成人快手 Symphony Orchestra and Singers
The 成人快手 SO and Singers perform the UK Premiere of Anders Hillborg鈥檚 Breathing of the World, Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto, and Arthur Bliss's setting of the New Testament.
Some of Anders Hillborg鈥檚 earliest lessons in music were learnt singing in choirs. In a concert recorded at St Giles鈥 Cripplegate in February, the 成人快手 Singers present the first performance of a new choral work by the Swedish composer alongside some of his established favourites, including the simple song lined with mourning O Dessa 脰gon and the spine-tingling surround-sound of the 16-part Mouyayoum. Complementing Hillborg鈥檚 works, Ragnar Rasmussen and the Singers bring us the radiant and heartbreaking love songs by Hillborg鈥檚 compatriot Sven-David Sandstr枚m and Olivier Messiaen鈥檚 cut-glass miniature O Sacrum Convivium.
Followed by a performance recorded at the Barbican in January this year by legendary American pianist Garrick Ohlsson of Rachmaninov鈥檚 Third Piano Concerto with its towering technical demands for the soloist. The composer took the part for the 1909 world premiere in New York, preparing for it by practising on a dummy keyboard aboard ship on the Atlantic en route to the US. Early the following year he gave a performance with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Gustav Mahler.
The afternoon closes with a rare opportunity to hear Bliss' Mary of Magdala in a recent recording with Dame Sarah Connolly as Mary Magdala, James Platt as Jesus and the 成人快手 Symphony Chorus and 成人快手 SO under Conductor Laureate Sir Andrew Davis. Bliss was drawn to the story describing it as 鈥榦ne of the loveliest stories in the New Testament' where at the sepulchre, Mary Magdala was the first to see the risen Christ supposing him to be the gardener.
Presented by Georgia Mann.
2pm
Anders Hillborg: The Cradle Song, O Dessa 枚gon, The Breathing of the World (UK premiere)
Sven-David Sandstr枚m: Four Songs of Love
Anders Hillborg: Stella Maris, Lilla Sus Grav
Esa-Pekka Salonen: Songs from Kalender R枚d
Olivier Messiaen: O sacrum convivium
Anders Hillborg: Mouyayoum
成人快手 Singers
Theo Hillborg, saxophone
Filip Graden, cello
Ragnar Rasmussen, conductor
c.3.20pm
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
成人快手 Symphony Orchestra
Robert Spano, conductor
c.4.10pm
Arthur Bliss: Mary of Magdala
Dame Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano
James Platt, bass
成人快手 Symphony Chorus
成人快手 Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis, conductor
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Anders Hillborg
The Cradle Song
Performer: Ragnar Rasmussen. Choir: 成人快手 Singers. -
Anders Hillborg
O Dessa Ogon
Performer: Ragnar Rasmussen. Choir: 成人快手 Singers. -
Anders Hillborg
The Breathing Of The World
Performer: Theo Hillborg. Performer: Filip Graden. Choir: 成人快手 Singers. Conductor: Ragnar Rasmussen. -
Sven-David Sandstr枚m
4 Songs Of Love
Performer: Ragnar Rasmussen. Choir: 成人快手 Singers. -
Anders Hillborg
Stella Maris
Performer: 成人快手 Singers. Performer: Ragnar Rasmussen. -
Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen
2 Songs From Kalender Rod
Performer: Ragnar Rasmussen. Choir: 成人快手 Singers. -
Olivier Messiaen
O Sacrum Convivium!
Performer: Ragnar Rasmussen. Choir: 成人快手 Singers. -
Anders Hillborg
Mouyayoum
Performer: Ragnar Rasmussen. Choir: 成人快手 Singers. -
Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No.3 in D Minor Op.30
Performer: Garrick Ohlsson. Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Spano. -
Sergey Rachmaninov
Prelude Op. 3 No.2
Performer: Garrick Ohlsson. -
Arthur Bliss
Mary of Magdala
Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Singer: James Platt. Choir: 成人快手 Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis. -
Ethel Smyth
Overture to The Wreckers
Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo. -
Richard Strauss
Mohnblumen Op.22 no 2
Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Katharina Konradi.
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- Tue 12 May 2020 14:00成人快手 Radio 3