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Respighi's Roman Festivals

The 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra conducted by Nil Venditti play Puccini, Respighi, Fazil Say's Grand Bazaar, and Anna Clyne's Grasslands with saxophone soloist Jess Gillam.

The 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra conducted by Nil Venditti play Puccini, Respighi, Fazil Say's Grand Bazaar, and Anna Clyne's Grasslands with saxophone soloist Jess Gillam.

Recorded at the Barbican, London. Presented by Martin Handley.

Fazil Say: Grand Bazaar
Anna Clyne: Glasslands (London premiere)

Interval

Giacomo Puccini: Preludio sinfonico
Ottorino Respighi: Feste romane

Jess Gillam (saxophone)
麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra
Nil Venditti (conductor)

The Grand Bazaar of Istanbul: a trading place of civilisations, in which the tales told are as countless as the treasures for sale. The eternal city of Rome, where la dolce vita thrives amid the memory of far older 鈥� and more savage 鈥� celebrations. An Irish legend of banshees and night terrors, retold by two of 21st century Britain鈥檚 liveliest musical voices and highlighting the wonderfully communicative gifts of saxophone virtuoso Jess Gillam.

Well, they say a musical picture is worth a thousand words, and for Turkish composer Fazil Say, his vibrant home city represents a place 鈥渨ithout any borders, not even in the mind.鈥� Closing the concert is Respighi鈥檚 Feste romane: a blockbuster Roman tone-poem that certainly doesn鈥檛 hold back.

2 hours, 14 minutes

Last on

Wed 22 Oct 2025 19:30
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Fazil Say

    Grand Bazaar

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nil Venditti.

  • Anna Clyne

    Glasslands

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nil Venditti.

  • Traditional Irish

    Traditional 17th Century Irish Tune - Give me your Hand

  • Fazil Say

    Black Earth

    Performer: Fazil Say.
    • ACM.

  • Giovanni Sollima

    Il mandataro (after Costanzi)

    Performer: Giovanni Sollima. Ensemble: Arianna Art Ensemble.
    • Glossa.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Preludio Sinfonico

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nil Venditti.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Feste Romane

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nil Venditti.

  • Franz Schubert

    Fantasie in F minor for piano duet, D 940

    Performer: Paul Lewis. Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Franz Schubert Piano Duets; Steven Osbourne / Paul Lewis.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • Niccol貌 Paganini

    Caprice in G minor, Op 1 No 6

    Performer: Tanja Becker-Bender.
    • Paganini: 24 Caprices, Op. 1: Tanja Becker-Bender.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

Broadcast

  • Wed 22 Oct 2025 19:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3