Viennese Night
Bramwell Tovey conducts the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra in a programme to mark Lehar's 150th anniversary, including favourites from The Merry Widow, and works by his contemporaries.
Live at ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Proms: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra, conductor Bramwell Tovey.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Presented by Petroc Trelawny.
Marking 150 years since the birth of Franz LehΓ‘r β and recalling the long-running Proms tradition of the βViennese Nightβ begun in the 1950s β the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra and Bramwell Tovey step into the gilded ballroom of operetta, evoking the glamour and sophistication of turn-of-the-century Vienna.
The concert features some of LehΓ‘rβs most popular titles such as The Merry Widow, The Land of Smiles and Giuditta, as well as music by some of his contemporaries. Nathaniel Anderson-Frank, leader of the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra, takes the role of Paganini with a solo from Leharβs operetta of the same name, and the evening also includes excerpts from the most enduring and popular operetta of them all, Johann Strauss IIβs Die Fledermaus.
Lehar: Overture (The Merry Widow)
Oscar Straus: Donβt eat them all, you greedy man (from The Chocolate Soldier)
Lehar: Meine lippen sie KΓΌssen so heiss (from Giuditta)
Kalman: Gruss mir mein Wien (from GrΓ€fin Mariza)
Johann Strauss II: Overture (Die Fledermaus)
Lehar, arr Dexter: Prelude and Violin solo (from Paganini)
Heuberger: Im Chambre separΓ©e (from Opera Ball)
Lehar: Gold and Silver Waltz
Lehar: Es lebt eine Vilja (from The Merry Widow)
Lehar: You are my heartβs delight (from The Land of Smiles)
Johann Strauss II and Josef Strauss: Pizzicato Polka
Johann Strauss II: The Watch Duet (from Die Fledermaus)
Sophie Bevan (soprano)
Robert Murray (tenor)
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra
Bramwell Tovey (conductor)
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Franz LehΓ‘r
Overture The Merry Widow
Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey. -
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Oscar Straus
Chocolate Soldier duet
Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey. -
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Franz LehΓ‘r
Meine Lippen sie Kussen so heiss
Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey. -
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Emmerich KΓ‘lmΓ‘n
Gruss mir Mein Wien (Grafin Maritza)
Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey. -
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Johann Strauss II
Overture Die Fledermaus
Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey. -
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Franz LehΓ‘r
Prelude and Violin Solo (Paganini)
Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey. -
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Richard Heuberger
In chambre separee (Opera Ball)
Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey. -
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Franz LehΓ‘r
Gold and Silver Waltz
Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey. -
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Franz LehΓ‘r
Es lebt eine Vilja (Merry Widow)
Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey. -
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Franz LehΓ‘r
You are my Heart's Delight (Land of Smiles)
Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey. -
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Johann Strauss II
Pizzicato Polka
Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey. -
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Johann Strauss II
Watch duet (Die Fledermaus)
Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey. -
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Eleanor Alberga
Bloom
Performer: Philip Cobb. -
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Quartet in E Flat Major
Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland. Ensemble: Escher Quartet. -
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Darius Milhaud
La crΓ©ation du monde
Performer: John Harle. Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- The Jazz Album: London Sinfonietta/Rattle.
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Philip Glass
Mad Rush
Performer: Philip Glass.- Philip Glass, Solo piano.
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