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Connections

 

Hosted By Stephen Peithman

Exploring the often surprising links between concepts, themes and people in classical music, from medieval to modern

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Saturday, June 14, 2014

The Ophelia Connection

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Ophelia by Alexandre Cabanel

 

Hamlet is Shakespeare’s most famous play and most famous character.

But when it comes to music inspired by the play, the Danish prince takes second place to the woman he once loved and then rejects.

In this hour, Shakespeare’s Ophelia in works by Brahms, Berlioz, Tchaikovsky, Liszt, Thomas, and more.

 

4:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
Thomas
Ambroise Thomas
Act 1, Scene 2 - L'Esplanade: Prld/Scene De L'Esplanade - London PO/Antonio De Almeida
London Philharmonic; Antonio de Almeida, conductor Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Amazon
4:02 p.m.
P.I. Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky
Overture
London Symphony Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
Amazon
4:13 p.m.
Thomas
Ambroise Thomas
Act 1, Scene 1: Elseneur. Une Salle Du Palais. Intro, Marche Et Choeur: Doute De La Lumiere - Thomas Hampson/June Anderson
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Antonio de Almeida, conductor Thomas Hampson
Amazon
4:17 p.m.
MacDowell
Edward MacDowell
Hamlet & Ophelia, Op.22
Ulster Orchestra; Takuo Yuasa, conductor
Amazon
4:24 p.m.
D. Shostakovich
Dimitri Shostakovich
Hamlet's Parting From Ophelia
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra; Dmitry Yablonsky, conductor
Amazon
4:30 p.m.
Walton
Walton
Hamelt (A Shakespeare Scenario In Nine Movements For Large Orchestra): Hamlet And Ophelia
RTE Concert Orchestra; Andrew Penny, conductor
Amazon
4:31 p.m.
Musicians of the Globe
Hamlet IV:5 (Ophelia): How Should I Your True Love Know
Meredith Hall
Amazon
4:33 p.m.
Brahms
Johannes Brahms
Songs (5) of Ophelia, for voice & piano, WoO posth. 22: Wie erkenn' ich dein Treulieb
Rosemarie Buhler
Amazon
4:34 p.m.
P.I. Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky
Andantino 'Elsinore' - 'Mad Scene'
London Symphony Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
Amazon
4:37 p.m.
Thomas
Ambroise Thomas
Act IV - Un Site Champetre Ombrage De Grands Arbres: Finale: Le Voila! Je Crois L'Entendre - June Anderson
London Philharmonic; Antonio de Almeida, conductor Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Amazon
4:43 p.m.
Berlioz
Hector Berlioz
La Mort D'Ophelie
Toulouse Capitol National Orchestra; Michel Plasson, conductor
Amazon
4:49 p.m.
Frank Bridge
There is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook
English String Orchestra; William Boughton, conductor
Amazon
4:52 p.m.
Thomas
Ambroise Thomas
Act V - Le Cimetiere D'Elseneur: Recit Et Arioso: Marche Funebre Er Choeur: Ecoute! Quel Est Ce Brui - Thomas Hampson/Gregory Kunde/Ambrosian Opr Chor/John McCarthy
London Philharmonic; Antonio de Almeida, conductor Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Amazon
4:57 p.m.
P.I. Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky
Allegro Risoluto Ma Non Troppo
London Symphony Orchestra; Geoffrey Simon, conductor
Amazon
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  • 2017   
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      • ConPod: Paganini
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    • July   
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      • ConPod: King Arthur
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      • ConPod: Paris
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    • June   
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      • ConPod: Gavotte
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      • ConPod: Organ
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      • ConPod: Wedding
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      • ConPod: Western
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      • ConPod: Don Quixote
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      • ConPod: Loose
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      • ConPod: Ninth
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      • ConPod: Film
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      • ConPod: Eroica
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      • ConPod: Wordless
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      • ConPod: River
    • March   
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      • ConPod: Rhapsody
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      • The Firebird Connection
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      • ConPod: Irish
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      • ConPod: Trumpet
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      • ConPod: Masked
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      • ConPod: Arranged
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      • ConPod: Divertissement
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      • ConPod: Keyboard
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      • The 1876 Connection
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