Scottish Ensembles [Performance On 3]

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Rsno-deneve

20100301

Presented by Martin Handley

The start of a week of concerts featuring Scottish music ensembles.

Stephane Deneve, the musical director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra since 2005 has a great affinity with music from his native France and this programme includes typically two contrasting French works - the exhilarating and flamboyant showpiece for orchestra, Berlioz's Roman Carnival Overture and the equally dazzling work by the young French composer Guillaume Connesson called 'A Glimmer in the Age of Darkness' which the orchestra premiered in 2005. This is the first part in a stunning score entitled Cosmic Triptych. The colour and drama of both these works, using the full scope of this large symphony orchestra is matched in Respighi's masterpiece from his Roman Trilogy, The Pines of Rome - as grand an image of the great City as one can imagine painted with a huge range of percussion, brass, bells, celeste and organ and brass. On a smaller scale but equally dynamic in its own way, the Russian pianist Nicolai Lugansky, joins the orchestra to play Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto. Lugansky made his name overnight when he won the 1994 Tchaikovsky Piano Competition and has built a formidable international reputation for his interpretations. The concert is recorded at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall - the regular venue for the RSNO in Glasgow.

Berlioz - Roman Carnival Overture

Beethoven - Piano Concerto No 3

Connesson - Une lueur dans l'age sombre (A Glimmer in the Age of Darkness)

Respighi - Pines of Rome

Stéphane Denève (conductor)

Nikolai Lugansky (piano)

Followed by performances by students past and present from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.

Kabalevsky: Piano Sonata No 2, Op 45

Maciej Granat (piano)

Grieg: 2 Elegiac Melodies (Wounded Heart; Spring)

RSAMD String Ensemble

Elizabeth Layton (director)

Thea Musgrave: Voices from the Ancient World (3rd movt, Boreas)

Scottish Flute Trio

Tim Williams (percussion)

METIER MSVCD92041

Stephane Deneve conducts the RSNO in music by Berlioz, Beethoven, Connesson and Respighi.

Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.

BBC Sso-solyom

20100302

Presented by Martin Handley

Continuing a week of programmes featuring Scottish Orchestras and Ensembles

Popular violinist Nicola Benedetti makes a welcome return to City Halls with Sibelius' passionate concerto. The concert begins with the UK Premiere of a short piece by the young Swedish composer Benjamin Staern, music which takes its cue from its title Jubilate - a musical response to the phenomenon of spectators cheering with joy and the experience of being part of a powerful celebration. Staern's countryman Stefan Solyom closes this magnificent programme with Shostakovich's epic Tenth Symphony, the first he had composed since he was denounced by Stalin's regime in 1948. Completed soon after Stalin's death in 1953, the brutally brilliant scherzo is said to be a musical portrait of the Soviet tyrant.

Benjamin Staern - Jubilate (UK Premiere)

Sibelius - Violin Concerto

Shostakovich - Symphony No 10

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Stefan Solyom (conductor)

Nicola Benedetti (violin)

Followed by performances by students past and present from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.

Stefan Solyom conducts the BBC SSO in music by Staern, Sibelius and Shostakovich.

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

Donizetti: The Elixir Of Love

20100303

Donizetti - The Elixir of Love

Presented by Donald MacLeod

Scottish opera presents a revival of the 1994 production by Giles Havergal of this classic bel canto comic opera by Donizetti. A touching love story conducted by Francesco Corti with the leading roles of Adina and the naïve and love-lorn Nemorino taking respectively by Australian/Greek soprano Elena Xanthoudakis and Lithuanian tenor Edgaras Montvidas. Donald MacLeod's superb story-telling is enhanced and illustrated with comments from the Musical Director Francesco Corti, the Chief Executive Alex Reedijk and the two principal singers. Francesco Facini gives a winning performance of the comic role of Dr Dulcamara with a fine sense of comic timing and Marcin Bronikovski playing Belcore is a perfect mix of sexy bravado and pomposity. Recorded at Edinburgh's Festival theatre last November.

Adina - Elena Xanthoudakis

Nemorino - Edgaras Montvidas

Belcore - Marcin Bronikowski

Dr.Dulcamara - Francesco Facini

Giannetta - Sarah Redgwick

Orchestra and Chorus of Scottish Opera

Francesco Corti (conductor).

Donald Macleod presents Scottish Opera's revival of Donizetti's opera The Elixir of Love.

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

Scottish Ensemble

20100304

Presented by Martin Handley

Continuing a week of concerts featuring Scottish Orchestras and Ensembles

The Scottish Ensemble, normally an 11 piece string group were enhanced for this concert with two horns to perform the Berio but also in an innovative educational project with gifted young players from St Mary's Music School in Edinburgh and students from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. The Scottish Ensemble is led from the violin by Jonathan Morton and was joined on this occasion by the group's previous Artistic Director, Clio Gould who played the fiendish solo part in the Berio and joined him for the Bach Double Concerto. This programme demonstrates the eclecticism of the ensemble's repertoire which ranges from contemporary through romantic repertoire to baroque and includes Tippett's jazz-influenced Concerto for Double String Orchestra, Berio's Corale based on the Sequenza for solo violin, Bach's Double Violin Concerto, Vaughan Williams beloved Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis and an encore of the finale of Grieg's Holberg Suite. An extraordinary experience for those young players working side by side with musicians at the top of their field.

Tippett - Concerto for Double String Orchestra

Berio - Corale (Sequenza VIII for violin)

Bach - Concerto for 2 Violins and Strings in D minor, BWV 1043

Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Jonathan Morton (violin)

Clio Gould (violin)

Followed by performances by students past and present from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.

Martin Dalby: A Plain Man's Hammer

Royal Scottish Academy Wind Orchestra

Nigel Boddice (conductor)

James Macmillan: From Galloway

Calum Robertson (clarinet)

Andrew Baker: Fragments of Tomorrow

RSAMD Jazz Ensemble

James MacMillan: After the Tryst

Ruth Crouch (violin)

James MacMillan (piano)

RCA 09026619162 Tr 9

Jonathan Morton conducts the Scottish Ensemble in Tippett, Berio and Vaughan Williams.

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

Scottish Chamber Orchestra-ticciati

20100305

Presented by Martin Handley

The final concert in this week of concerts featuring Scottish Orchestras and Ensembles.

Principal conductor, Robin Ticciati who took us his post with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, at the beginning of the 2009-2010 season, conducts Berlioz' choral masterpiece L'enfance du Christ. Scottish mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill takes the role of Mary and is joined by tenor, Yann Beuron (Centurion, Narrator), bass, Matthew Rose taking the key role of Herod as well as the Ishmaelite Father and baritone, Ronan Collet (Polydorus, Joseph). The 50-strong SCO chorus take a key role in the action, notably in the famous 'Shepherds farewell' as the Holy Family flee to Egypt but also as a choir of invisible angels (seated at a distance from the rest of the choir right at the back of the choirstalls) at the end of Part 1(Herod's dream) and in the glorious and mystical climax to the work.

This is Robin Ticciati's second appearance with the SCO as Principal Conductor and also his second broadcast with them for Radio 3.

Berlioz - L'Enfance du Christ

Karen Cargill (mezzo) - Mary

Yann Beuron (tenor) - Centurion / Narrator

Ronan Collett (baritone) - Joseph / Polydorus

Matthew Rose (bass baritone) - Herod / Ishmaelite Father

Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus

Robin Ticciati - Conductor

Followed by performances by students past and present from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.

Presented by Martin Handley. Robin Ticciati conducts Berlioz's L'enfance du Christ.

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

Episodes

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Comments
01	Rsno-deneve	20100301	Presented by Martin Handley The start of a week of concerts featuring Scottish music ensembles. Stephane Deneve, the musical director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra since 2005 has a great affinity with music from his native France and this programme includes typically two contrasting French works - the exhilarating and flamboyant showpiece for orchestra, Berlioz's Roman Carnival Overture and the equally dazzling work by the young French composer Guillaume Connesson called 'A Glimmer in the Age of Darkness' which the orchestra premiered in 2005. This is the first part in a stunning score entitled Cosmic Triptych. The colour and drama of both these works, using the full scope of this large symphony orchestra is matched in Respighi's masterpiece from his Roman Trilogy, The Pines of Rome - as grand an image of the great City as one can imagine painted with a huge range of percussion, brass, bells, celeste and organ and brass. On a smaller scale but equally dynamic in its own way, the Russian pianist Nicolai Lugansky, joins the orchestra to play Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto. Lugansky made his name overnight when he won the 1994 Tchaikovsky Piano Competition and has built a formidable international reputation for his interpretations. The concert is recorded at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall - the regular venue for the RSNO in Glasgow. Berlioz - Roman Carnival Overture Beethoven - Piano Concerto No 3 Connesson - Une lueur dans l'age sombre (A Glimmer in the Age of Darkness) Respighi - Pines of Rome Stéphane Denève (conductor) Nikolai Lugansky (piano) Followed by performances by students past and present from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Kabalevsky: Piano Sonata No 2, Op 45 Maciej Granat (piano) Grieg: 2 Elegiac Melodies (Wounded Heart; Spring) RSAMD String Ensemble Elizabeth Layton (director) Thea Musgrave: Voices from the Ancient World (3rd movt, Boreas) Scottish Flute Trio Tim Williams (percussion) METIER MSVCD92041 Stephane Deneve conducts the RSNO in music by Berlioz, Beethoven, Connesson and Respighi. Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.
02	BBC Sso-solyom	20100302	Presented by Martin Handley Continuing a week of programmes featuring Scottish Orchestras and Ensembles Popular violinist Nicola Benedetti makes a welcome return to City Halls with Sibelius' passionate concerto. The concert begins with the UK Premiere of a short piece by the young Swedish composer Benjamin Staern, music which takes its cue from its title Jubilate - a musical response to the phenomenon of spectators cheering with joy and the experience of being part of a powerful celebration. Staern's countryman Stefan Solyom closes this magnificent programme with Shostakovich's epic Tenth Symphony, the first he had composed since he was denounced by Stalin's regime in 1948. Completed soon after Stalin's death in 1953, the brutally brilliant scherzo is said to be a musical portrait of the Soviet tyrant. Benjamin Staern - Jubilate (UK Premiere) Sibelius - Violin Concerto Shostakovich - Symphony No 10 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Stefan Solyom (conductor) Nicola Benedetti (violin) Followed by performances by students past and present from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Stefan Solyom conducts the BBC SSO in music by Staern, Sibelius and Shostakovich. Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.
03	Donizetti: The Elixir Of Love	20100303	Donizetti - The Elixir of Love Presented by Donald MacLeod Scottish opera presents a revival of the 1994 production by Giles Havergal of this classic bel canto comic opera by Donizetti. A touching love story conducted by Francesco Corti with the leading roles of Adina and the naïve and love-lorn Nemorino taking respectively by Australian/Greek soprano Elena Xanthoudakis and Lithuanian tenor Edgaras Montvidas. Donald MacLeod's superb story-telling is enhanced and illustrated with comments from the Musical Director Francesco Corti, the Chief Executive Alex Reedijk and the two principal singers. Francesco Facini gives a winning performance of the comic role of Dr Dulcamara with a fine sense of comic timing and Marcin Bronikovski playing Belcore is a perfect mix of sexy bravado and pomposity. Recorded at Edinburgh's Festival theatre last November. Adina - Elena Xanthoudakis Nemorino - Edgaras Montvidas Belcore - Marcin Bronikowski Dr.Dulcamara - Francesco Facini Giannetta - Sarah Redgwick Orchestra and Chorus of Scottish Opera Francesco Corti (conductor). Donald Macleod presents Scottish Opera's revival of Donizetti's opera The Elixir of Love. Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.
04	Scottish Ensemble	20100304	Presented by Martin Handley Continuing a week of concerts featuring Scottish Orchestras and Ensembles The Scottish Ensemble, normally an 11 piece string group were enhanced for this concert with two horns to perform the Berio but also in an innovative educational project with gifted young players from St Mary's Music School in Edinburgh and students from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. The Scottish Ensemble is led from the violin by Jonathan Morton and was joined on this occasion by the group's previous Artistic Director, Clio Gould who played the fiendish solo part in the Berio and joined him for the Bach Double Concerto. This programme demonstrates the eclecticism of the ensemble's repertoire which ranges from contemporary through romantic repertoire to baroque and includes Tippett's jazz-influenced Concerto for Double String Orchestra, Berio's Corale based on the Sequenza for solo violin, Bach's Double Violin Concerto, Vaughan Williams beloved Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis and an encore of the finale of Grieg's Holberg Suite. An extraordinary experience for those young players working side by side with musicians at the top of their field. Tippett - Concerto for Double String Orchestra Berio - Corale (Sequenza VIII for violin) Bach - Concerto for 2 Violins and Strings in D minor, BWV 1043 Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Jonathan Morton (violin) Clio Gould (violin) Followed by performances by students past and present from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Martin Dalby: A Plain Man's Hammer Royal Scottish Academy Wind Orchestra Nigel Boddice (conductor) James Macmillan: From Galloway Calum Robertson (clarinet) Andrew Baker: Fragments of Tomorrow RSAMD Jazz Ensemble James MacMillan: After the Tryst Ruth Crouch (violin) James MacMillan (piano) RCA 09026619162 Tr 9 Jonathan Morton conducts the Scottish Ensemble in Tippett, Berio and Vaughan Williams. Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.
05	Scottish Chamber Orchestra-ticciati	20100305	Presented by Martin Handley The final concert in this week of concerts featuring Scottish Orchestras and Ensembles. Principal conductor, Robin Ticciati who took us his post with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, at the beginning of the 2009-2010 season, conducts Berlioz' choral masterpiece L'enfance du Christ. Scottish mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill takes the role of Mary and is joined by tenor, Yann Beuron (Centurion, Narrator), bass, Matthew Rose taking the key role of Herod as well as the Ishmaelite Father and baritone, Ronan Collet (Polydorus, Joseph). The 50-strong SCO chorus take a key role in the action, notably in the famous 'Shepherds farewell' as the Holy Family flee to Egypt but also as a choir of invisible angels (seated at a distance from the rest of the choir right at the back of the choirstalls) at the end of Part 1(Herod's dream) and in the glorious and mystical climax to the work. This is Robin Ticciati's second appearance with the SCO as Principal Conductor and also his second broadcast with them for Radio 3. Berlioz - L'Enfance du Christ Karen Cargill (mezzo) - Mary Yann Beuron (tenor) - Centurion / Narrator Ronan Collett (baritone) - Joseph / Polydorus Matthew Rose (bass baritone) - Herod / Ishmaelite Father Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus Robin Ticciati - Conductor Followed by performances by students past and present from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Presented by Martin Handley. Robin Ticciati conducts Berlioz's L'enfance du Christ. Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert.