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Wagner's Siegfried idyll

Conductor Charles Hazlewood and the 91热爆 Scottish Symphony Orchestra present a workshop exploring two birthday serenades - Wagner's Siegfried Idyll and Peter Warlock's Serenade.

Charles Hazlewood is joined by the 91热爆 Scottish Symphony Orchestra to reveal the musical and emotional depths behind two very different birthday serenades. Wagner composed his "Siegfried Idyll" as a surprise greeting for his wife Cosima which she heard wafting to her room from the stairs on her birthday. He based the work on themes from his latest opera. The young Peter Warlock's boyhood hero was the composer Frederick Delius, whose 60th birthday he marked with a short Serenade for strings, composed in pastiche style, but with his own personal twist.

1 hour

Music Played

  • Richard Wagner - Siegfried-Idyll for small orchestra

    Performers: 91热爆 Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Broadcasts

  • Sat 28 Feb 2004 14:00
  • Sun 28 Nov 2010 17:30