23 October 2007
Tuesday 23 October 2007 13:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
Presented by Fiona Talkington.
Playlist:
European Summer Festivals
1/2. This summer, the Bergen International Festival celebrated the 100th anniversary of local composer Grieg's death. Besides music from the Grieg Gala, the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra perform music by Lindberg, Dvorak and Prokofiev under their new conductor Andrew Litton, and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir sing works by Delius and Grainger as part of a concert titled 'In Search of Grieg'.
Grieg: Varen (Spring)
Kerstin Avemo (soprano)
Johan Ullen (piano)
Grieg: Cello sonata in A minor
Truls Mork (cello)
Havard Gimse (piano)
Grieg: Ballade in G minor
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Lindberg: Aura (In memoriam Witold Lutoslawski)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Litton (conductor)
Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B minor
Truls Mork (cello)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Litton (conductor)
Prokofiev: Five Songs Without Words
Alina Pogostkina (violin)
Sveinung Bjelland (piano)
Grieg: 3 Lyric Pieces (Gangar; Notturno; Trolltog)
Sveinung Bjelland (piano)
Delius: Two songs to be sung of a summer Night on the Water
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Paul Hillier (conductor)
Van Der Stucken: Maientag
Solveig Kringleborn (soprano)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Grainger: Ye Banks and Braes O'Bonnie Doon
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Paul Hillier (conductor)
Prokofiev: Symphony No 5
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Litton (conductor)
