Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Part 1 | 20101022 | LIVE - From the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester. Presented by Martin Handley. The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra with composer/conductor/chansonnier HK Gruber at the helm, offer a theatrical concert with ballet at the centre of the first half. Firstly Gottfried Von Einem's Episodes of Turandot, based on the same story about a ruthless and cold Chinese Princess which inspired Puccini's opera of the same name and then Poulenc's Les Biches, a fantasy dance conceived by the young and ambitious composer for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. After the interval H.K. Gruber breaths life back into his most famous composition: Frankenstein!!, a piece he both conducts and performs in as chansonnier and a work which warns not about the monster but about the 'figure behind the scenes whom we forget at our peril'. VON EINEM: Episodes from Turandot POULENC: Les Biches Manchester Chamber Choir ('Frankenstein') HK Gruber, conductor/chansonnier. Presented by Martin Handley. BBC Philharmonic/HK Gruber in von Einem and Poulenc. Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert. |
| 02 | Part 2 | 20101022 | LIVE - From the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester. Presented by Martin Handley. The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra with composer/conductor/chansonnier HK Gruber at the helm, offer a theatrical concert with ballet at the centre of the first half. Firstly Gottfried Von Einem's Episodes of Turandot, based on the same story about a ruthless and cold Chinese Princess which inspired Puccini's opera of the same name and then Poulenc's Les Biches, a fantasy dance conceived by the young and ambitious composer for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. After the interval H.K. Gruber breaths life back into his most famous composition: Frankenstein!!, a piece he both conducts and performs in as chansonnier and a work which warns not about the monster but about the 'figure behind the scenes whom we forget at our peril'. HK GRUBER: Frankenstein!! Manchester Chamber Choir ('Frankenstein') HK Gruber, conductor/chansonnier. HK Gruber conducts the BBC Philharmonic in his most famous composition, Frankenstein!! Performance on 3 has been replaced by Radio 3 Live in Concert. |