Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Jader Bignamini conducts the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra

Jader Bignamini conducts the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra in French music: Berlioz鈥檚 Symphonie fantastique, Poulenc鈥檚 Gloria, with the 麻豆社 Symphony Chorus, plus music by Camille P茅pin.

Jader Bignamini conducts the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra in French music: Berlioz鈥檚 Symphonie fantastique, Poulenc鈥檚 Gloria, with the 麻豆社 Symphony Chorus, plus music by Camille P茅pin.

鈥楥onvinced that his love is spurned, the artist poisons himself with opium鈥︹�� Berlioz鈥檚 Symphonie fantastique is the musical head-trip to end all head-trips, a no-holds-barred phantasmagoria for an enormous orchestra.

And that鈥檚 not even the half of it, in a concert that features the massed voices of the 麻豆社 Symphony Chorus in Poulenc鈥檚 barnstorming Gloria, and which opens with Camille P茅pin鈥檚 visionary, ravishing Les Eaux c茅lestes. Sky gods, lovers, a celestial river and the cowherd of the stars: it鈥檚 hard to imagine a better counterpart for Berlioz鈥檚 spectacular sonic imagination than the UK premiere of this symphonic retelling of an ancient Chinese myth. Prepare to be transported鈥�.

Recorded at the Barbican on Friday 19th April 2024. Presented by Martin Handley

Camille P茅pin: Les Eaux c茅lestes (UK premiere)
Francis Poulenc: Gloria

Interval

Hector Berlioz : Symphonie fantastique Op.14

Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
麻豆社 Symphony Chorus
麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra
Jader Bignamini (conductor)

2 hours, 14 minutes

Last on

Thu 2 May 2024 19:30
麻豆社 Radio 3

More episodes

Previous

Beethoven's 'Eroica' Symphony, from Gateshead

Next

The London Symphony Orchestra plays Beethoven Symphonies No 2 and No 8

See all episodes from Radio 3 in Concert

Recipes

See all recipes from Jader Bignamini conducts the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra

Music Played

  • Camille P茅pin

    Les Eaux c茅lestes (The Celestial Waters)

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jader Bignamini.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Gloria

    Singer: Elizabeth Watts. Choir: 麻豆社 Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jader Bignamini.

  • Camille P茅pin

    Gris-brume

    Performer: Olivia Gay. Performer: C茅lia Oneto Bensaid.
    • Fuga Libera.

  • Darius Milhaud

    Suite Le Voyageur Sans Bagages for Clarinet, Violin and Piano Op.157b

    Performer: Ludmila Peterkov谩. Performer: Gabriela Demeterov谩. Performer: Marketa Cibulkova.
    • Supraphon.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie fantastique

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jader Bignamini.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    3 Caprices Op.33 (no.2 in E major)

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Mendelssohn: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Naive.
    • 012.

Broadcast

  • Thu 2 May 2024 19:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3