The Return to Life. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Berlioz's racy music drama.
As celebrations of Berlioz begin to thrust towards an inevitable climax the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Symphony Orchestra and conductor Pascal Rophe explore his most dramatic, and racy, orchestral works. Beginning with Waverley, his overture inspired by Walter Scott's mythical Perthshire, the orchestra is then joined by mezzo soprano Karen Cargill to perform his passionate musical monologue describing the death of Cleopatra. And after the interval a rare chance to hear the large-scale music drama Lelio. A strange form of choral and orchestral cantata-cum-melodrama it was originally conceived as a sequel to Symphonie Fantastique - recounting the continuing psychological adventures of a lecherous, self-obsessed, sex maniac with delusions of artistic grandeur.
Live from City Halls, Glasgow
Presented by Mark Forrest
Berlioz: Waverley, Overture
Berlioz: La mort de Cleopatre
1535 Interval
1555 Part 2
Berlioz: LΓ©lio, or The Return To Life
Karen Cargill (mezzo soprano)
Samuel West (actor)
Andrew Tortise (tenor)
Sam Furness (tenor)
Neal Davies (baritone)
Edinburgh Festival Chorus
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Pascal Rophe (conductor)
Part of the Radio 3 celebration
Berlioz - The Ultimate Romantic
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Hector Berlioz
Waverley Overture
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Hector Berlioz
La mort de Cleopatre
Conductor: Pascal RophΓ©. Orchestra: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. -
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Sir James MacMillan
Te Deum
Performer: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Singers. Performer: Richard Pearce. Conductor: Valentina Peleggi.
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