The Genius Of Mozart [Performance On 3]

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Philharmonia Baroque All-mozart Programme

20110103

Petroc Trelawny introduces an all-Mozart concert recorded at the Herbst Theater in San Francisco featuring the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, one of America's finest period instrument ensembles. The concert opens with incidental music written for the play Thamos, King of Egypt, one of the composer's early forays into music for the theatre. The fortepiano supremo Robert Levin joins the orchestra for the innovative Piano Concerto in D minor and also plays the concerto movement only recently attributed to a seven-year old-Mozart. The programme concludes with Mozart's majestic final symphony, the 'Jupiter'. Nicholas McGegan conducts.

Mozart: Incidental music to Thamos, Konig in Aegypten, K.345

Mozart: Piano concerto no.20 in D minor, K.466

Mozart: Concerto movement in G (Nannerl's Music Book)

Mozart: Symphony no.41 in C, K.551 'Jupiter

Robert Levin (fortepiano)

conductor Nicholas McGegan.

The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra in Mozart's Piano Concerto No 20 and Symphony No 41.

Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.

Neville Marriner Night

20110104

Presented by Suzy Klein.

Conductor Sir Neville Marriner, one of the greatest and most prolific of Mozart interpreters, talks about his relationship with Mozart, featuring some of his recordings alongside those by other performers which have particularly interested him.

Running order:

Divertimento No 1 in D K136

Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Neville Marriner (conductor)

VINYL : Argo RG 554

Side 1, tracks 1-3

Violin Concerto No 3 in G major, K216

Arthur Grumiaux, violin

London Symphony Orchestra

Colin Davis (conductor)

PHILIPS 4220382

DISC 2, TRACKS1-3

Symphony No 32 K318

PHILIPS 422 502 2

CD3, Track 9

Quartet in B flat 'Hunt' K458

Amadeus Quartet

DG 4294912 TRACKS 5-8

Marriage of Figaro K492

Finale of Act 2 [=No 15]

Soloists:

Count Almaviva - Richard Stilwell (baritone)

The Countess - Felicity Lott (soprano)

Susanna - Gianna Rolandi (soprano)

Figaro - Claudio Desd退ri (baritone)

Antonio - Federico Davia (baritone)

Marcellina - Anne Mason (soprano)

Don Basilio - Ugo Benelli (tenor)

Bartolo - Artur Korn (bass)

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Bernard Haitink (conductor)

EMI CDS 7497532

CD 2 Tracks 2-6

Clarinet Concerto K 622

Andrew Marriner (Clarinet)

Pentatone PTC 5186 048 Tracks 1-3

Piano Concerto No 27 K595 (finale)

Clifford Curzon (piano)

English Chamber Orchestra

Benjamin Britten (conductor)

Decca 4172882 Track 6

Haffner Symphony K385

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Josef Kripps (conductor)

VINYL: READER'S DIGEST RDM 1026

SIDE 1, MONO

RequiemK626

Kyrie only

Academy and chorus of St Martin in the Fields

Philips 4320872 Track 2.

Neville Marriner Night: The great conductor chooses his favourite Mozart recordings.

Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.

Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon

20110106

Live from Kings Place in London, Petroc Trelawny introduces an all-Mozart concert by the Aurora Orchestra under the baton of its Principal Conductor, Nicholas Collon.

Mozart:

Overture: La Clemenza di Tito, K621

Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio, K418

Violin Concerto No 5 in A, K219

8.15pm

INTERVAL - Petroc Trelawny hosts a debate asking the question: what is a genius?

8.40pm

Nehmt meinen Dank, K383

Symphony No 36 in C, K425 'Linz

Fflur Wyn (soprano)

Thomas Gould (violin)

Nicholas Collon (conductor).

Aurora Orchestra/Collon in Mozart: Overture (La clemenza di Tito); Violin Concerto No 5.

Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.

Mozart, Die Entfuhrung Aus Dem Serail

20110107

Petroc Trelawny introduces a complete performance of Mozart's 'Turkish' opera, Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, K384, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

Mozart wrote the Abduction from the Seraglio in 1781 just after he had moved to Vienna, a city that had been besieged by the Turkish armies less than 100 years before. Now with the threat from the Ottoman Empire a receding memory, Turkish settings and the spicy exotic sounds of Turkish military bands became all the rage for composers in Vienna and it was against this background that Mozart wrote his German language 'singspiel' for the city's Burgtheater.

It tells the story of a young nobleman Belmonte and his attempts to rescue his betrothed Konstanze and their servants Pedrillo and Blonde from the Palace of Pasha Selim and the clutches of the Pasha's henchman Osmin. However at the moment when Belmonte's plans go awry and the quartet are at the mercy of the Pasha the ruler's humanity and enlightenment shine through and the prisoners are set free.

Belmonte - Peter Schreier (tenor)

Konstanze - Yvonne Kenny (soprano)

Osmin - Matti Salminen (bass)

Blonde - Lillian Watson (soprano)

Pedrillo - Wilfried Gamlich (tenor)

Pasha Selim - Wolfgang Reichmann (speaking role)

Zurich Opera Chorus

Mozart Orchestra of Zurich Opera

Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor).

Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts Mozart's 'Turkish' opera, Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail.

Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.

Mozart, Die Zauberflote

20110110

Presented by Petroc Trelawny

Claudio Abbado's celebrated recording of The Magic Flute K. 620, with Ren退 Pape as Sarastro, Christoph Strehl as Tamino, Dorothea R怀schmann as Pamina and Hanno Müller-Brachmann as Papageno. The queen of the night is interpreted by Erika Mik　sa.

When Tamino, a young prince, finds himself lost and pursued by a snake, he invokes the mercy of the gods, and faints. Three veiled maidens appear, and quickly notice how sweet and handsome the young man is. They compete amongst themselves for the pleasure of looking after him - and so begins Mozart's final opera, a mix of both philosophical parable and music-hall comedy.

Sarastro - Ren退 Pape

The Queen of Night - Erika Mikl　sa

Pamina - Dorothea R怀schmann

Tamino - Christoph Strehl

Papageno - Hanno Müller-Brachmann

Papagena - Julia Kleiter

Speaker - Georg Zeppenfeld

Monostatos - Kurt Azesberger

First Lady - Caroline Stein

Second Lady - Heidi Zehnder

Third lady - Anne-Caroline Schlüter

Three boys - Alexander Lischke, Frederic Jost, Niklas Mallmann

First Man in Armour - Danilo Formaggia

Second Man in Armour - Sascha Borris

First Priest - Andreas Bauer

Second Priest - Danilo Formaggia

Third Priest - Tobias Beyer

Three slaves - Matthias Bernhold

Arnold Sch怀nberg Chor

(Chorus Master: Erwin Ortner)

Mahler Chamber Orchestra

Claudio Abbado.

Petroc Trelawny presents Claudio Abbado's famous recording of Mozart's Die Zauberflote.

Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.

Great Composer-conductors

20110111

Petroc Trelawny presents performances of Mozart written between 1787 and 1788 by some great composer-conductors. And he is joined by Colin Lawson, clarinettist and Director of the Royal College of Music, as he explores Mozart's love affair with the clarinet.

Mozart arr Vent Overture to Le Nozze di Figaro

The English Concert Winds

Mozart Piano Concerto no 26 in D K.537 'Coronation

Sir Clifford Curzon (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (conductor)

Mozart (attrib) Divertimento no. 4 for Three Basset horns, KVAnh229 (439b)

Colin Lawson, Michael Harris, Timothy Lines (basset horns)

Mozart Symphony no. 40 in G minor K 550

Vienna Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein (conductor)

Mozart Symphony no. 41 in C major K.551 'Jupiter

English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten (conductor).

Great composers conduct Mozart including Adagio in B minor and Symphony No 40.

Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.

Music From Mozart's Last Years

20110112

Suzy Klein and Petroc Trelawny introduce music from Mozart's last years.

It's fair to say most people know at least something about Mozart's life, for instance that he was a child prodigy and died while writing his Requiem. But is there any fact about Mozart - man or music - you've always wondered about but never dared to ask? Maybe it's about the circumstances of that Requiem or Mozart's fabled skittish personality, or whether he really could write music straight onto the page, almost without thinking.

Well, this evening is your chance.

Dr Cliff Eisen who has been our music consultant on The Genius of Mozart season and is an internationally regarded authority on Mozart will be joining Petroc Trelawny and Suzy Klein on Performance on 3. You'll be able to ask Cliff Eisen your Mozart question live on air or you can email or text.

Mozart: Piano Concerto in B flat, K595

Mitsuko Uchida (piano and director)

Cleveland Orchestra

Mozart: Masonic Cantata: Laut verkünde unsre Freude, K623

Peter Schreier and Hans-Peter Blochwitz (tenors)

Andreas Schmidt (bass)

Men's Chorus of Leipzig Radio

Staatskapelle Dresden

Peter Schreier (conductor)

Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626

Malin Christensson (soprano)

Daniela Lehner (mezzo)

Nicholas Mulroy (tenor)

Henk Neven (bass)

City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus

BBC Philharmonic

Juanjo Mena (conductor).

Music from Mozart's last years including Four German Dances, Masonic Cantata and Requiem.

Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.

Episodes

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Comments
01	Philharmonia Baroque All-mozart Programme	20110103	Petroc Trelawny introduces an all-Mozart concert recorded at the Herbst Theater in San Francisco featuring the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, one of America's finest period instrument ensembles. The concert opens with incidental music written for the play Thamos, King of Egypt, one of the composer's early forays into music for the theatre. The fortepiano supremo Robert Levin joins the orchestra for the innovative Piano Concerto in D minor and also plays the concerto movement only recently attributed to a seven-year old-Mozart. The programme concludes with Mozart's majestic final symphony, the 'Jupiter'. Nicholas McGegan conducts. Mozart: Incidental music to Thamos, Konig in Aegypten, K.345 Mozart: Piano concerto no.20 in D minor, K.466 Mozart: Concerto movement in G (Nannerl's Music Book) Mozart: Symphony no.41 in C, K.551 'Jupiter Robert Levin (fortepiano) conductor Nicholas McGegan. The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra in Mozart's Piano Concerto No 20 and Symphony No 41. Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.
02	Neville Marriner Night	20110104	Presented by Suzy Klein. Conductor Sir Neville Marriner, one of the greatest and most prolific of Mozart interpreters, talks about his relationship with Mozart, featuring some of his recordings alongside those by other performers which have particularly interested him. Running order: Divertimento No 1 in D K136 Academy of St Martin in the Fields Neville Marriner (conductor) VINYL : Argo RG 554 Side 1, tracks 1-3 Violin Concerto No 3 in G major, K216 Arthur Grumiaux, violin London Symphony Orchestra Colin Davis (conductor) PHILIPS 4220382 DISC 2, TRACKS1-3 Symphony No 32 K318 PHILIPS 422 502 2 CD3, Track 9 Quartet in B flat 'Hunt' K458 Amadeus Quartet DG 4294912 TRACKS 5-8 Marriage of Figaro K492 Finale of Act 2 [=No 15] Soloists: Count Almaviva - Richard Stilwell (baritone) The Countess - Felicity Lott (soprano) Susanna - Gianna Rolandi (soprano) Figaro - Claudio Desd退ri (baritone) Antonio - Federico Davia (baritone) Marcellina - Anne Mason (soprano) Don Basilio - Ugo Benelli (tenor) Bartolo - Artur Korn (bass) London Philharmonic Orchestra Bernard Haitink (conductor) EMI CDS 7497532 CD 2 Tracks 2-6 Clarinet Concerto K 622 Andrew Marriner (Clarinet) Pentatone PTC 5186 048 Tracks 1-3 Piano Concerto No 27 K595 (finale) Clifford Curzon (piano) English Chamber Orchestra Benjamin Britten (conductor) Decca 4172882 Track 6 Haffner Symphony K385 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Josef Kripps (conductor) VINYL: READER'S DIGEST RDM 1026 SIDE 1, MONO RequiemK626 Kyrie only Academy and chorus of St Martin in the Fields Philips 4320872 Track 2. Neville Marriner Night: The great conductor chooses his favourite Mozart recordings. Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.
04	Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon	20110106	Live from Kings Place in London, Petroc Trelawny introduces an all-Mozart concert by the Aurora Orchestra under the baton of its Principal Conductor, Nicholas Collon. Mozart: Overture: La Clemenza di Tito, K621 Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio, K418 Violin Concerto No 5 in A, K219 8.15pm INTERVAL - Petroc Trelawny hosts a debate asking the question: what is a genius? 8.40pm Nehmt meinen Dank, K383 Symphony No 36 in C, K425 'Linz Fflur Wyn (soprano) Thomas Gould (violin) Nicholas Collon (conductor). Aurora Orchestra/Collon in Mozart: Overture (La clemenza di Tito); Violin Concerto No 5. Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.
05	Mozart, Die Entfuhrung Aus Dem Serail	20110107	Petroc Trelawny introduces a complete performance of Mozart's 'Turkish' opera, Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, K384, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Mozart wrote the Abduction from the Seraglio in 1781 just after he had moved to Vienna, a city that had been besieged by the Turkish armies less than 100 years before. Now with the threat from the Ottoman Empire a receding memory, Turkish settings and the spicy exotic sounds of Turkish military bands became all the rage for composers in Vienna and it was against this background that Mozart wrote his German language 'singspiel' for the city's Burgtheater. It tells the story of a young nobleman Belmonte and his attempts to rescue his betrothed Konstanze and their servants Pedrillo and Blonde from the Palace of Pasha Selim and the clutches of the Pasha's henchman Osmin. However at the moment when Belmonte's plans go awry and the quartet are at the mercy of the Pasha the ruler's humanity and enlightenment shine through and the prisoners are set free. Belmonte - Peter Schreier (tenor) Konstanze - Yvonne Kenny (soprano) Osmin - Matti Salminen (bass) Blonde - Lillian Watson (soprano) Pedrillo - Wilfried Gamlich (tenor) Pasha Selim - Wolfgang Reichmann (speaking role) Zurich Opera Chorus Mozart Orchestra of Zurich Opera Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor). Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts Mozart's 'Turkish' opera, Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail. Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.
06	Mozart, Die Zauberflote	20110110	Presented by Petroc Trelawny Claudio Abbado's celebrated recording of The Magic Flute K. 620, with Ren退 Pape as Sarastro, Christoph Strehl as Tamino, Dorothea R怀schmann as Pamina and Hanno Müller-Brachmann as Papageno. The queen of the night is interpreted by Erika Mik　sa. When Tamino, a young prince, finds himself lost and pursued by a snake, he invokes the mercy of the gods, and faints. Three veiled maidens appear, and quickly notice how sweet and handsome the young man is. They compete amongst themselves for the pleasure of looking after him - and so begins Mozart's final opera, a mix of both philosophical parable and music-hall comedy. Sarastro - Ren退 Pape The Queen of Night - Erika Mikl　sa Pamina - Dorothea R怀schmann Tamino - Christoph Strehl Papageno - Hanno Müller-Brachmann Papagena - Julia Kleiter Speaker - Georg Zeppenfeld Monostatos - Kurt Azesberger First Lady - Caroline Stein Second Lady - Heidi Zehnder Third lady - Anne-Caroline Schlüter Three boys - Alexander Lischke, Frederic Jost, Niklas Mallmann First Man in Armour - Danilo Formaggia Second Man in Armour - Sascha Borris First Priest - Andreas Bauer Second Priest - Danilo Formaggia Third Priest - Tobias Beyer Three slaves - Matthias Bernhold Arnold Sch怀nberg Chor (Chorus Master: Erwin Ortner) Mahler Chamber Orchestra Claudio Abbado. Petroc Trelawny presents Claudio Abbado's famous recording of Mozart's Die Zauberflote. Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.
07	Great Composer-conductors	20110111	Petroc Trelawny presents performances of Mozart written between 1787 and 1788 by some great composer-conductors. And he is joined by Colin Lawson, clarinettist and Director of the Royal College of Music, as he explores Mozart's love affair with the clarinet. Mozart arr Vent Overture to Le Nozze di Figaro The English Concert Winds Mozart Piano Concerto no 26 in D K.537 'Coronation Sir Clifford Curzon (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (conductor) Mozart (attrib) Divertimento no. 4 for Three Basset horns, KVAnh229 (439b) Colin Lawson, Michael Harris, Timothy Lines (basset horns) Mozart Symphony no. 40 in G minor K 550 Vienna Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein (conductor) Mozart Symphony no. 41 in C major K.551 'Jupiter English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten (conductor). Great composers conduct Mozart including Adagio in B minor and Symphony No 40. Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.
08	Music From Mozart's Last Years	20110112	Suzy Klein and Petroc Trelawny introduce music from Mozart's last years. It's fair to say most people know at least something about Mozart's life, for instance that he was a child prodigy and died while writing his Requiem. But is there any fact about Mozart - man or music - you've always wondered about but never dared to ask? Maybe it's about the circumstances of that Requiem or Mozart's fabled skittish personality, or whether he really could write music straight onto the page, almost without thinking. Well, this evening is your chance. Dr Cliff Eisen who has been our music consultant on The Genius of Mozart season and is an internationally regarded authority on Mozart will be joining Petroc Trelawny and Suzy Klein on Performance on 3. You'll be able to ask Cliff Eisen your Mozart question live on air or you can email or text. Mozart: Piano Concerto in B flat, K595 Mitsuko Uchida (piano and director) Cleveland Orchestra Mozart: Masonic Cantata: Laut verkünde unsre Freude, K623 Peter Schreier and Hans-Peter Blochwitz (tenors) Andreas Schmidt (bass) Men's Chorus of Leipzig Radio Staatskapelle Dresden Peter Schreier (conductor) Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626 Malin Christensson (soprano) Daniela Lehner (mezzo) Nicholas Mulroy (tenor) Henk Neven (bass) City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus BBC Philharmonic Juanjo Mena (conductor). Music from Mozart's last years including Four German Dances, Masonic Cantata and Requiem. Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.