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The CBSO at 100

From Symphony Hall, Birmingham, Tom McKinney introduces a concert conducted by Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, given as part of an evening marking the 100th anniversary of the orchestra.

From Symphony Hall, Birmingham, Tom McKinney introduces a special concert, conducted by music director Mirga Gra啪inyt臈-Tyla, given as part of an evening on Radio 3 to mark the orchestra's 100th anniversary. The evening includes features, archive recordings and interviews in salute of one the county's foremost and much loved musical institutions. The opening concert, given on the actual day of the orchestra's first official concert foregrounds two composers with direct historical links to the orchestra, and another who, like the CBSO, has an anniversary this year.

Concert from Symphony Hall

Sibelius: Lemminkainen's Return
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela
Beethoven: Overture - Leonore No 3

Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello)
Mirga Gra啪inyt臈-Tyla (conductor)

After the concert Tom McKinney looks back on the last 100 years of the CBSO aided by the orchestra's biographer, Richard Bratby. The evening features a wealth of recordings from the orchestra's back catalogue, ending with their most recent.

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Tue 17 Nov 2020 19:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    Lemminkainen's Return

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mirga Gra啪inyt臈鈥怲yla.

  • Edward Elgar

    Cello Concerto

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mirga Gra啪inyt臈鈥怲yla.

  • Jean Sibelius

    The Swan of Tuonela

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mirga Gra啪inyt臈鈥怲yla.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Overture to Leonore no. 3

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mirga Gra啪inyt臈鈥怲yla.

  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Ruslan i Lyudmila: Overture

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: George Weldon.
    • EMI CLASSICS.

  • Georges Bizet

    Symphony in C major: Scherzo

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Louis Fr茅maux.
    • WARNER CLASSICS ICON.

  • Benjamin Britten

    War Requiem Op.66: Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus

    Singer: Heather Harper. Singer: Peter Pears. Singer: Dietrich Fischer鈥怐ieskau. Ensemble: Melos Ensemble. Choir: Coventry Festival Choir. Choir: Boys of Holy Trinity, Leamington and Holy Trinity, Stratford. Conductor: Meredith Davies. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
    • TESTAMENT.

  • Olivier Messiaen

    Turangalila-symphonie: Final

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt - incidental music Op.23: In the hall of the Mountain King

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • ERATO.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Sinfonia da requiem Op.20

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mirga Gra啪inyt臈鈥怲yla.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

Broadcast

  • Tue 17 Nov 2020 19:30
    麻豆约拍 Radio 3