Live BBC Proms: Klaus Mäkelä conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and chorus in Walton's Belshazzar's Feast. Pianist Yuja Wang joins them for Rachmaninov's Paganini Rhapsody.
Live at the BBC Proms: the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Klaus Mäkelä in Walton's Belshazzar's Feast. Pianist Yuja Wang joins for Rachmaninov's Paganini Rhapsody.
Presented by Martin Handley, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Jimmy López Bellido: Perú negro (UK premiere)
Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
c.20.25 INTERVAL: Katharine Dell, Professor of Old Testament Literature and Theology at Cambridge, joins Martin Handley in the Radio 3 box to discuss the theological significance of Belshazzar's great doom-laden feast.
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William Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast
Yuja Wang (piano)
Thomas Hampson (baritone)
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Klaus Mäkelä (conductor)
After an ‘extraordinary’ Proms debut last season, rising-star conductor Klaus Mäkelä is reunited with sensational pianist Yuja Wang for Rachmaninov’s glittering Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini – its mercurial moods and technical demands a tour de force for any soloist. American baritone Thomas Hampson joins forces with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus for Walton’s biblical blockbuster Belshazzar’s Feast – a choral symphony with an epic impact. Orchestral colour is also on display in Jimmy López Bellido’s Perú negro – a vibrant homage to the songs, dances and traditions of Afro-Peruvian music.
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Jimmy López Bellido
Peru Negro
Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus Mäkelä. -
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini Op.43
Performer: Yuja Wang. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus Mäkelä. -
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Polka Of V. R. In A Flat Major
Performer: Yuja Wang. -
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Vincent Youmans
Tea for Two
Performer: Yuja Wang. -
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Michel‐Richard de Lalande
Super flumina Babilonis
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Director: William Christie.- Harmonia Mundi: HMX2908717.26.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 17.
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George Frideric Handel
Belshazzar - Chorus « Ye Tutelar Gods of Our Empire, Look Down »
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.- Les Arts Florissants Editions.
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William Byrd
Sing joyfully unto God
Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.- The Tallis Scholars Sing William Byrd.
- Gimell.
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William Walton
Belshazzar's Feast - Oratorio
Performer: Thomas Hampson. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus Mäkelä. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. -
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Edward Elgar
Introduction and Allegro for Strings, Op.47
Orchestra: National Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Seaman.- Elgar: Falstaff Etc...
- IMP.
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Clara Schumann
Scherzo no.2 in C minor Op.14
Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.- Romance.
- Decca.
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Broadcast
- Fri 4 Aug 2023 19:30BBC Radio 3
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