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London Philharmonic - Martinu, Liszt, Dvorak

Duration:
2 hours, 30 minutes
First broadcast:
Wednesday 08 February 2012

Live from the Royal Festival Hall

Martin Handley presents a concert in which Marin Alsop conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in a programme where Liszt's first two piano concertos are framed by two Czech masterpieces. But whilst Martinu wrote his vibrant Sixth Symphony with the conductor Charles Munch very much in mind, Dvorak wrote his Eighth Symphony to satisfy nobody but himself. As he remarked, it is 'a work singing of the joy of green pastures, of summer evenings, of the melancholy of blue forests, of the defiant merry-making of the Czech peasants'.

Bohuslav Martinu: Symphony No.6 (Fantaisies symphoniques)
Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat major

8.15pm Music Interval - a chance to hear some of Bohuslav Martinu's seldom heard choral music

Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No.2 in A major
Antonin Dvorák: Symphony No.8 in G major

Stephen Hough (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Marin Alsop (conductor).

Music Played

8 items
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • London Philharmonic part 1

    • 00:00
      Image for Bohuslav Martinu

      Bohuslav Martinu Fantaisies symphoniques (Symphony no.6)

      Conductor: Marin ALSOP Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra
    • 00:30
      Image for Franz Liszt

      Franz Liszt Concerto no. 1 in E flat major S.124 for piano and orchestra

      Conductor: Marin ALSOP Performer: Stephen HOUGH - Piano Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra

  • INTERVAL

    • 00:48
      Image for Bohuslav Martinu

      Bohuslav Martinu 8 Madrigals [1939]

      Conductor: Stephen LAYTON Performer: Netherlands Chamber Choir

      GLOBE, GLO 5208, 1-1
    • 00:50
      Image for Bohuslav Martinu

      Bohuslav Martinu Zbojnicke pisne [Brigand songs] for chorus

      Conductor: Stephen LAYTON Performer: Netherlands Chamber Choir

      GLOBE, GLO 5208, 1-19
    • 00:52
      Image for Bohuslav Martinu

      Bohuslav Martinu Romance z pampelisek [The romance of the dandelions] for chorus

      Conductor: Stephen LAYTON Performer: Helen KOELE - Soprano Performer: Netherlands Chamber Choir

      GLOBE, GLO 5208, 1-22
    • 01:05
      Image for Bohuslav Martinu

      Bohuslav Martinu 8 Madrigals [1939]

      Conductor: Stephen LAYTON Performer: Netherlands Chamber Choir

      GLOBE, GLO 5208, 1-8

  • London Philharmonic part 2

    • 00:48
      Image for Franz Liszt

      Franz Liszt Concerto no. 2 in A major S.125 for piano and orchestra

      Conductor: Marin ALSOP Performer: Stephen HOUGH - Piano Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra
    • 01:08
      Image for Antonin Dvorak

      Antonin Dvorak Symphony no. 8 in G major Op.88

      Conductor: Marin ALSOP Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra

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