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| 150 Years Of The Halle | ...A celebration of the 150th anniversary of the feted Manchester-based orchestra. Music Director MARK ELDER reflects on the special place Britain's oldest professional ensemble holds in the music world and in the hearts of music lovers.... |
| Afternoon On 3 | ...MARK ELDER (conductor)... |
| Archive On 4 | ...James chairs a discussion between Sir MARK ELDER, current music director of the Halle, David Lloyd-Jones, conductor and founder of Opera North, and writer Andrew Farach-Colton.... |
| Artist Focus | ...Tonight MARK ELDER conducts tenor Marcelo Alvarez and the Orchestra of the Nice Opera in music from Offenbach's Tales of Hoffmann.... |
| Bbc Proms 2006 Live | ...Conductor MARK ELDER is master of ceremonies as the traditional festivities herald the Last Night of the 112th Proms season, presented by Stephanie Hughes with Rob Cowan.... |
| Bbc Proms 2006 | ...Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. In the first of four Proms performances marking Colin Matthews' 60th Birthday, his sparkling and atmospheric Horn Concerto is played by the soloist for whom it was written. Debussy's surging orchestral seascape and Sibelius' expansive symphony are conducted by MARK ELDER, who will return to the podium for the Last Night.... |
| Bbc Proms 2007 | ...MARK ELDER (conductor)... |
| Bbc Proms 2008 | ...Under the baton of MARK ELDER, the Halle Orchestra performs Vaughan Williams's Symphony No 8, which was dedicated the orchestra's then music director John Barbirolli who premiered the work with the orchestra in 1956. This is followed by George Butterworth's orchestral rhapsody, which is heard alongside some of AE Housman's poems which inspired it.... |
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| Between Ourselves | ...Sakari Orama, of the CBSO, and MARK ELDER, from the Halle Orchestra, talk in depth about the skills and techniques involved in taking over established orchestras.... |
| Complete Conductor, The | ...Brearley talks to conductors like Sir Charles Mackerras and MARK ELDER about what they think they do, and also to orchestral chiefs, players and audiences about what they think of the results.... |
| Discovering Music | ...Three great British composers of the 20th century died in 1934 - Elgar, Delius and Holst. Over the next three weeks the orchestral music of each of them is put under the microscope. Today conductor MARK ELDER and the Halle Orchestra explore the unique sound world of Elgar's orchestra focussing on the extrovert concert overture inspired by an Italian holiday, "In the South".... |
| Elgar And Empire | ...Examining a controversial aspect of the composer, for many feel that Elgar's music is somehow tainted by the association with imperialist aims and ideals, this documentary presents different views about Elgar and Empire from historians Jeffrey Richards, John Mackenzie and Bernard Porter, pianist David Owen Norris and conductor MARK ELDER... |
| Elgar And The Halle | ...MARK ELDER, Music Director of the Halle, presents a series focusing on the close relationship enjoyed by the Halle and Sir Edward Elgar.... |
| Frederick Delius (1862-1934) | ...MARK ELDER (conductor)... |
| Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) | ...... |
| Hear And Now | ...MARK ELDER (conductor)... |
| Leeds Piano Competition | ...Iain Burnside presents the first part of Radio 3's coverage of the 2009 Leeds International Piano Competition. Six pianists have made it to the final to perform a concerto with the Halle conducted by MARK ELDER. Iain introduces the first three - with expert commentary from Ronan O'Hora.... |
| Made In Britain | ...MARK ELDER (conductor)... |
| Master Musicians | ...Leading musicians give readings to celebrate the start of the 2001 season of the Proms. Halle Orchestra music director MARK ELDER reads from Verdi's `autobiographical sketch' of his early years.... |
| Met Opera Quiz, The | ...In this first ever UK edition of the quiz, Stephanie Hughes puts listeners' questions to MARK ELDER, Amanda Holden, Elaine Padmore and Robert Tear.... |
| Music Matters | ...Valery Gergiev, principal conductor of the LSO, talks to Tom Service about his current preoccupations, including his Mahler cycle. And conductor MARK ELDER and players celebrate 150 years of the Halle, Britain's oldest professional symphony orchestra.... |
| Opera On 3 | ...In a performance from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, MARK ELDER conducts Russian soprano Anna Netrebko and Latvian mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca in Bellini's setting of Romeo and Juliet.... |
| Performance On 3 | ...MARK ELDER conducts the Halle Orchestra, with Lars Cleveman as Siegfried and Katarina Dalayman as Brunnhilde in a celebrated production of the second and third acts of Wagner's Gotterdammerung.... |
| Performing Janacek | ...Today the conductor MARK ELDER discusses Janacek's last great choral work, the Glagolitic Mass.... |
| Performing Verdi | ...Opera critic Rodney Milnes talks to singers, conductors and producers about the pleasures and challenges of performing Verdi, who died 100 years ago this month. In the first of the series, he is joined by conductor MARK ELDER to discuss `Simon Boccanegra', Verdi's sombre drama about love and politics in medieval Genoa.... |
| Postscript | ...Each night this week, Peggy Reynolds unravels the dramatic, musical and emotional impact of a favourite operatic aria. Tonight, `Abscheulicher' from Beethoven's revolutionary rescue opera `Fidelio'. MARK ELDER, Kathryn Harries, Graham Vick and Annabel Arden explore the composer's path to understanding humanity through his cross-dressed heroine in her moment of crisis.... |
| Right Note, The | ...In the last of two programmes Mary Allen talks to celebrated composers, conductors and performers who attempt to convince her of the finest example of a particular genre of music. `The Greatest Overture'. With guests Michael Berkley, MARK ELDER and Anthony Payne.... |
| Second-rate Music, The | ...MARK ELDER explores the canon of so-called second-rate music - a body of music that fails to achieve greatness yet still represents undeniably good work.... |
| Shostakovich (1906 - 75) | ...MARK ELDER (conductor)... |
| Sound Stories | ...Peggy Reynolds explores the life and times of novelist, poet and playwright Gabriele D'Annunzio. Music includes Tosti's song `A Vucchella'. Roberto Alagna (tenor), Davie and Frederico Alagna (guitars). Wagner: Tristan and Isolde (exc). Jane Eaglen (soprano), Royal Opera Orchestra/MARK ELDER. Poulenc: Quatre petites prieres. The Sixteen/Harry Christophers. Respighi: Quattro Liriche. Faridah Subrata (soprano), Czechoslovak RSO/Adriano. (Adriano is the conductor's complete name).... |
| Starting From Scratch | ...Ruth Railton, who founded the National Youth Orchestra from the back room of a music shop in 1948, remembers its early days. Former pupils and teachers such as MARK ELDER, Colin Bradbury, Humphrey Maud and Gareth Morris, as well as the orchestra's current musical director, Jill White, pay tribute to Dame Ruth's strength and personality.... |
| Tales From The Stave | ...Frances Fyfield goes to the Bodleian Library in Oxford to examine the manuscript of Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture for clues of how the 20-year old composer came to dream it up on a boat to the isle of Mull. With conductor MARK ELDER ... |
| Verdi Day - Verdi And The Theatre Of Politics | ...Dennis Marks investigates how Verdi's fascination with and involvement in politics rubbed off on many of his operas. With contributions from directors David Pountney and Jonathan Miller, conductor MARK ELDER, diplomat Rodric Braithwaite and historian Norman Stone ... |
| Vote With Your Ears | ...Tonight, Luke Bedford Rode with Darkness, performed by the Halle Orchestra, conducted by MARK ELDER ... |
| Wagner Effect, The | ...Christopher Cook seeks to reveal the seemingly irresistible allure and enduring power of Richard Wagner's drama, thought and music. He talks to musicians whose working lives are dedicated to the composer's art and to other artists who have been touched by the Wagner effect. With contributions from poet Peter Porter, conductor MARK ELDER, singers Anne Evans and John Tomlinson, opera director Richard Jones, composers Steve Martland and Judith Weir, and painter David Hockney.... |