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Evelyn Glennie

Evelyn Glennie presents a sequence of music exploring how the orchestra has developed over the centuries from a small ensemble to the stage-crowding symphony orchestra of today.

Evelyn Glennie presents a sequence of music exploring how the orchestra has developed over the centuries from a small ensemble to the stage-crowding symphony orchestra of today, with many brass players and arrays of percussion. Her selection includes a Vivaldi violin concerto, symphonic movements by Beethoven, Berlioz and Mahler, film music by Aaron Copland, Kodaly's Hary Janos and Steve Reich's Four Sections for orchestra.

1 hour, 58 minutes

Last on

Sat 12 Aug 2017 13:00

Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin concerto In B Flat Major Rv.362, (La Caccia)

    Director: Fabio Biondi. Ensemble: Europa Galante.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS : 5-61980 2.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
    • 4.
  • Leopold Mozart

    Cassation In G Major (Toy Symphony): 3rd mvt - Allegro

    Orchestra: The Hanover Band. Director: Roy Goodman.
    • Nimbus : NI5126.
    • Nimbus.
    • 11.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 9 In D Minor: 4th mvt

    Singer: Camilla Nylund. Singer: Iris Vermillion. Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Singer: Franz-Josef Selig. Choir: Gachinger Choir Stuttgart. Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • HANSSLER : 93-088.
    • HANSSLER.
    • 4.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie Fantastique: 5th mvt (Dream of a witches Sabbath)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI CLASSICS : 2-16224 0.
    • EMI CLASSICS.
    • 5.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 2 In C Minor (Resurrection): Scherzo

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus Tennstedt.
    • LPO : LPO-0044.
    • LPO.
    • 2.
  • Arnold Schoenberg

    5 Orchestral Pieces: No.2

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: James Levine.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON : 419 781-2-.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 11.
  • Zolt谩n Kod谩ly

    Hary Janos - Suite: Mvts 1, 2 and 3

    Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montr茅al. Conductor: Charles Dutoit.
    • DECCA : 444-322-2.
    • DECCA.
    • 1.
  • Aaron Copland

    The Red Pony: Circus Music; Walk to the bunkhouse; Grandfather's story

    Orchestra: Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • DELOS : DE-3221.
    • DELOS.
    • 4.
  • Steve Reich

    The Four Sections: IV (Full Orchestra)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • NONESUCH : 7559-79220-2.
    • NONESUCH.
    • 4.
  • Sir James MacMillan

    Veni, Veni, Emmanuel

    Performer: Evelyn Glennie. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jukka鈥怭ekka Saraste.
    • RCA : 09026-61916-2.
    • RCA.
    • 1.
  • Mason Bates

    The B-Sides: Broom of the System

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • SFS Media : SFS0065.
    • SFS Media.
    • 1.

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  • Sat 12 Aug 2017 13:00

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