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Dance to Ravel and Strauss

Andrew Manze conducts the NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra in music by Ravel, Poulenc and Richard Strauss.

Recorded in early January of this year in the Kuppelsaal in Hanover, Andrew Manze and the NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra celebrated the New Year with a programme of dance music - starting with Ravel's La Valse and Strauss's Suite from Rosenkavalier in the second half.
The pianists Martha Argerich and Shin Heae Kang join for a performance of Poulenc's sparkling Concerto for 2 Pianos.

Ravel: La Valse
NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Manze, conductor

Poulenc: Concerto for 2 Pianos in D minor
Martha Argerich, piano
Shin Heae Kang, piano
NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Manze, conductor

c.8.15: Interval:
JS Bach: Concerto for 2 violins and string orch (BWV.1043) in D min
Andrew Manze, violin
Rachel Podger, violin
Academy of Ancient Music

c.8.30:
Richard Strauss: Suite from 'Der Rosenkavalier' op. 59
NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Manze, conductor

Ravel: Bolero
NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Manze, conductor

Followed at 9.30pm with music by by Poulenc and Strauss performed by the French oboist, Francois Leleux:
Poulenc: Sonata for Oboe and piano Op.185
Francois Leleux, oboe
Emmanuel Strosser, piano

Richard Strauss: Serenade in E flat major Op.7 for 13 wind instruments
Ensemble Paris-Bastille
Francois Leleux, director

Image Credit: Chris Christodoulou

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Mon 11 May 2020 19:30

Music Played

  • Maurice Ravel

    La Valse - Choreographic Poem For Orchestra

    Orchestra: North German Radio Phil. Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Concerto in D minor for 2 pianos and orchestra

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Shin-Heae Kang. Orchestra: North German Radio Phil. Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
  • Darius Milhaud

    Scaramouche - Suite Op.165b

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Shin-Heae Kang.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    'Easter' from Fantaisie-Tableaux (Suite No.1), Op.5 For 2 Pianos

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Shin-Heae Kang.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    'Dance of the sugar-plum fairy' from The Nutcracker

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Shin-Heae Kang.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in D minor BWV.1043

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Richard Strauss

    Suite from Der Rosenkavalier

    Orchestra: North German Radio Phil. Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Bolero

    Orchestra: North German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Blue Danube Waltz, op. 314

    Orchestra: North German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
  • Johann Strauss

    Radetzky March, op. 228

    Orchestra: North German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Sonata for oboe and piano

    Performer: François Leleux. Performer: Emmanuel Strosser.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Richard Strauss

    Serenade in E flat major Op.7 for 13 wind instruments

    Ensemble: Paris-Bastille Wind Ensemble. Director: François Leleux.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Will Todd

    Songs of Magical Creatures: Full Fathom Five

    Choir: The Bach Choir. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Will Todd: Lights, Stories, Noise, Dreams, Love and Noodles.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 102.
  • Will Todd

    Songs of Magical Creatures: Shadows

    Choir: The Bach Choir. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Will Todd: Lights, Stories, Noise, Dreams, Love and Noodles.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 103.

Broadcast

  • Mon 11 May 2020 19:30

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