Prom 57: Thomas Larcher, Wagner and Richard Strauss
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Semyon Bychkov conducts the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Larcher: Symphony No 2 'Cenotaph'. Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder. Strauss: An Alpine Symphony.
Live at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms: Semyon Bychkov conducts the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra in Strauss's An Alpine Symphony, Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder with mezzo Elisabeth Kulman, and Thomas Larcher's new Symphony No. 2 "Kenotaph".
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Petroc Trelawny
Thomas Larcher: Symphony No.2 "Cenotaph" (UK premiere)
Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder
20.25 INTERVAL: Proms Extra
Sara Mohr-Pietsch talks to William Mival and Gavin Plumey about Strauss's epic 'An Alpine Symphony'. Recorded earlier this evening at the Concert Hall of Imperial College Union.
20.45 Richard Strauss: An Alpine Symphony
Elisabeth Kulman, mezzo
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov conductor
An Alpine Symphony combines the tunefulness, richness of orchestration and sheer unadulterated beauty of Richard Strauss's character-based tonepoems with what is probably his most impressive piece of musical architecture. Whether depicting a bracing mountain climb or the slow formation of the mountain range itself, the work has a magnificence all of its own, particularly when resounding through the Royal Albert Hall. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra under Semyon Bychkov scales its heights here, after Wagner's unalloyed love songs for Mathilde Wesendonck, sung by distinguished Austrian mezzo Elisabeth Kulman, and the UK premiere of Symphony No. 2 "Cenotaph" by another Austrian - composer Thomas Larcher.
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Thomas Larcher
Symphony No 2
Singer: Elisabeth Kulman. Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov. -
Richard Wagner
Wesendonck-Lieder
Performer: Elisabeth Kulman. Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. -
Richard Strauss
An Alpine Symphony
Singer: Elisabeth Kulman. Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
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Performer | Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra |
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- Sun 28 Aug 2016 19:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
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