Live at the 麻豆社 Proms: John Wilson conducts the Sinfonia of London in Verdi, Walton and Respighi's Roman Trilogy.
Live at the 麻豆社 Proms: John Wilson conducts the Sinfonia of London in Verdi, Walton and Respighi's Roman Trilogy.
Presented by Ian Skelly, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Verdi: The Force of Destiny 鈥� overture
Walton: Cello Concerto
c.8.10pm
Interval: conductor Ben Gernon discusses how Rome - where Respighi lived from 1913 - became his home, professional base and creative muse.
c.8.30pm
Respighi: Roman Festivals
Respighi: Fountains of Rome
Respighi: Pines of Rome
Jonathan Aasgaard (cello)
Sinfonia of London
John Wilson (conductor)
John Wilson and his Sinfonia of London 鈥� hailed by critics as 鈥榩eerless鈥� and 鈥榮imply as good as it gets鈥� 鈥� are back for the first of two concerts this season. Ottorino Respighi鈥檚 love affair with Rome is captured in a trilogy of orchestral tone-poems 鈥� heat-soaked, colour-saturated works that invite the listener into the mercurial life of the Eternal City: festivals and dances, misty mornings and scented summer evenings, fanfares and solitary silence. The concert opens with Verdi鈥檚 much-loved overture to The Force of Destiny and Walton鈥檚 rhapsodic Cello Concerto, its ardent, yearning spirit perhaps a portrait of the composer鈥檚 own marriage. Norwegian cellist Jonathan Aasgaard is the soloist.
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Giuseppe Verdi
The Force of Destiny - Overture
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson. -
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William Walton
Concerto
Performer: Jonathan Aasgaard. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson. -
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Ottorino Respighi
Ancient Airs and Dances Suite no. 1; Gagliarda
Performer: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.- DG.
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Ottorino Respighi
Concerto gregoriano; 2nd mvt) Andante espressivo e sostenuto
Performer: Lydia Mordkovitch. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Edward Downes.- CHANDOS.
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Ottorino Respighi
Trittico botticelliano; 3rd mvt.) The Birth of Venus
Conductor: John Neschling. Orchestra: Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Li猫ge.- Respighi: Vetrate di chiesa, Il tramonto & Trittico botticelliano.
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Ottorino Respighi
Roman Festivals
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson. -
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Ottorino Respighi
Fountains of Rome
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson. -
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Ottorino Respighi
Pines of Rome
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson. -
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Gioachino Rossini
'Galop' from William Tell Overture
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
Broadcast
- Fri 24 Jul 2026 19:30麻豆社 Radio 3