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Schubert’s Great Symphony from Leipzig and Carl Nielsen in Bristol

Elizabeth Alker showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond including Franz Welser-Möst conducting the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in Schubert’s ‘Great’ Symphony No. 9.

Elizabeth Alker showcases the best performances by ѿý orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.

Throughout this week we join several of our current ѿý Radio 3 New Generation Artists in concert at St George’s, Bristol. Today, the Kleio Quartet perform Nielsen’s first String Quartet and pianist Alim Beisembayev plays Ravel’s tender homage to Schubert, the Noble and Sentimental Waltzes.

Schubert himself provides the centrepiece to oday's programme with Franz Welser-Möst conducting the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in the ‘Great’ Symphony, No. 9. And our celebration of the city of Leipzig continues with another cantata written there by Johann Sebastian Bach, Non sa che sia dolore, one of only two cantatas he wrote in Italian.

George Frideric Handel
Concerto grosso in A minor, Op. 6 No. 4
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Jonathan Cohen (director)

Maurice Ravel
Oiseaux tristes and Une barque sur l'océan (Miroirs)
Alim Beisembayev (piano)

Carl Nielsen
String Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13
Kleio Quartet

Johann Sebastian Bach
Non sa che sia dolore, BWV 209
Julia Doyle (soprano)
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Jonathan Cohen (director)

Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Fairytale Pictures
Ulster Orchestra
Tom Featherstonehaugh (conductor)

3pm
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 9 in C, D. 944 'Great'
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst (conductor)

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2 hours, 58 minutes

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in A minor, HWV 322, Op. 6 No. 4

    Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Director: Jonathan Cohen.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Oiseaux tristes and Une barque sur l'océan (Miroirs, Nos. 2 and 3)

    Performer: Alim Beisembayev.
  • Carl Nielsen

    String Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 13

    Ensemble: Kleio Quartet.
  • Franz Liszt

    Chasse neige (Etudes d'execution transcendante, No 12)

    Performer: Alim Beisembayev.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Non sa che sia dolore, BWV209

    Singer: Julia Doyle. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Director: Jonathan Cohen.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Fairytale Pictures

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Tom Fetherstonhaugh.
  • Jessie Montgomery

    Coincident Dances

    Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Gemma New.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No. 9 in C, D.944, 'Great'

    Orchestra: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Franz Welser‐Möst.
  • Harry Gregson‐Williams

    Shrek "Singing Princess"

    Composer: John Powell. Choir: Metro Voices. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Greenaway. Conductor: Harry Gregson‐Williams.
    • Shrek (Original Motion Picture Score).
    • Varese Sarabande.
    • 19.

Broadcast

  • Tue 25 Mar 2025 13:00