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Music at Crystal Palace

Matthew Sweet takes a journey back in time to investigate the musical legacy of the Crystal Palace Saturday Concerts. With contributions from Steve Grindlay and Sarah Lenton.

Matthew Sweet takes a journey back in time to investigate the musical legacy of the Crystal Palace Saturday Concerts. Delving through the past he learns more about the once widely-celebrated conductor Sir August Manns who is argued to have changed the face of British concert-going. Speaking with experts Steve Grindlay and Sarah Lenton we learn more about how the Crystal Palace affected the development of our modern understanding of concert etiquette, orchestral management and the music we now regard as 'mainstream' repertoire.

Producer Claire Wass.

20 minutes

Last on

Fri 21 Jan 2011 19:45
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Enigma Variations – theme

    Performer: Royal Albert Hall Orchestra, Sir Edward Elgar (conductor)

    • EMI Classics 7243 5 66979 2 8.
    • 5.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No.2 in d minor (orch HallΓ©n)

    Performer: Gerwandhaus Orchestra, Kurt Masur (conductor)

    • Philips 411 426-2.
    • 2.

  • Richard Strauss

    Also Sprach Zarathrustra; Einleitung

    Performer: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti (conductor)

    • Decca 430 445-2.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Romance in F for violin and orchestra

    Performer: Henryk Szeryng (violin), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink (conductor)

    • Philips 446 521-2.

  • Francesco Maria Veracini

    Meco sull verrai from Roselinda

    Performer: Luisa Tetrazzini, Handel Festival Orchestra of Crystal Palace

    • Symposium 1251.
    • 14.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No.3 in D major D.200; Presto Vivace

    Performer: National Arts Centre Orchestra, Pinchas Zukerman (conductor)

    • SM5221.
    • 9.

  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ΅k

    Concerto for violin and orchestra – Allegro giocoso ma non troppo

    Performer: Isabelle Faust (violin), The Prague Philharmonia, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

    • Harmonia Mundi HMC 901833.
    • 3.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Hallelujah Chorus (recorded Crystal Palace 1933)

    Performer: Festival of English Church Music 4,000 voices, Director Dr. Sydney Nicholson

    • Beulah 1PD1.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Fri 21 Jan 2011 19:45
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3