Radio 3 in Concert

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The best concerts from across the UK and Europe. Available to listen online for 30 days

Experience the best concerts from across the UK and Europe. Available to listen online for 30 days

Radio 3 in Concert: Edinburgh International Festival 2022 (2/4)

Edinburgh International Festival 2022 (2/4)

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 in Concert, Edinburgh International Festival 2022 (2/4)

The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Edward Gardner in Ravel, Schumann and Rachmaninov.

The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Edward Gardner perform Ravel, Schumann and Rachmaninov.

The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Chief Conductor Edward Gardner conjure the spirit of the dance in works by Ravel and Rachmaninov and reveal the passionate emotions of Schumann with Icelandic pianist, Víkingur Ólafsson.

Ravel's La Valse conveys a very clear image. In his score Ravel described an immense hall hung with chandeliers, waltzing couples and whirling crowds. Víkingur Ólafsson makes his Edinburgh International Festival debut in Schumann’s long awaited, and only, piano concerto which he composed for his wife Clara, who premiered it in Dresden in 1845. Edward Gardner and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra conclude their performance with Rachmaninov’s Hollywood-style Symphonic Dances. The original inspiration was a 1915 ballet called ‘The Scythians’ but it took another 30 years before those early sketches became his Symphonic Dances and ultimately his final full orchestral work. 

Ravel: La valse
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54

20:25
INTERVAL
Ólafsson: Reflection (Improvisation on Debussy’s Bruyères)
Debussy: Pour le Piano
Víkingur Ólafsson, piano


20:45
Rachmaninov: Symphonic dances

Víkingur Ólafsson, piano
Bergen Philharmonic, orchestra
Edward Gardner, conductor

Jamie MacDougall, presenter
Gavin McCollum, producer

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