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Pianist Olivia Belli in session

Petroc Trelawny presents live music from the pianist and composer Olivia Belli, and conductor Philipp von Steinaecker discusses his upcoming Prom with the Mahler Academy Orchestra.

Petroc Trelawny welcomes pianist and composer Olivia Belli to the studio. She performs live and discusses her upcoming concert at Southbank Centre's Purcell Room on 10/09 - her debut at the London venue - with a programme celebrating Philip Glass at 90. Joining Petroc down the line for a live interview from Mahler's composing hut in Toblach, conductor Philipp von Steinaecker talks about leading the Mahler Academy Orchestra at the BBC Proms on 11/09, at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Petroc also speaks to Marina Mahler, Gustav and Alma Mahler's granddaughter, and hears from Mahler Academy Orchestra's new recording of Mahler's Fifth Symphony which is out now on Alpha Classics.

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1 hour, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance in G minor, Op 46 No 8

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubelík.
    • DG.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Severn Bridge Variations: Theme & Variation 1

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jac van Steen.
    • Themes & Variations.
    • NMC Recordings.
    • 8.
  • Joseph Parry

    Myfanwy

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Decca.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F major, BWV 1046 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Trevor Pinnock. Ensemble: The English Concert.
    • Bach: Works for Orchestra: The English Concert/Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet (4th mvt)

    Performer: Romain Guyot. Performer: Lorenza Borrani. Performer: Mats Zetterqvist. Performer: Pascal Siffert. Performer: Richard Lester.
    • Mozart: Concerto & Quintet for clarinet: Romain Guyot/Chamber Orchestra of Europ.
    • Mirare.
    • 7.
  • Philip Glass

    Orphée's Bedroom

    Performer: Olivia Belli.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Symphony No 3 "Sinfonia espansiva" (2nd mvt)

    Singer: Kirsten Schultz. Singer: Peter Rasmussen. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
    • Nielsen: Symphonies, Tone Poems & Concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 30.
  • Olivia Belli

    Respiro 3 & Respiro 5

    Performer: Olivia Belli.
  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Canario (Fantasia para un gentilhombre)

    Performer: John Williams. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.
    • Sony.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Carnival of the Animals (Finale)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Lilya Zilberstein. Performer: Andrey Baranov. Performer: Michael Guttman. Performer: Lyda Chen. Performer: Alexandre Debrus. Performer: Enrico Fagone. Performer: Alfred Rutz. Performer: Corrado Giuffredi. Performer: Gregorio Di Trapani.
    • Martha Argerich and Friends Live from the Lugano Festival 2013.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
    • 23.
  • George Frideric Handel

    For unto us a child is born (Messiah)

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
    • Handel: Messiah: Dunedin Consort & Players/John Butt.
    • Linn.
    • 13.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 5 (5th mvt - excerpt)

    Orchestra: Mahler Academy Orchestra. Conductor: Philipp von Steinaecker.
    • Alpha Classics.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Piano Sonata No 3 in B minor, Op 58 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Jean‐Philippe Collard.
    • EMI.
  • Alexander Courage

    Star Trek: Main Theme

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Fred Steiner.
    • The Ultimate Star Trek.
    • Varese Sarabande.

Broadcast

  • Tue 8 Sep 202617:00

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