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Into the Forest

Weir's Forest with the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra, and music by Grieg, Rachmaninov and Nielsen with the Ulster Orchestra - all part of Radio 3's Into the Forest season.

Presented by Kate Molleson

Forest by Judith Weir opens today's programme, appropriately, as part of our Into the Forest season - a year-long theme for Radio 3, exploring the enduring and magical influence of the woods on music and the arts. It's performed by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra, under conductor Martyn Brabbins. Then we turn to a concert given recently by the Ulster Orchestra, under Eivind Gullberg Jensen, with Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1, by Edvard Grieg, featuring the incidental music he wrote for a play by Ibsen in which nature, including forests and mountains, play a crucial role. The concert is followed by Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini, with Simon Trpceski as soloist, finishing with Carl Nielsen's powerful and enigmatic Symphony No. 5.

Weir: Forest

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins, conductor

Grieg: Peer Gynt - Suite No. 1, Op.46
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, for piano and orchestra, Op. 43
Nielsen: Symphony No. 5, Op. 50

Ulster Orchestra
Simon Trpceski, piano
Eivind Gullberg Jensen, conductor

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 17 Oct 2018 14:00

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Music Played

  • Judith Weir

    Forest

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini Op.43 for piano and orchestra

    Performer: Simon Trpceski. Conductor: Eivind Gullberg Jensen. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Symphony no. 5 Op.50

    Conductor: Eivind Gullberg Jensen. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra.
  • Arnold Bax

    The Happy Forest

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Made In Britain.
    • Avie.
    • 5.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane de la belle au bois dormant (Ma mère l'oye)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Antonio Pedrotti.
    • SUPRAPHON SU 4199-2.
    • Supraphon.
    • 13.

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  • Wed 17 Oct 2018 14:00

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