅sar Franck: Symphonie from 搁茅诲别尘辫迟颈辞苍 (world premiere)

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 4 in F minor

Fran莽ois-Fr茅d茅ric Guy (piano)
麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Wigglesworth (conductor)

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Fri 8 Jul 2022 19:30
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Maurice Ravel

    Valses nobles et sentimentales (orchestral version)

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.

  • Tristan Murail

    L'oeil du cyclone

    Performer: Fran莽ois鈥怓r茅d茅ric Guy. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Suite for Pipes

    Ensemble: Early Music Consort of London. Director: David Munrow.

  • C茅sar Franck

    Choral No.3 in A Minor

    Performer: Olivier Latry.

  • C茅sar Franck

    搁茅诲别尘辫迟颈辞苍

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No.4 in F Minor

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Etude, Op. 25, No. 9 in G-Flat Major, "Butterfly's Wings"

    Performer: Evelyne Brancart.
    • Chez Chopin - 24 脡tudes, 24 Recipes.
    • Delos.
    • 209.

  • Mia Makaroff

    Butterfly

    Choir: National Youth Choir. Conductor: Tom Bullard.
    • NYCGB.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Papillon Op.77

    Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Performer: C茅cile Licad.
    • Hyperion.

Broadcast

  • Fri 8 Jul 2022 19:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3