Wagner's Siegfried idyll
Conductor Charles Hazlewood and the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Symphony Orchestra present a workshop exploring two birthday serenades - Wagner's Siegfried Idyll and Peter Warlock's Serenade.
Charles Hazlewood is joined by the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Symphony Orchestra to reveal the musical and emotional depths behind two very different birthday serenades. Wagner composed his "Siegfried Idyll" as a surprise greeting for his wife Cosima which she heard wafting to her room from the stairs on her birthday. He based the work on themes from his latest opera. The young Peter Warlock's boyhood hero was the composer Frederick Delius, whose 60th birthday he marked with a short Serenade for strings, composed in pastiche style, but with his own personal twist.
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Wagner: Siegfried Idyll and Warlock: Serenade for Strings
Duration: 30:07
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Richard Wagner - Siegfried-Idyll for small orchestra
Performers: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Broadcasts
- Sat 28 Feb 2004 14:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
- Sun 28 Nov 2010 17:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3