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Amy Beach's Gaelic Symphony

On Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, music to mark the American civil rights leader by Duke Ellington and the first symphony by an American female composer.

On Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, music to mark the American civil rights leader by Duke Ellington, plus choral music by Leonard Bernstein and the first symphony by a female American composer. Elizabeth Alker includes music to mark 250 years of American Independence in exclusive recordings from home and abroad.

Duke Ellington
Three Black Kings
Matthias Ambrosius (saxophone)
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Patrick Hahn (conductor)

Cesar Franck (arr. Jules Delsart)
Sonata in A major
Alban Gerhardt (cello)
Alexei Volodin (piano)

Amy Beach
Symphony in E minor, Op. 32 ‘Gaelic’
German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin
Marie Jacquot (conductor)

Robert Schumann
Märchenbilder, Op. 113
Maxim Rysanov (viola)
Dasol Kim (piano)

Richard Wagner
Tannhauser - Overture
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding (conductor)

Harold Arlen
Blues in the Night
Julian Bliss and Friends

Leonard Bernstein
Chichester Psalms
National Youth Choir
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

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2 hours, 56 minutes

Last on

Thu 15 Jan 202613:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Duke Ellington

    Les trois rois noirs

    Performer: Matthias Ambrosius. Orchestra: Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Patrick Hahn.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Cello Sonata in G minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Performer: Alexei Volodin.

  • César Franck

    Sonata in A

    Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Performer: Alexei Volodin. Music Arranger: Jules Delsart.

  • Amy Beach

    Symphony in E minor, Op. 32 ('Gaelic')

    Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Marie Jacquot.

  • Julian Bliss Septet

    U.M.M.G

  • Robert Schumann

    Marchenbilder Op.113

    Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Performer: Dasol Kim.

  • Richard Wagner

    Overture to 'Tannhäuser'

    Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Casta Diva (Norma) arr. for cello & orchestra

    Performer: Jan Vogler. Music Arranger: Jan Vogler. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Omer Meir Wellber.
    • Pop Songs.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 6.

  • Julian Bliss Septet

    Blues In The Night

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Chichester Psalms

    Choir: National Youth Choir of Scotland. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.

Broadcast

  • Thu 15 Jan 202613:00
    BBC Radio 3