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Proms Composer: Alissa Firsova

With Andrew McGregor. Including Proms Composer Alissa Firsova and an interview with the late conductor Alan Curtis. Plus music by Mahler, Brahms, Janacek, Schubert and Lutoslawski.

with Andrew McGregor, including:

09.00
Mahler: Piano Quartet in A minor (fragment)
Daniel Hope (violin)
Paul Neubauer (viola)
David Finckel (cello)
Wu Han (piano)

Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor (3rd movement, Allegro vivace)
Maria Joao Pires (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir John Eliot Gardiner

09.30
Proms Composer: Alissa Firsova
Summer CD Review's Proms Composers explores recordings of music by Russian composer Alissa Firsova. She was born in Moscow in 1986 to two composer parents, Elena Firsova and Dmitri Smirnov. In 1991 she and her family moved to England. In 2001 she won the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ/Guardian/Proms Young Composer Competition with her piano piece "Les Pavots".

10.00
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D, Op 77 (1st movement, Allegro non troppo)
Leonid Kogan (violin)
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux

Janacek: Taras Bulba (excerpt)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Edward Gardner

10.30
Another chance to hear an interview Andrew did with the conductor Alan Curtis, who died recently. Curtis specialised in the performance of baroque opera, especially Handel. He talked to Andrew about the changing nature of baroque performance over the years, including excerpts from his recordings of Handel's Admeto and Giulio Cesare.

11.10
Schubert: Piano Sonata in G major, D894 (1st movement)
Andras Schiff (fortepiano)

11.45
Lutoslawski: Piano Concerto
Krystian Zimerman (piano)
Berlin Philharmonic
Sir Simon Rattle.

3 hours, 12 minutes

Last on

Sat 22 Aug 2015 09:00
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Gustav Mahler

    Piano Quartet Movement in A minor

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Paul Neubauer. Performer: David Finckel. Performer: Wu Han.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON : 479 4609.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 001.

  • Robert Schumann

    Concerto In A Minor Op.54 For Piano And Orchestra (iii. Allegro vivace)

    Performer: Maria JoΓ£o Pires. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • LSO LIVE : LSO0765.
    • LSO LIVE.
    • 004.

  • Elena Olegovna Firsova

    For Alissa, Op 102

    Performer: Alissa Firsova.
    • VIVAT.

  • Alissa Firsova

    Bach Allegro

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.

  • Alissa Firsova

    Stabat Mater

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

  • Alissa Firsova

    Moonlight over the sea (Munch Suite)

    Performer: Henning Kraggerud.
    • Simax Classics.

  • Alissa Firsova

    Lune Rouge, Op. 13

  • Johannes Brahms

    Concerto In D Major Op.77 For Violin And Orchestra (i. Allegro non troppo)

    Performer: Leonid Kogan. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Monteux.
    • Melodiya: MEL CD 10 02328.
    • Melodiya.
    • 001.

  • Leos JanÑček

    Taras Bulba

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos: CHSA 5156.
    • Chandos.
    • 013.

  • Franz Schubert

    Sonata In G Major D.894 For Piano (first movement)

    Performer: Sir AndrΓ‘s Schiff.
    • ECM: 481 1572.
    • ECM.
    • 002.

  • Franz Schubert

    Sonata In G Major D.894 For Piano

    Performer: David Fray.
    • Erato: 08256 4616699 2.
    • Erato.
    • 003.

  • Witold LutosΕ‚awski

    Concerto For Piano And Orchestra

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Deutsche Grammophon: 479 4518.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 001.

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  • Sat 22 Aug 2015 09:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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