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Radio 3 Live in Concert: LSO - Berlioz

LSO - Berlioz

12/11/2013

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Valery Gergiev conducts the LSO in three orchestral masterworks by Berlioz.

Valery Gergiev conducts the LSO in music by Berlioz: Overture (Benvenuto Cellini); The Death of Cleopatra; Harold in Italy. Antoine Tamestit (viola), Karen Cargill (mezzo).

Live from Barbican Hall, London

Presented by Martin Handley

The LSO, conducted by Valery Gergiev, in three orchestral masterworks by Hector Berlioz

Berlioz: Overture - Benvenuto Cellini
Berlioz: The Death of Cleopatra

8.05: Interval Music

8.25
Berlioz: Harold in Italy

Karen Cargill (mezzo-soprano)
Antoine Tamestit (viola)
London Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev (conductor)

In a programme which might as well have been titled 'Berlioz in Italy', the London Symphony Orchestra and conductor Valery Gergiev continue their exploration of the great 19th-century French composer's music. 'The Death of Cleopatra' was composed as the third of Berlioz's failed attempts to win the prestigious composition prize known as the 'Prix de Rome'; 'Benvenuto Cellini' is an opera loosely based on the memoirs of the famous Florentine sculptor, while 'Harold in Italy' - a tone poem for solo viola and orchestra - is a semi-autobiographical work which recounts the adventures of a melancholy dreamer, wandering the Italian countryside and encountering pilgrims, brigands and a beautiful woman.

Followed by music from the younger generation of pianists, recorded earlier this year in concert halls across Europe.

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