Edinburgh International Festival: Mozart and Messiaen
A memorable recording of Mozart's Gran Partita by Charles Mackerras, and the epic 脡clairs sur l'Au-Del脿 by Messiaen, both from the 麻豆官网首页入口's Edinburgh International Festival archive.
Two memorably grand concerts from the 麻豆官网首页入口's Edinburgh International Festival archive.
From 2002, Charles Mackerras conducts the winds of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in Mozart's Serenade in B flat, better known as the Gran Partita. Mackerras was a Festival regular, and one of the finest and most popular interpreters of Mozart's music. The score is amongst Mozart's most technically ambitious, brought to life by 13 players from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
By contrast, 128 players contributed to a performance of Messiaen's 脡clairs sur l'Au-Del脿, given at the Usher Hall in 2008. The composer's final orchestral work is a hymn to life, love, the universe, and everything beyond: this piece has everything from the most elegant chorales, to the intricately tangled melodies of birds. The 麻豆官网首页入口 Scottish Symphony Orchestra prefaced it with a piece that would seem pretty big by any other comparison; Thomas Ades's eclectic and manically detailed 2007 symphony, Tevot.
Presented by Kate Molleson
Mozart: Serenade in B flat, K361 (Gran Partita)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)
Thomas Ades: Tevot
Messiaen: 脡clairs sur l'Au-Del脿
麻豆官网首页入口 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Serenade in Bb (Gran Partita)
Conductor: Charles Mackerras. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. -
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Thomas Ad猫s
Tevot
Performer: 麻豆官网首页入口 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov. -
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Olivier Messiaen
Eclairs sur l'au-dela
Conductor: Ilan Volkov. Orchestra: 麻豆官网首页入口 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. -
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Slavonic Dance in D major, Op 46 No 6
Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: George Szell.- Duet 2.
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Laura Jurd
Study #1
Performer: Kate Moore.
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- Wed 16 Sep 2020 19:30麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 3