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A journey to Smetana's Vltava

Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps a musical landscape around Smetana's Vltava, listening in deeply to find sonic connections across time and space.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps the musical terrain around Smetana's musical description of the Vltava river, sailing down sonic avenues that link music across time and space. From Wagner's Rheingold to Jennifer Higdon's String Lake via Florence Price and Duke Ellington Sara charts a musical journey towards Smetana's orchestral tone poem.

Producer: David Fay

1 hour, 29 minutes

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Sun 12 May 2024 13:30
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Music Played

  • Richard Wagner

    Das Rheingold (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Hallé. Singer: Sarah Tynan. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Wagner Das Rheingold.
    • Halle.

  • Franz Liszt

    Au bord d'une source (Années de pÚlerinage I, Suisse)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Liszt: AnnĂ©es de pĂšlerinage, premiĂšre annĂ©e – Suisse.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • Duke Ellington

    The River - suite, no. 1 The Spring

    Orchestrator: Ron Collier. Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Duke Ellington - Black, Brown and Beige.
    • Naxos.
    • 8.

  • Franz Schubert

    Die Forelle, D.550

    Singer: Barbara Bonney. Performer: Geoffrey Parsons.
    • Schubert: Lieder: Barbara Bonney, Geoffrey Parsons.
    • Teldec.

  • Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

    Duet for 2 Flutes in G Major, No 1

    Performer: Patrick Gallois. Performer: Kazunori Seo.
    • W.F. Bach: 6 Duets for 2 Flutes.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Gasparo Zanetti

    La Mantovana

    Ensemble: Clematis Ensemble.
    • Monteverdi & Rossi: Balli & Sonate.
    • Ricercar.
    • 19.

  • Trad.

    Dear Old Stockholm

    Ensemble: Stan Getz and his Swedish All Stars.
    • Lullaby of Birdland.
    • Dreyfus Jazz.
    • 12.

  • Trad.

    In The Nevolice Valley

    Ensemble: Plzen Folk Music Ensemble. Ensemble: Czech Song And Dance Ensemble. Orchestra: Prague Symphony Orchestra.
    • A Collection of Czech Folk Songs.
    • Artia Records.
    • 5.

  • Robert Schumann

    Das ist ein Flöten und Geigen (Dichterliebe, Op 48, No 9)

    Performer: Julius Drake. Lyricist: Heinrich Heine. Singer: Gerald Finley.
    • Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48 & Other Heine Settings.
    • Hyperion.
    • 25.

  • Florence Price

    The Mississippi River (conclusion)

    Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • Price: Symphony No. 3, The Mississippi River & Ethiopia's Shadow in America.
    • Naxos.
    • 8.

  • Trad.

    Deep River

    Music Arranger: Harry Burleigh. Singer: Marian Anderson. Performer: Franz Rupp.
    • RCA.

  • AntonĂ­n Dvoƙák

    String Quartet No 12 in F major, Op 96 "The American" (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Skampa Quartet.
    • DvorÌŒĂĄk: American String Quartet & Quintet, Op. 96-97.
    • Champs Hill Records.
    • 3.

  • CĂ©cile Chaminade

    L'Ondine Op.101

    Performer: Judith Pfeiffer.
    • Dreyer Gaido.

  • Henry Purcell

    King Arthur, Act IV: Two Daughters of This Aged Stream Are We

    Ensemble: Giovanni Gabrieli. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Purcell: King Arthur, 1691.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 2.

  • Jennifer Higdon

    All Things Majestic ii) String Lake

    Orchestra: Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Giancarlo Guerrero.
    • All Things Majestic.
    • Naxos.
    • 6.

  • FrĂ©dĂ©ric Chopin

    Étude in C major, Op 10 No 1 ('Waterfall')

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Chopin: Etudes.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    La Clemenza di Tito - opera in 2 acts K.621: Overture

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick NĂ©zet‐SĂ©guin.
    • DG.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Vltava (MĂĄ vlast)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jiƙí Bělohlávek.
    • B. Smetana; Ma Vlast: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Belohlavek.
    • Supraphon.
    • 2.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Spring, RV.269 [The Four Seasons]

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • CHANNEL.

Broadcast

  • Sun 12 May 2024 13:30
    ±«Óătv Radio 3