Viennese Night
Bramwell Tovey conducts the 91Èȱ¬ Concert Orchestra in a programme to mark Lehar's 150th anniversary, including favourites from The Merry Widow, and works by his contemporaries.
Live at 91Èȱ¬ Proms: 91Èȱ¬ Concert Orchestra, conductor Bramwell Tovey.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Presented by Petroc Trelawny.
Marking 150 years since the birth of Franz Lehár – and recalling the long-running Proms tradition of the ‘Viennese Night’ begun in the 1950s – the 91Èȱ¬ Concert Orchestra and Bramwell Tovey step into the gilded ballroom of operetta, evoking the glamour and sophistication of turn-of-the-century Vienna.
The concert features some of Lehár’s most popular titles such as The Merry Widow, The Land of Smiles and Giuditta, as well as music by some of his contemporaries. Nathaniel Anderson-Frank, leader of the 91Èȱ¬ Concert Orchestra, takes the role of Paganini with a solo from Lehar’s operetta of the same name, and the evening also includes excerpts from the most enduring and popular operetta of them all, Johann Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus.
Lehar: Overture (The Merry Widow)
Oscar Straus: Don’t eat them all, you greedy man (from The Chocolate Soldier)
Lehar: Meine lippen sie Küssen so heiss (from Giuditta)
Kalman: Gruss mir mein Wien (from Gräfin Mariza)
Johann Strauss II: Overture (Die Fledermaus)
Lehar, arr Dexter: Prelude and Violin solo (from Paganini)
Heuberger: Im Chambre separée (from Opera Ball)
Lehar: Gold and Silver Waltz
Lehar: Es lebt eine Vilja (from The Merry Widow)
Lehar: You are my heart’s delight (from The Land of Smiles)
Johann Strauss II and Josef Strauss: Pizzicato Polka
Johann Strauss II: The Watch Duet (from Die Fledermaus)
Sophie Bevan (soprano)
Robert Murray (tenor)
91Èȱ¬ Concert Orchestra
Bramwell Tovey (conductor)
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Franz Lehár
Overture The Merry Widow
Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey. -
Oscar Straus
Chocolate Soldier duet
Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey. -
Franz Lehár
Meine Lippen sie Kussen so heiss
Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey. -
Emmerich Kálmán
Gruss mir Mein Wien (Grafin Maritza)
Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey. -
Johann Strauss II
Overture Die Fledermaus
Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey. -
Franz Lehár
Prelude and Violin Solo (Paganini)
Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey. -
Richard Heuberger
In chambre separee (Opera Ball)
Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey. -
Franz Lehár
Gold and Silver Waltz
Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey. -
Franz Lehár
Es lebt eine Vilja (Merry Widow)
Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey. -
Franz Lehár
You are my Heart's Delight (Land of Smiles)
Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey. -
Johann Strauss II
Pizzicato Polka
Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey. -
Johann Strauss II
Watch duet (Die Fledermaus)
Orchestra: 91Èȱ¬ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey. -
Eleanor Alberga
Bloom
Performer: Philip Cobb. -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Quartet in E Flat Major
Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland. Ensemble: Escher Quartet. -
Darius Milhaud
La création du monde
Performer: John Harle. Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- The Jazz Album: London Sinfonietta/Rattle.
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Philip Glass
Mad Rush
Performer: Philip Glass.- Philip Glass, Solo piano.
- CBS.
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