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Bramwell Tovey conducts the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Concert Orchestra in a programme to mark Lehar's 150th anniversary, including favourites from The Merry Widow, and works by his contemporaries.

Live at Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Proms: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Concert Orchestra, conductor Bramwell Tovey.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Presented by Petroc Trelawny.

Marking 150 years since the birth of Franz Lehár – and recalling the long-running Proms tradition of the ‘Viennese Night’ begun in the 1950s – the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú 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 Lehár’s 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 Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Concert Orchestra, takes the role of Paganini with a solo from Lehar’s operetta of the same name, and the evening also includes excerpts from the most enduring and popular operetta of them all, Johann Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus.

Lehar: Overture (The Merry Widow)
Oscar Straus: Don’t eat them all, you greedy man (from The Chocolate Soldier)
Lehar: Meine lippen sie Küssen so heiss (from Giuditta)
Kalman: Gruss mir mein Wien (from Gräfin Mariza)
Johann Strauss II: Overture (Die Fledermaus)
Lehar, arr Dexter: Prelude and Violin solo (from Paganini)
Heuberger: Im Chambre separée (from Opera Ball)
Lehar: Gold and Silver Waltz
Lehar: Es lebt eine Vilja (from The Merry Widow)
Lehar: You are my heart’s 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)
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Concert Orchestra
Bramwell Tovey (conductor)

2 hours, 29 minutes

Last on

Mon 31 Aug 2020 19:30

Music Played

  • Franz Lehár

    Overture The Merry Widow

    Orchestra: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
  • Oscar Straus

    Chocolate Soldier duet

    Orchestra: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
  • Franz Lehár

    Meine Lippen sie Kussen so heiss

    Orchestra: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
  • Emmerich Kálmán

    Gruss mir Mein Wien (Grafin Maritza)

    Orchestra: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Overture Die Fledermaus

    Orchestra: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
  • Franz Lehár

    Prelude and Violin Solo (Paganini)

    Orchestra: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
  • Richard Heuberger

    In chambre separee (Opera Ball)

    Orchestra: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
  • Franz Lehár

    Gold and Silver Waltz

    Orchestra: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
  • Franz Lehár

    Es lebt eine Vilja (Merry Widow)

    Orchestra: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
  • Franz Lehár

    You are my Heart's Delight (Land of Smiles)

    Orchestra: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Pizzicato Polka

    Orchestra: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Watch duet (Die Fledermaus)

    Orchestra: Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
  • Eleanor Alberga

    Bloom

    Performer: Philip Cobb.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Quartet in E Flat Major

    Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland. Ensemble: Escher Quartet.
  • Darius Milhaud

    La création du monde

    Performer: John Harle. Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • The Jazz Album: London Sinfonietta/Rattle.
    • EMI.
  • Philip Glass

    Mad Rush

    Performer: Philip Glass.
    • Philip Glass, Solo piano.
    • CBS.

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Broadcast

  • Mon 31 Aug 2020 19:30

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