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[jayne lee wilson]

Thanks in part to your mention I stayed listening after the Schubert. The interval Berwald music didn't do much for me, although the brief biography was interesting - a man of parts - but I did enjoy the 2nd symphony. All those scampering strings, you can't help smiling.

A wonderful Berwald 2, almost the equal of the best recordings - Ehrling and Goodman - remarkable that it was Blomstedt's first go at it. That slow movement/scherzo-combined 2nd movement is lovable and intriguing, gorgeously done. Lovely warm, clear sound balance from the Koncerthuset.

I thought the Schubert 6 just a shade brusque, lacking some humour or rhythmic pointedness, which usually comes off better at slightly slower tempi allowing those rhythms to vary a little more in restraint and attack....this was a bit too "straight" for me.

[oddoneout]

A wonderful Berwald 2, almost the equal of the best recordings - Ehrling and Goodman - remarkable that it was Blomstedt's first go at it. That slow movement/scherzo-combined 2nd movement is lovable and intriguing, gorgeously done. Lovely warm, clear sound balance from the Koncerthuset.

I thought the Schubert 6 just a shade brusque, lacking some humour or rhythmic pointedness, which usually comes off better at slightly slower tempi allowing those rhythms to vary a little more in restraint and attack....this was a bit too "straight" for me.

Yes I was rather disappointed with the Schubert - tendency to brusque and lack of humour sums it up I think. Not a bad performance as such but I didn't find it engaging.

[JasonPalmer]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001hnq1

Sir Donald Runnicles conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Mahler's Ninth Symphony.

Live from City Halls, Glasgow

Presented by Kate Molleson

Mahler: Symphony No. 9

Sir Donald Runnicles (conductor)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra


Looking good eh

[Ein Heldenleben]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001hnq1

Sir Donald Runnicles conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Mahler's Ninth Symphony.

Live from City Halls, Glasgow

Presented by Kate Molleson

Mahler: Symphony No. 9

Sir Donald Runnicles (conductor)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra


Looking good eh

Yes indeed and I am listening

[Alison]

Another very good Mahler 9 from a BBC Orchestra, following the BBCNOW’s in the Autumn.

Maybe Runnicles didn’t quite nail the first movement.

[Ein Heldenleben]

Another very good Mahler 9 from a BBC Orchestra, following the BBCNOW’s in the Autumn.

Maybe Runnicles didn’t quite nail the first movement.

It got better didn’t it? Superb final movement. Just think the BBC SSO need a few more string desks but I understand the reasons why.

[JasonPalmer]

Looking good for this evening.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001hxm4

The German violist Tabea Zimmermann joins the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra for Strauss’s Waltz Sequence from Der Rosenkavalier. Also in this programme from the Isarphilharmonie - Munich’s most modern concert hall - is Walton’s viola concerto and Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra.

Presented by Fiona Talkington
Strauss - Waltz Sequence from Der Rosenkavalier
Walton - Viola Concerto
Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra

Tabea Zimmermann (viola)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ivan Fischer (conductor)

[mopsus]

I feel some explanation is owed us for playing the two movements of Beethoven's Op. 111 in the wrong order in tonight's interval.

[Ein Heldenleben]

I feel some explanation is owed us for playing the two movements of Beethoven's Op. 111 in the wrong order in tonight's interval.

I was just about to post the same thing . It’s proved one thing . The C major second movement doesn’t work without the C minor first movement. Not sure inverting the movements works either . The end of Op 111 is just about the end of ends.

I very much enjoyed Janine Jensen’s Sibelius….

[Ein Heldenleben]

Oh dear “ a radiant hushed C major” says a clearly recorded Martin Handley at the end of that Uchida CD which erroneously ended with the C minor FIRST movement . How on earth did that happen ? It’s very difficult to put movements of the same work out in the wrong order for reasons I won’t bore you with but heigh ho that’s new fangled digital tech I guess.

[oddoneout]

French conductor Ludovic Morlot joins the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales to perform a programme full of hedonistic delights

How is this applicable to the Messiaen and the Faure in the second half?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001hxhp

[Frances_iom]

How is this applicable to the Messiaen and the Faure in the second half?

simple answer - the writer (? auto insertion program) had no idea of what hedonistic meant but thought it sounded impressive - totally inappropriate for the Messiaen.

[Ein Heldenleben]

simple answer - the writer (? auto insertion program) had no idea of what hedonistic meant but thought it sounded impressive - totally inappropriate for the Messiaen.

Perhaps he/ she thought O Sacram Convivium ( O sacred banquet ) referred to some Biblical knees-up like the wedding at Cana?
The link with the Fauré Requiem escapes me.

[JasonPalmer]

This evenings concert looks good.

The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Hannu Lintu in Magnus Lindberg, Ustvolskaya, Stravinsky’s Petrushka and Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with pianist Denis Kozhukhin.

Stravinsky’s ballet Petrushka tells the story of the loves and jealousies of three puppets, but they’re not all they seem – just as the Serenades of Magnus Lindberg’s brilliant new orchestral work sing of darkness, as well as joy. Together, they make a kaleidoscopic setting for this rare performance of Galina Ustvolskaya’s searing First Symphony. We are also treated to Rachmaninov’s much-loved Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.

“I live in the twentieth century, in which there were thousands of influences” wrote Ustvolskaya, but her First Symphony is an uncompromising cry against injustice and intolerance, told in music that could be by no other composer. Vivid stories and powerful creative personalities, placed in dialogue by guest conductor Hannu Lintu. You might be surprised by what they have to say.

Live from the Barbican, London, presented by Martin Handley

[Alison]

I can never hear lasting merit in Magnus Lindberg’s music.