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成人快手 SSO - Strauss, Unsuk Chin, Schumann

Live from City Halls, Glasgow, Markus Stenz conducts the 成人快手 SSO. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche. Unsuk Chin: Su (with Wu Wei: sheng). Schumann: Symphony No 2, Op 61.

Live from City Halls, Glasgow

Presented by Jamie MacDougall

The 成人快手 SSO and Markus Stenz perform Strauss' Till Eulenspiegel and Schumann's Symphony No 2, and are joined by Wu Wei for Unsuk Chin's Sheng concerto, Su.

Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op 28
Unsuk Chin: Su

8.20 Music Interval
Jonathan Cross joins Jamie to discuss the music of Unsuk Chin

8.40
Schumann: Symphony No 2, Op 61

Wu Wei (sheng)
Markus Stenz (conductor)
成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra

A concert of merry pranks; an uplifting symphony; and a yearning concerto for a 3000 year old Chinese instrument.

Strauss's tone poem Till Eulenspiegel depicts the exploits of the boisterous titular folk hero in music of incredible verve and invention, and Schumann's Symphony No 2 is a melodic and ultimately joyous work which stands as one of the most enduring symphonies of the 19th century.

And the orchestra and Markus Stenz are joined by Sheng virtuoso Wu Wei to perform a boundary breaking concerto by Unsuk Chin. Her piece, Su -an Egyptian symbol representing air- is a haunting work which combines Chin's formal invention with the melodious sound of the 3000 year-old Chinese mouth organ to create a unique sonic experience.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Strauss

    Till Eulenspiegel

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Markus Stenz.
  • Unsuk Chin

    Su

    Performer: We Wei plays the Sheng. Orchestra: 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
  • Unsuk Chin

    Six Piano Etudes

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Markus Stenz.
  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No 2

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Markus Stenz.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Octet in E flat major Op.20 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Explorations.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Songs: First Loss and On Wings of Song

    Performer: Nathalie Stutzmann, contralto. Performer: Dalton Baldwin, Piano.

Credit

Role Contributor
Performer 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Broadcast

  • Thu 5 Nov 2015 19:30