Highlights from the Edinburgh International Music Festival and orchestral works from Italy
Tom McKinney showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond including music from Italy鈥檚 RAI National Symphony Orchestra and the Edinburgh International Music Festival.
Today's Classical Live features specially recorded performances from this year's Edinburgh International Music Festival. The multi-award-winning Japanese violinist Midori performs with her long-time recital partner, American pianist 脰zg眉r Aydin in a dazzling programme including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Violin Sonata No. 23 in D major. A performance by one of the worlds greatest pianist's, Pierre Laurant Aimard, will also be featured. This solo recital from Scotland reflects his all-encompassing musical passions in works stretching across three centuries.
There will also be music from Italy. The RAI National Symphony Orchestra will perform Tchaikovsky's dramatic Romeo and Juliet fantasy overture after Shakespeare and Stravinsky's Jeu de cartes, ballet in three deals. Today's centrepiece is Mahler's epic Symphony No. 1 in D, 'Titan'.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet, fantasy overture after Shakespeare
Rai National Symphony Orchestra
Michele Mariotti (conductor)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Sonata No. 23 in D major K306
Midori Got艒 (Violin)
Ozgur Aydin (Piano)
Igor Stravinsky
Jeu de cartes, ballet in three deals
Rai National Symphony Orchestra
Michele Mariotti (conductor)
Lili Boulanger
D'un matin de printemps
Rai National Symphony Orchestra
Andris Poga (conductor)
Antonio Vivaldi
Sol da te, mio dolce amore
Nuria Rial (soprano)
Ensemble 1700
Dorothee Oberlinger (conductor)
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 1 in D ('Titan')
Rai National Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding (conductor)
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From the Edinburgh International Music Festival:
Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo in A minor Op 118, No 1
Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo in A Op 118, No 2
Arnold Schoenberg
Piano Pieces Op 33a
Arnold Schoenberg
Piano Pieces Op 33b
Robert Schumann
Ges盲nge der Fr眉he Op 133
Anton Webern
Variations for Piano Op 27
Arnold Schoenberg
Six Little Piano Pieces Op 19
Pierre Laurant Aimard (piano)
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- Thu 9 Jan 2025 13:00成人论坛 Radio 3