Mussorgsky鈥檚 Pictures at an Exhibition from Finland
Mark Forrest showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including the City of Birmingham Symphony playing Saint-Saens and the Philharmonia Orchestra with Mussorgsky.
Mark Forrest showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including the City of Birmingham Symphony playing Saint-Saens and the Philharmonia Orchestra in Finland performing Mussorgsky's Pictures from an Exhibition.
We end our week featuring British orchestras on tour in Europe with music from a trio of concerts given by three of Britain鈥檚 finest orchestras. The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra is joined by cellist Kian Soltani for the first Cello Concerto by Camille Saint-Sa毛ns, recorded earlier this year at the Saar International Music Festival in South West Germany. Ravel鈥檚 orchestration of Modest Mussorgsky鈥檚 mighty Pictures from an Exhibition was the centrepiece of the Philharmonia Orchestra鈥檚 recent concert at the Mikkeli Music Festival in Finland, and the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra perform Sibelius at the Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall in Poland.
We round up our showcase of piano transcriptions this week with more from Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin鈥檚 concert of Liszt arrangements, including the famous Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde.
And for the final time this week we shine our Artist Spotlight on current Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Chaos String Quartet, who perform Haydn's String Quartet in F minor, the fifth of his Op. 20 set.
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Camille Saint-Saens
Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor
Kian Soltani (cello)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Kazuki Yamada (conductor)
Kian Soltani
Persian Fire Dance
Kian Soltani (cello)
Richard Wagner arr. Franz Liszt
Isoldes Liebestod, S. 447
Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin (piano)
Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in F minor, Op. 20 No. 5
Chaos String Quartet
Modest Mussorgsky orch. Ravel
Pictures from an Exhibition
Philharmonia Orchestra
Santtu-Matias Rouvali (conductor)
Maurice Ravel
Miroirs
Alexandre Tharaud (piano)
Jean Sibelius
En Saga, Op. 9
麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra
Olari Elts (conductor)
Norbert Glanzberg arr. Tharaud
Padam, Padam
Alexandre Tharaud (piano)
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
Performer: Kian Soltani. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada. -
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Kian Soltani
Persian Fire Dance
Performer: Kian Soltani. -
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Richard Wagner
Isoldes Liebestod (Tristan und Isolde, S. 447)
Performer: Marc鈥怉ndr茅 Hamelin. -
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in F minor, Op. 20, No. 5
Performer: Chaos String Quartet. -
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Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition
Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali. -
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George Frideric Handel
Trio Sonata Op. 2 No. 1 in B minor, HWV 386b
Performer: Sebastian Knebel. Performer: Magdalena Mal谩. Performer: Hana Flekov谩. Performer: Jan Krej膷a. Ensemble: Collegium Marianum. -
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C茅cile Chaminade
Le Pas des 茅charpes, from 'Callirhoe Suite, Op. 37'
Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Cristian M膬celaru. -
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Maurice Ravel
Miroirs, M. 43
Performer: Alexandre Tharaud. -
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Jean Sibelius
En Saga, Op. 9
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Olari Elts. -
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Antonio Vivaldi
Vedr貌 con mio diletto (Il Giustino) arr. for recorder
Performer: Lucie Horsch. Ensemble: Amsterdam Vivaldi Players.- Vivaldi: Recorder Concertos.
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Norbert Glanzberg
Padam, padam
Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
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- Fri 26 Sep 2025 13:00麻豆社 Radio 3