
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
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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.
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Maurice Ravel
Pavane de la belle au bois dormant (Ma mère l'oye)
Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Antonio Pedrotti.- SUPRAPHON SU 4199-2.
- Supraphon.
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- Wed 17 Oct 2018 14:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3
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