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Pictures at an Exhibition from the Royal Albert Hall

Elizabeth Alker showcases the best performances from summer festivals including Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition played by the Philharmonia Orchestra at the 麻豆社 Proms.

Elizabeth Alker showcases the best performances from summer festivals including Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition played by the Philharmonia Orchestra at the 麻豆社 Proms.

Throughout the summer we鈥檒l be hearing from some of the best music-making at this year鈥檚 麻豆社 Proms. Today's highlights include Maurice Ravel's orchestration of Mussorgsky's ever popular Pictures at an Exhibition played by the Philharmonia Orchestra and conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali, and Richard Strauss's Symphonic Fantasy drawn from his opera Die Frau ohne Schatten performed by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano.

Plus we shine a light on the former and current Radio 3 New Generation Artists performing this week at the Proms. Today, violinist Janine Jansen performs Leonard Bernstein's Serenade after Plato's Symposium with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Gaffigan.

And there are highlights from the Edinburgh International Festival too, with summer music making from the Scottish capital. Today we will hear Mozart's 'Dissonance' Quartet played by the Belcea Quartet, and the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists are conducted by Jonathan Sells in Handel's Dixit Dominus.

From the Edinburgh International Festival:
George Frideric Handel
Dixit Dominus, HWV. 232
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
Jonathan Sells (conductor)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet No 19 in C "Dissonance"
Belcea Quartet

Leonard Bernstein
Serenade after Plato's Symposium
Janine Jansen (violin)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
James Gaffigan (conductor)

From the 麻豆社 Proms in London:
Richard Strauss
Die Frau ohne Schatten 鈥 Symphonic Fantasy
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor)

Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Maurice Ravel)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor)

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2 hours, 56 minutes

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Dixit Dominus

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Jonathan Sells. Singer: Zo毛 Brookshaw. Singer: Chlo毛 Morgan. Singer: Reginald Mobley. Singer: Hugo Hymas. Singer: Florian St枚rtz.
  • Richard Strauss

    Die Frau ohne Schatten - Symphonic Fantasy

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Pictures at an Exhibition

    Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu鈥怣atias Rouvali.
  • Johann Christoph Bach

    Ach, dass ich Wasser gnug h盲tte (Lamento)

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Jonathan Sells.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet No.19 in C, K465 'Dissonance'

    Performer: Belcea Quartet.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Es ist nun aus mit meinem Leben

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Jonathan Sells.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bagatelles, Op 119 (selection)

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • HYPERION.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Serenade, after Plato's 'Symposium'

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: St茅phane Den猫ve.
  • Hubert Parry

    Symphony no. 1 in G major (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • CHANDOS.

Broadcast

  • Thu 21 Aug 2025 13:00