A Simon Rattle programme
OrchestrasThe Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra have uploaded one of their recent concerts – a fabulous programme that could have been designed only by one conductor – its present chief. The rundown:
György Ligeti »Atmosphères«
Richard Wagner Vorspiel zu »Lohengrin«
Anton Webern Sechs Stücke, op. 6
(Fassung von 1928)
Richard Wagner Vorspiel und Liebestod aus »Tristan und Isolde«
Interval
Anton Bruckner
Symphonie Nr. 9 d-Moll
There’s also an intelligent interview in the middle.
Watch now.
Is online since a few days already. Could not go pass the first 5 minutes of Bruckner’s 9, then I succumbed to boredom…
Nice program, unfortunately the playing is pretty bad. As a younger music lover I only knew Rattle from his best recordings with the BPO and WPO, so never really understood the hate he got (although I was quite perplexed when he named Giulini as his favourite conductor). But now, listening to some of his recent performances and recordings, I finally understood…check his out his recent program of the last three Mozart symphonies on Youtube, absolutely dreadful stuff !