| Programme Name: | Details: |
|---|
| Afternoon On 3 | ...KURT MASUR (conductor)... |
| And The Band Played On | ...A six-part series in which former Radio 3 controller John Drummond takes a searching look at the state of orchestral provision in Britain. 2: `The LONDON Problem'. John Drummond examines questions about orchestras, halls and conductors in LONDON, in conversation with Clive Gillinson, manager of the LSO, Karsten Witt, director of the South Bank, and KURT MASUR, new music director of the LPO.... |
| Bbc Proms 2005 | ...The annual performance of Beethoven's monumental choral symphony (after the interval) is paired this year with the UK premiere of a colourful work for large orchestra by Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina. After its Boston premiere, also conducted by KURT MASUR, critics praised its 'gorgeous orchestration' and fascinating combinations of percussion.... |
| Bbc Proms 2006 Live | ...KURT MASUR (conductor)... |
| Bbc Proms 2006 | ...Another chance to hear a concert given by Orchestre National de France conducted by KURT MASUR as part of the BBC Proms 2006 season.... |
| Beethoven Experience, The | ...KURT MASUR (conductor)... |
| Carl Maria Von Weber (1786 - 1826) | ...KURT MASUR (conductor)... |
| Choir - Listen Up!, The | ...KURT MASUR (conductor)... |
| Composer Of The Week | Cast and Crew |
| Felix And Fanny Mendelssohn (1809-1847 And 1805-1847) | ...KURT MASUR (conductor)... |
| Franz Liszt (1811-1886) | ...KURT MASUR (conductor)... |
| George Gershwin (1898-1937) | ...KURT MASUR (conductor)... |
| Lebrecht Interview, The | ...KURT MASUR... |
| Listen Up! | ...Christopher Cook introduces a concert recorded earlier this week at London's Royal Festival Hall by the London Philharmonic Orchestra under their Principal Conductor KURT MASUR. Anne-Sophie Mutter and Lynn Harrell are soloists in Brahms's mighty Double Concerto and there's also a chance to hear Dvorak's New World Symphony and Mendelssohn's dramatic Ruy Blas overture.... |
| Mendelssohn, The Nazis And Me | ...She talks to conductor KURT MASUR, an Aryan boy in 1930s Berlin, forbidden to listen to Mendelssohn, and Claus Moser, a Jewish boy in Berlin at the same time, forbidden to listen to Beethoven and consoled by Mendelssohn. Steven Isserlis shows how Mendelssohn's own struggle between his two faiths can be heard in his music.... |
| Orchestras Of North America, The | ...With the penultimate instalment of her series, Natalie Wheen reaches the last of the major North American orchestras - the New York Philharmonic. In the first of a two-part profile of the NYPO, she listens to Mahler symphonies conducted by Bernstein, Mitropoulos and Boulez and talks to current music director KURT MASUR about the orchestra's commitment to the music of Beethoven, which dates back to 1842, when the New York Philharmonic gave what was only the second ever performance of the Fifth Symphony.... |
| People's Palace, The | ...Ivan Hewett traces the story of the Royal Festival Hall, from the laying of the foundation stone by Clement Attlee in 1949, through the upheavals of the 1980s - when the Hall was in the front line of the GLC's mission to bring art to the people - to the innovative Meltdown festivals introduced during the 1990s. With contributions from the building's original ARCHITECTs - Sir Leslie Martin and Peter Moro - managers past and present, Tony Banks MP, and musicians including Jack Brymer, KURT MASUR, Janet Baker and Ravi Shankar ... |
| Private Passions | ...KURT MASUR (conductor)... |
| Reinhold Gliere (1875-1956) | ...... |
| Reissues | ...The latest in the two-for-the-price-of-one format is a series from Warner Classics called `Ultima'. Robert Cowan has been exploring the first batch, including the Elgar symphonies from Andrew Davis, Sibelius symphonies from Jukka-Pekka Saraste, and Tchaikovsky symphonies from KURT MASUR ... |
| Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) | ...KURT MASUR (conductor)... |
| Sara Mohr-pietsch | ...KURT MASUR (conductor)... |
| Sound Stories | ...With Richard Baker. 4: `Dvorak in the USA'. It was always with reluctance that Dvorak - who liked to describe himself as `just a simple Czech musician' - left home for foreign parts. But his visits to England were great successes, and, during his three years in the USA, he helped American music to find its authentic voice and created some of his finest compositions. Music includes: Symphony No 9 in E minor (From the New World) (3rd mvt). Scottish NO/Neeme Jarvi. String Quintet in E flat, Op 97 (American). Raphael Ensemble. Cello Concerto in B minor (3rd mvt). Yo-Yo Ma, New York PO/KURT MASUR.... |
| Summer Selection | ...Rabbi Julia Neuberger's personal choice of music. Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Dominic Martelli Corydon Singers Matthew Best (conductor) Haydn: Piano sonata No 32 in G minor, Hob XVI/44 Andrew Wilde (piano) Mozart: Clarinet Quintet (slow movement) Thea King (clarinet) Gabrieli String Quartet Beethoven: Violin Sonata in A (Kreutzer) Arthur Grumiaux (violin) Clara Haskil (piano) Strauss: Im Abendrot (4 Last Songs) Jessye Norman (soprano) Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra KURT MASUR (conductor) Mahler: Symphony No 4 (finale) Barbara Hendricks (soprano) Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Zubin Mehta (conductor).... |
| Tchaikovsky Experience, The | ...KURT MASUR (conductor)... |