Dvořák's 8th Symphony from Berlin

Elizabeth Alker presents an afternoon of exceptional music-making featuring recent performances from the top German orchestras, today including the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; plus chamber music from Bavaria.

The programme opens with rarely heard Gershwin in a vibrant new arrangement by Miho Hazama and Dvořák’s richly coloured 8th Symphony and the evocative tone poem En Saga by Sibelius, both conducted by the Finnish born conductor Sakari Oramo.

From the Imperial Hall Concerts in the Bavarian town of Füssen, Poulenc’s playful incidental music for Jean Anouilh's play L’Invitation au château, and the Amatis Piano Trio performs Mendelssohn’s lyrical Second Piano Trio. From the Goldmund Festival, tenor Julian Prégardien joins the Goldmund Quartet for an arrangement of Schumann’s expressive early Liederkreis.

Elsewhere, Richard Goode offers an intimate perspective on Beethoven’s late E major Piano Sonata.

George Gershwin (arr. Miho Hazama)
From the Place That Knows Everything
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Miho Hazama (conductor)

Imperial Hall Concerts, Füssen:
Francis Poulenc
Incidental music from 'L'Invitation au château'
Ib Hausmann (clarinet)
Lea Hausmann (violin)
Mengjie Han (piano)

Imperial Hall Concerts, Füssen
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano Trio No 2 in C minor, Op 66
Amatis Piano Trio

Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No 8 in G, Op 88
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata in E major, Op 109
Richard Goode (piano)

Goldmund Festival:
Robert Schumann
Liederkreis, Op 24
Julian Prégardien (tenor)
Goldmund Quartet

Jean Sibelius
En Saga, Op 9
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

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