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Beethoven Unleashed: The Ninth Symphony

As part of a special week of broadcasts, Kate Molleson dips into the archive of the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Symphony Orchestra to explore recent performances of Beethoven Symphonies.

Beethoven Unleashed: As part of a special week of broadcasts, Kate Molleson dips into the archive of the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Symphony Orchestra to explore recent performances of Beethoven symphonies. And she talks to its chief conductor Thomas Dausgaard about his conception of 'Composer Roots', and how Beethoven's music emerged amidst the influence of his predecessors and contemporaries. As the week of programmes reaches its climax, Beethoven's iconic Ninth Symphony is discussed in terms of the far-reaching roots that draw their nutrition from Beethoven's forefathers: from Palestrina and Bach, to his great hero, Mozart.

Presented by Kate Molleson

performance recorded at City Halls, Glasgow in 2017

Palestrina: Sicut cervus
J S Bach: Fugue No 22 in B flat minor from Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, Book 1
Handel: Zadok the Priest
Gluck: Iphigenie en Tauride, Act 1 Ballet music (Dance of the Scythians)
Mozart: Misericordias Domini

8.10 INTERVAL
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ SSO Chief Conductor Thomas Dausgaard discusses his concept of Composer Roots.

CD Track
De Lisle: Marseillaise. Les Lunaisiens

8.25 Part 2
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9

ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard (conductor)
Louise Alder, (soprano)
Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano)
Stuart Jackson (tenor)
Neal Davies (baritone)
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Voices (Timothy Dean: chorus master)

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Fri 22 May 2020 19:30
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Sicut cervus

    Choir: Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Voices.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fugue no 22, in B flat minor, from The Well-Tempered Keyboard Book 1

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Zadok the Priest

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard. Choir: Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Voices.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Dance of the Scythians

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Misericordias Domini

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.

  • Claude‐Joseph Rouget de l’Isle

    Marseillaise & Contre Marseillaise

    Ensemble: Les Lunaisiens.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no 9

    Performer: Louise Alder. Performer: Jennifer Johnston. Performer: Stuart Jackson. Performer: Neal Davies. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Choir: Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Voices. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sextet in E flat major, Op. 81b

    Performer: Andrew Clark. Performer: Roger Montgomery. Ensemble: Ensemble Galante.
    • Music for Horn - Clark etc..
    • EMI.
    • 6-8.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sonata in C, Op 53

    Performer: Igor Levit.

  • Morgan Overton

    A little study while we're all stuck inside

    Performer: Scott Dickinson.

Broadcast

  • Fri 22 May 2020 19:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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