Songs of the Earth
Edward Gardner conducts the LPO in Harrison Birtwistle's elemental Deep Time and Mahler's song-symphony Das Lied von der Erde with mezzo Magdalena Ko啪en谩 and tenor Andrew Staples.
Live from the Royal Festival Hall, the LPO and their Principal Conductor Edward Gardner close their season with one of music's most moving farewells. Mahler's great song-symphony sets six texts for mezzo-soprano and tenor based on Chinese poetry, where drunken exaltation rubs shoulders with deep sadness, and wistful introspection contrasts with youth and beauty. And in the intensely moving final song, Der Abschied, eternity seems to open up as the music finally fades into silence. Both of tonight's soloists, Magdalena Ko啪en谩 and Andrew Staples, are hot tickets on the world's concert hall and opera house stages.
The concert begins with a tribute to Harrison Birtwistle, one of the major musical figures of the last 50 years, who died last month. Scored for huge orchestra, Birtwistle's 2016 Deep Time is an elemental, darkly impressive meditation on geological forces.
Introduced by Martin Handley.
Harrison Birtwistle: Deep Time
8.05 pm
Interval music (from CD)
Beethoven: 6 Bagatelles, Op. 126
Nicolas Hodges (piano)
8.25 pm
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Magdalena Ko啪en谩 (mezzo-soprano)
Andrew Staples (tenor)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Edward Gardner (conductor)
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Harrison Birtwistle
Deep Time
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Ludwig van Beethoven
6 Bagatelles, Op. 126
Performer: Nicolas Hodges.- Wergo.
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Gustav Mahler
Das Lied von der Erde
Performer: Magdalena Ko啪en谩. Performer: Andrew Staples. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner. -
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Grand Duo in E major for cello and piano, from 'Robert le diable'
Performer: Andreas Brantelid. Performer: Marianna Shirinyan.- Chopin: Chamber Music Andreas Brantelid.
- EMI.
- 9.
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Clara Schumann
Nocturne (Soirees musicales) arr. for harp
Performer: Magdalena Hoffmann.- Nightscapes.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 7.
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Brian Eno
Emerald and Stone
Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson. Composer: Jon Hopkins. Composer: Leo Abrahams. Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Elsa Bradley. Performer: Sam Becker. Performer: Matthew Sharp. Performer: Laurie Anderson. Performer: Michael Jones. Performer: Roberts Balanas. Performer: Olivia Jageurs. Performer: Alasdair Malloy.- Time.
- Decca.
- 13.
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- Fri 6 May 2022 19:30成人快手 Radio 3