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Building a Library: Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No 1

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Philharmonia - Mendelssohn, Dvorak, Brahms

Duration:
2 hours, 30 minutes
First broadcast:
Thursday 24 January 2013

Live from the Royal Festival Hall

Presented by Petroc Trelawny

The Royal Philharmonic Society Bicentenary Concert: the Philharmonia, conducted by Tugan Sokhiev and with violinist Akiko Suwanai, play Mendelssohn, Dvořák & Brahms.

Mendelssohn: Overture, A Midsummer Night's Dream

Dvořák: Violin Concerto

Brahms: Symphony No. 1

Akiko Suwanai, violin
Philharmonia
Tugan Sokhiev, conductor

On 24 January 1813 a group of musicians, music dealers and publishers met in London and founded the Philharmonic Society. For two hundred years the Royal Philharmonic Society has created a future for music by commissioning new music and supporting composers and musicians throughout the UK and abroad. In this concert, conductor Tugan Sokhiev's and the Philharmonia celebrate the Royal Philharmonic Society's Bicentenary with three composers closely associated with the Society's life and history.

Music and featured items

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

  • Philharmonia Orchestra

    • 00:00
      Image for Felix Mendelssohn

      Felix Mendelssohn A Midsummer night's dream - incidental music Op.61

      Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev (1977) Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra
    • 00:00
      Image for Antonin Dvorak

      Antonin Dvorak Concerto in A minor Op.53 for violin and orchestra

      Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev (1977) Performer: Akiko Suwanai Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra

  • Interval

  • 00:00
    Image for Felix Mendelssohn

    Felix Mendelssohn Octet in E flat major Op.20 for strings

    Conductor: Thomas Beecham Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Dutton, 2CDEA5025, 2-3
  • 00:00
    Image for Francis Poulenc

    Francis Poulenc Sonata, arr. L. Berkeley for flute & orchestra [orig. for flute & piano]

    Conductor: Paul Daniel Performer: Katherine Bryan Performer: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

    Linn, CKD367, 1-7

  • Philharmonia Orchestra

    • 00:00
      Image for Johannes Brahms

      Johannes Brahms Symphony no. 1 in C minor Op.68

      Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev (1977) Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra

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