Saturday Afternoon Concert

Saturday afternoon concert of orchestral music (including choral orchestral items), from Baroque to contemporary, featuring a major work each week.


22nd February

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  • Cherubini, Luigi: Concert Overture. Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Sir Neville Marriner.
  • Schubert, Franz: Rosamunde, Princess of Cyprus, Incidental Music, D.797. Orch of Age of Enlightenment/Sir Charles Mackerras.
  • Haydn, Franz Joseph: Trumpet Concerto in E flat, Hob.VIIe:1. Wynton Marsalis, tpt. English CO/Raymond Leppard.
  • Czerny, Carl: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op.73. Felicja Blumental, pno. Vienna CO/Helmut Froschauer.
  • Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Symphony No.25 in G minor, K.183. Australian CO/Richard Tognetti.
  • Beethoven, Ludwig van: Fidelio (orig. Leonora). Final Scene. Christa Ludwig, m-sop., Gerhard Unger, ten., Gottlob Frick, bass, Ingeborg Hallstein, sop., Jon Vickers, ten., Walter Berry, bass Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orch/Otto Klemperer.

    • 15th February

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  • Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Overture - Magic Flute, K620. Tasmanian SO/Sebastian Lang-Lessing.
  • Pleyel, Ignace: Clarinet Concerto in C. Thomas Friedli, cl. South-West German CO/Paul Angerer.
  • Paisiello, Giovanni: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor. Mariaclara Monetti, pno. English CO/Stephanie Gonley.
  • Dean, Brett: Testament. Tasmanian SO/Sebastian Lang-Lessing.
  • Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No.2 in D, Op.36. Scottish CO/Sir Charles Mackerras.

    • 8th February

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  • Schubert, Franz: Symphony No.8 in B minor, D759 - Unfinished. Royal Concertgebouw Orch/Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
  • Weber, Carl Maria von: Clarinet concerto No.1 in F minor, Op.73. Sabine Meyer, cl. Dresden State Orch/Herbert Blomstedt.
  • Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Bella mia fiamma, addio! Concert aria K528. Siobhan Stagg, Enseble Pygmalion/Raphael Pichon
  • Brahms, Johannes: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op.68. Berlin Philharmonic/Nicholas Harnoncourt

    • 1st February

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  • Berlioz, Hector: Benvenuto Cellini, Overture, Op.23. Montreal SO/Charles Dutoit.
  • Berlioz, Hector: Damnation of Faust, Op.24: D'amour l'ardente flamme. Yvonne Minton, m-sop. Orchestre de Paris/Daniel Barenboim.
  • Vieuxtemps, Henri: Violin Concerto No.4 in D minor, Op.31. Hilary Hahn, vln. German Chamber Philharmonic/Paavo Jarvi.
  • Saint-Saens, Camille: Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, Op.22 Bertrand Chamayou, pno., Orchestre National de France/Emmanuel Krivine
  • Dutilleux, Henri: Symphony No.1. BBC PO/Yan Pascal Tortelier.

    • 25th January

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  • Bach, Johann Sebastian: Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G, BWV1048. Orch of the Antipodes/Anna McDonald.
  • Haydn, Franz Joseph: Symphony No. 99 in E flat, Hob. I:99. London PO/Eugen Jocum.
  • Brahms, Johannes: A German Requiem, Op.45. Christiane Oelze, sop., Gerald Finley, bass-baritone Collegium Vocale Ghent, La Chapelle Royale, Orchestre des Champs Elysees/Philippe Herreweghe.

    • 18th January

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  • Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Concerto No.17 in G, K.453. Maria Joao Pires, pno. CO of Europe/Claudio Abbado.
  • Wieniawski, Henryk: Violin Concerto No.2 in D Minor, Op.22. Gil Shaham, vln. London SO/Lawrence Foster.
  • Wieniawski, Henryk: Chanson Polonaise, Op.12/2. John Lenehan, pno., Marat Bisengaliev, vln.
  • Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No.3 in E flat Op.55, 'Eroica'. CO of Europe/Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

    • 11th January

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  • Berwald, Franz: The Queen of Golconda - Overture. Gavle SO/Petri Sakari.
  • Larsson, Lars-Erik: Violin concerto, Op.42. Leo Berlin, vln. Stockholm PO/Stig Westerberg.
  • Lange-Muller, Peter E: Once upon a Time, Op.25. Guido Paevatalu, bar. Tivoli SO/John Frandsen.
  • Rautavaara, Einojuhani: Piano Concerto No.1, Op.45. Laura Mikkola, pno. Royal Scottish NO/Hannu Lintu.
  • Sibelius, Jean: Symphony No.6 in D minor, Op.104. Lahti SO/Osmo Vanska.

    • 4th January

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  • Clifford: A Pageant of Youth. BBC Concert Orch/Ronald Corp
  • Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel: Violin Concerto in G minor, Op.80. Anthony Marwood, vln. BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins.
  • Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Toward the Unknown Region. London Philharmonic Choir, London PO/Sir Adrian Boult.
  • Elgar, Sir Edward: Symphony No.1 in A flat, Op.55. Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orch/Vasily Petrenko

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