Week At The Concertgebouw, A [Afternoon Concert]

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20110502

Penny Gore presents 'A Week at the Concertgebouw' - the Amsterdam concert hall with a famously beautiful acoustic, home to one of the world's great orchestras.

You can hear the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday - including a performance of Bruckner's Seventh Symphony with their Conductor Laureate Bernard Haitink and, to start the week, Ivan Fischer conducting Wagner.

Foreign visitors to the Concertgebouw during the week include:

- The Berlin Philharmonic Virtuosi playing Italian Baroque music.

- The Venice Baroque Orchestra playing Vivaldi.

- The Berlin Academy of Ancient Music playing Bach.

- The Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra directed by clarinettist Paul Meyer in Mozart's Clarinet Concerto, one of a trio of concertante works for clarinet across the week.

Afternoon on 3 also focuses on top orchestral and choral performances by the Dutch counterparts to the BBC's own orchestras and choirs - the Netherlands Radio Chorus, Philharmonic and Chamber Philharmonic, who can be heard year-round at the Concertgebouw. Highlights include:

- The Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic conducted by Scottish composer James MacMillan, by Philippe Herreweghe in Brahms, and by their Chief Conductor Michael Schoenwandt in music from his native Scandinavia.

- Their bigger sister orchestra, the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, conducted by American composer John Adams in the Dutch premi耀re of a work they co-commissioned.

The mix of music - from Bach to John Adams - is rounded out with particular features on:

- Italian music - all day on Thursday, including this week's Thursday Opera Matinee, Donizetti's 'Anna Bolena' from the Vienna State Opera, starring Anna Netrebko as Henry VIII's ill-fated second wife Anne Boleyn.

- The music of Russia - every day, including some of Stravinsky's greatest choral works and, on Monday, Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture to continue Radio 3's tie-in with Martin Sixsmith's Russian history series on Radio 4 ('Russia: the Wild East').

2:00pm

Brahms: Alto Rhapsody

Ann Hallenberg (mezzo-soprano)

Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)

2:15pm

Wagner: Lohengrin, Act 3, Scenes 1 & 2

Camilla Nylund (soprano).... Elsa

Robert Dean Smith (tenor).... Lohengrin

Netherlands Chamber Choir

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Ivကn Fischer (conductor)

2:50pm

Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto

Martin Fr怀st (clarinet)

Michael Schoenwandt (conductor)

3:15pm

Stenhammar: Serenade in F, Op. 31

4:00pm

Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Grant Llewellyn (conductor)

4:20pm

Tchaikovsky, arr. Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn: Nutcracker Suite (excerpts)

Concertgebouw Jazz Orchestra

Henk Meutgeert (conductor).

Penny Gore with music from the Concertgebouw: Brahms, Wagner, Grieg, Nielsen, Tchaikovsky.

20110503

Penny Gore presents a week of top concerts from the Concertgebouw' - the Amsterdam concert hall with a famously beautiful acoustic, and home to one of the world's great orchestras. Today the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra play Bruckner's Seventh Symphony under the baton of a man who first conducted them 55 years ago and was their Chief Conductor for a quarter of a century - Bernard Haitink, their current Conductor Emeritus. That's the climax of a programme with British and Germanic threads running through it, including a concert conducted at the Concertgebouw by leading Scottish composer James MacMillan.

2:00pm

J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 3

Berlin Academy for Ancient Music (Akademie für alte Musik, Berlin)

2:15pm

Stravinsky: 'Basle Concerto' in D for strings

Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic

James MacMillan (conductor)

2:30pm

Milhaud: Scaramouche

Michael Collins (clarinet)

2:40pm

Elgar: Larghetto, from Serenade for Strings

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

Paul Meyer (conductor)

2:45pm

Mozart: Symphony no. 29 in A, K. 201

3:10pm

Handel: 'Ah, spietato' from Amadigi

Johanette Zomer (soprano)

Bart Schneemann (Baroque oboe)

Musica Amphion

Directed from the harpsichord by Pieter-Jan Belder

3:15pm

Bruckner: Symphony no. 7

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Bernard Haitink (conductor).

Penny Gore with music from the Concertgebouw: Bach, Stravinsky, Milhaud, Elgar, Bruckner.

20110504

Penny Gore presents more top performances from the beautiful concert hall in Amsterdam, the Concertgebouw. The backbone of today's programme is a concert conducted by leading American composer John Adams. Plus one of the world's top clarinettists plays Mozart.

2:00pm

Rachmaninov: Ave Maria, Vesper No. 6

Netherlands Radio Chorus

Sigvards Klava (conductor)

Stravinsky: Ave Maria

Hans Graf (conductor)

Milhaud: La cr退ation du monde, Op. 81

Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

John Adams (conductor)

2:15pm

Stravinsky: Les noces

Zvetelina Vassileva (soprano)

Elizabeth Sikora (mezzo-soprano)

Marcel Beekman (tenor)

David Wilson-Johnson (baritone)

2:40pm

Mozart: Clarinet Concerto

Paul Meyer (clarinet)

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

3:05pm

John Adams: City Noir

3:45pm

Gershwin: I got rhythm

Roland Brautigam (piano)

Concertgebouw Jazz Orchestra

Henk Meutgeert (conductor).

With Penny Gore. Music from the Concertgebouw: Milhaud, Stravinsky, Mozart and Gershwin.

20110506

2:00pm

Grieg: Two elegiac melodies

Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic

Michael Schoenwandt (conductor)

Penny Gore concludes this week's opera matinee, starring Anna Netrebko as Henry VIII's ill-fated second wife Anne Boleyn. Plus a final visit to the Amsterdam Concertgebouw.

Donizetti: Anna Bolena - Act 2

Anna Netrebko (soprano).... Anne Boleyn

Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (bass).... Henry VIII

Elina Garanca (mezzo-soprano).... Jane Seymour

Dan Paul Dumitrescu (bass).... George Boleyn, Anne's brother

Francesco Meli (tenor).... Lord Percy

Elisabeth Kulman (contralto).... Mark Smeaton, Anne's household musician

Peter Jelosists (tenor).... Hervey, court official

Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Evelino Pid (conductor)

Vivaldi: Concerto Ripieno RV163

Berlin Philharmonic Virtuosi

3:30pm A Week at the Concertgebouw

Pergolesi: Sinfonia in F major

3:40pm

Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms

Netherlands Radio Chorus

Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

Hans Graf (conductor)

Stravinsky: Pater Noster

4:00pm

Brahms: Schicksalslied

Philippe Herreweghe (conductor)

Giora Feidman, arr. G怀ran Fr怀st: Let's be Happy!

Martin Fr怀st (clarinet)

Michael Schoenwandt (conductor).

Penny Gore presents the conclusion of a performance of Donizetti's opera Anna Bolena.

Episodes

Episode	First Broadcast	Comments
01	20110502	Penny Gore presents 'A Week at the Concertgebouw' - the Amsterdam concert hall with a famously beautiful acoustic, home to one of the world's great orchestras. You can hear the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday - including a performance of Bruckner's Seventh Symphony with their Conductor Laureate Bernard Haitink and, to start the week, Ivan Fischer conducting Wagner. Foreign visitors to the Concertgebouw during the week include: - The Berlin Philharmonic Virtuosi playing Italian Baroque music. - The Venice Baroque Orchestra playing Vivaldi. - The Berlin Academy of Ancient Music playing Bach. - The Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra directed by clarinettist Paul Meyer in Mozart's Clarinet Concerto, one of a trio of concertante works for clarinet across the week. Afternoon on 3 also focuses on top orchestral and choral performances by the Dutch counterparts to the BBC's own orchestras and choirs - the Netherlands Radio Chorus, Philharmonic and Chamber Philharmonic, who can be heard year-round at the Concertgebouw. Highlights include: - The Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic conducted by Scottish composer James MacMillan, by Philippe Herreweghe in Brahms, and by their Chief Conductor Michael Schoenwandt in music from his native Scandinavia. - Their bigger sister orchestra, the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, conducted by American composer John Adams in the Dutch premi耀re of a work they co-commissioned. The mix of music - from Bach to John Adams - is rounded out with particular features on: - Italian music - all day on Thursday, including this week's Thursday Opera Matinee, Donizetti's 'Anna Bolena' from the Vienna State Opera, starring Anna Netrebko as Henry VIII's ill-fated second wife Anne Boleyn. - The music of Russia - every day, including some of Stravinsky's greatest choral works and, on Monday, Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture to continue Radio 3's tie-in with Martin Sixsmith's Russian history series on Radio 4 ('Russia: the Wild East'). 2:00pm Brahms: Alto Rhapsody Ann Hallenberg (mezzo-soprano) Philippe Herreweghe (conductor) 2:15pm Wagner: Lohengrin, Act 3, Scenes 1 & 2 Camilla Nylund (soprano).... Elsa Robert Dean Smith (tenor).... Lohengrin Netherlands Chamber Choir Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam Ivကn Fischer (conductor) 2:50pm Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto Martin Fr怀st (clarinet) Michael Schoenwandt (conductor) 3:15pm Stenhammar: Serenade in F, Op. 31 4:00pm Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture BBC National Orchestra of Wales Grant Llewellyn (conductor) 4:20pm Tchaikovsky, arr. Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn: Nutcracker Suite (excerpts) Concertgebouw Jazz Orchestra Henk Meutgeert (conductor). Penny Gore with music from the Concertgebouw: Brahms, Wagner, Grieg, Nielsen, Tchaikovsky.
02	20110503	Penny Gore presents a week of top concerts from the Concertgebouw' - the Amsterdam concert hall with a famously beautiful acoustic, and home to one of the world's great orchestras. Today the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra play Bruckner's Seventh Symphony under the baton of a man who first conducted them 55 years ago and was their Chief Conductor for a quarter of a century - Bernard Haitink, their current Conductor Emeritus. That's the climax of a programme with British and Germanic threads running through it, including a concert conducted at the Concertgebouw by leading Scottish composer James MacMillan. 2:00pm J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 Berlin Academy for Ancient Music (Akademie für alte Musik, Berlin) 2:15pm Stravinsky: 'Basle Concerto' in D for strings Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic James MacMillan (conductor) 2:30pm Milhaud: Scaramouche Michael Collins (clarinet) 2:40pm Elgar: Larghetto, from Serenade for Strings Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra Paul Meyer (conductor) 2:45pm Mozart: Symphony no. 29 in A, K. 201 3:10pm Handel: 'Ah, spietato' from Amadigi Johanette Zomer (soprano) Bart Schneemann (Baroque oboe) Musica Amphion Directed from the harpsichord by Pieter-Jan Belder 3:15pm Bruckner: Symphony no. 7 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam Bernard Haitink (conductor). Penny Gore with music from the Concertgebouw: Bach, Stravinsky, Milhaud, Elgar, Bruckner.
03	20110504	Penny Gore presents more top performances from the beautiful concert hall in Amsterdam, the Concertgebouw. The backbone of today's programme is a concert conducted by leading American composer John Adams. Plus one of the world's top clarinettists plays Mozart. 2:00pm Rachmaninov: Ave Maria, Vesper No. 6 Netherlands Radio Chorus Sigvards Klava (conductor) Stravinsky: Ave Maria Hans Graf (conductor) Milhaud: La cr退ation du monde, Op. 81 Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra John Adams (conductor) 2:15pm Stravinsky: Les noces Zvetelina Vassileva (soprano) Elizabeth Sikora (mezzo-soprano) Marcel Beekman (tenor) David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) 2:40pm Mozart: Clarinet Concerto Paul Meyer (clarinet) Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra 3:05pm John Adams: City Noir 3:45pm Gershwin: I got rhythm Roland Brautigam (piano) Concertgebouw Jazz Orchestra Henk Meutgeert (conductor). With Penny Gore. Music from the Concertgebouw: Milhaud, Stravinsky, Mozart and Gershwin.
04	20110506	2:00pm Grieg: Two elegiac melodies Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic Michael Schoenwandt (conductor) Penny Gore concludes this week's opera matinee, starring Anna Netrebko as Henry VIII's ill-fated second wife Anne Boleyn. Plus a final visit to the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. Donizetti: Anna Bolena - Act 2 Anna Netrebko (soprano).... Anne Boleyn Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (bass).... Henry VIII Elina Garanca (mezzo-soprano).... Jane Seymour Dan Paul Dumitrescu (bass).... George Boleyn, Anne's brother Francesco Meli (tenor).... Lord Percy Elisabeth Kulman (contralto).... Mark Smeaton, Anne's household musician Peter Jelosists (tenor).... Hervey, court official Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra Evelino Pid (conductor) Vivaldi: Concerto Ripieno RV163 Berlin Philharmonic Virtuosi 3:30pm A Week at the Concertgebouw Pergolesi: Sinfonia in F major 3:40pm Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms Netherlands Radio Chorus Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Hans Graf (conductor) Stravinsky: Pater Noster 4:00pm Brahms: Schicksalslied Philippe Herreweghe (conductor) Giora Feidman, arr. G怀ran Fr怀st: Let's be Happy! Martin Fr怀st (clarinet) Michael Schoenwandt (conductor). Penny Gore presents the conclusion of a performance of Donizetti's opera Anna Bolena.