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The Mountain King (1/2)

Music from Alfven's ballet-pantomime The Mountain King with the Malm枚 Symphony Orchestra.

Ian Skelly introduces more recordings from around Europe.

This week's focus on Sweden continues with the first act of Hugo Alfv茅n's 'ballet-pantomime' The Mountain King, which requires huge orchestral forces to tell the story, and is performed here by the Malm枚 Symphony Orchestra with conductor Patrik Ringborg. There is also more music from guitarists Mats Bergstr枚m and G枚ran S枚llscher, recorded in March at the Helsingborg Guitar Festival, and a selection from the vocal ensemble Voces8, recorded at the Rheingau Festival in Germany. The 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra performs music by Swedish organist and composer Elfrida Andr茅e, while harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani switches to organ for Handel's Organ Concerto Op 4 No 4.

Including:

Felix Mendelssohn: Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen 眉ber dir
Voces8

JS Bach arr. Schinin脿: English Suite No 3 in G minor, BWV 808
Mats Bergstr枚m, guitar
G枚ran S枚llscher, guitar

Mozart: Ballet Music from Idomeneo
Mozarteum Orchestra, Salzburg
Gemma New, conductor

c. 3pm
Hugo Alfv茅n: The Mountain King, Act 1
Malm枚 Symphony Orchestra
Patrik Ringborg, conductor

Thorkell Sigurbjornsson: Hear Heaven's Maker
Taylor Scott Davis: Stardust
Voces8

c. 4pm
Handel: Organ Concerto in F major, Op 4 No 4
Mahan Esfahani, organ
La Scintilla Orchestra
Riccardo Minasi, conductor

Torroba: Preludio - Capricho - Aire - Vasco
Mats Bergstr枚m, guitar
G枚ran S枚llscher, guitar

Andr茅e: Concert Overture in D major
成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Chloe van Soeterstede, conductor

3 hours, 1 minute

Last on

Thu 25 May 2023 14:00

Music Played

  • Dag Wir茅n

    Concert overture no.2 Op.16

    Orchestra: Norrk枚pings Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • CPO.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen 眉ber dir

    Choir: VOCES8.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    English Suite No 3 in G minor, BWV 808

    Performer: Mats Bergstr枚m. Performer: G枚ran S枚llscher. Music Arranger: Luigi Schinin脿.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ballet music from Idomeneo

    Orchestra: Mozarteum Orchestra, Salzburg. Conductor: Gemma New.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Gavotte et doubles (Suite in A minor, Nouvelles suites de pi猫ces de clavecin)

    Performer: Mahan Esfahani.
    • Hyperion.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    O rosetta, che rosetta

    Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Ensemble: Drottningholms Barockensemble.
    • Proprius.
  • Hugo Alfv茅n

    The Mountain King, ballet pantomine in three acts, op. 37; Act 1

    Orchestra: Malm枚 SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Patrik Ringborg.
  • Anna-Lena Laurin

    Dual Quest III

    Performer: Mats Bergstr枚m. Performer: G枚ran S枚llscher.
  • Thorkell Sigurbj枚rnsson

    Heyr himna smi冒ur

    Choir: VOCES8.
  • Taylor Scott Davis

    Stardust

    Choir: VOCES8.
  • Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Sentimental Romance in F minor, Op 28 No 2

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Nicola Eimer.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Organ Concerto in F major, Op 4 No 4

    Performer: Mahan Esfahani. Orchestra: La Scintilla Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.
  • Federico Moreno Torroba

    Preludio - Capricho - Aire Vasco

    Performer: Mats Bergstr枚m. Performer: G枚ran S枚llscher.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach in Swedish, Suite No 2

    Performer: Lisa Rydberg. Performer: Gunnar Idenstam. Music Arranger: Lisa Rydberg. Music Arranger: Gunnar Idenstam.
    • Bach p氓 Svenska.
    • Gazell Records.
  • Elfrida Andr茅e

    Concert Overture in D major

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Chlo茅 van Soeterst猫de.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Negro Dance (Aladdin)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Nielsen: Aladdin Suite . Helios etc..
    • DG.
    • 14.

Broadcast

  • Thu 25 May 2023 14:00