Philharmonia Orchestra Video Podcasts
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Podcast Description
Our monthly series of video podcasts takes you behind the scenes with the Philharmonia Orchestra, including interviews with conductors, soloists and listening guides to famous pieces from the classical repertoire.
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| 1 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 44: March 2012 | In 2012 Esa-Pekka Salonen will begin a Beethoven symphonic series with the Philharmonia Orchestra, an exploration of cornerstones of the orchestral repertoire, culminating in a complete symphony cycle at the Beethovenfest in October 2012. In our latest podcast, Esa-Pekka Salonen explains why Beethoven matters. Click here for series information: http://www.philharmonia.co.uk/concerts/series/salonen_beethoven/ | 2 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 43: January 2012 | Guitarist Craig Ogden in conversation with Leicester-based sitar player Roopa Panesar. The two virtuosi compare instrumental techniques and find links between the Indian and western classical music traditions. This podcast also gives audiences an introduction to Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez, which Ogden will perform in Leicester on 1 February 2012. The project was a collaboration with Shruti Arts and Orchestras Live. For concert information and booking visit: http://www.philharmonia.co.uk/concerts/1feb12/ | 11 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 42: December 2011 | The Philharmonia Orchestra's Digital team travelled to Florence, Italy to discover the personal story behind Luigi Dallapiccola's opera, Il Prigioniero. Written between 1944 and 1948, Il Prigioniero expresses Dallapiccola's disillusionment with Mussolini's politics. Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor Esa-Pekka Salonen, writer and recording producer Misha Donat, and professor Mila De Santis give insight into this moving political statement. Find out more about the 26 January 2012 concert of Il Prigioniero here: http://www.philharmonia.co.uk/concerts/26jan12/ Part of "The still point of the turning world": Music that defines an era series supported by the Meyer Foundation. (http://www.philharmonia.co.uk/concerts/series/still_point/) | 12 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 41: September 2011 | Step into the world of Duke Bluebeard's Castle and discover the work done behind the scenes to bring the Philharmonia Orchestra's production of Bartók's only opera to life. Directed by Nick Hillel of Yeast Culture and conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, this unique, new production features specially created films projected onto the set surrounding the orchestra. The production tours the UK and Europe in October and November 2011. A Philharmonia Orchestra, Rite Digital and Yeast Culture production. Co-commissioned by the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Lisbon) and Konzerthaus Dortmund. Part of the Infernal Dance: Inside the World of Béla Bartók season, generously supported by the Meyer Foundation. For series and concert information, please visit our Bartók mini-site. (www.philharmonia.co.uk/bartok) | 30 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 40: September 2011 | Watch our behind-the-scenes film as Esa-Pekka Salonen prepares for a performance of Sibelius’s ‘choral’ symphony, Kullervo, based on a dark tale from the Finnish epic, the Kalevala. Salonen travelled to Uppsala, Sweden to rehearse with the male choir, Orphei Drängar, who feature prominently in the piece. This concert opens the Philharmonia Orchestra's 2011/12 London Season at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall. Click here to learn more and book tickets. philharmonia.co.uk/concerts/25sept11/ | 13 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 39: July 2011 | The Philharmonia Orchestra begins a new residency at The Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury from November 2011. The residency, the first by a major symphony orchestra in Kent, will feature an annual series of concerts at The Marlowe Theatre, as well as forging links with local education organisations. Visit philharmonia.co.uk/canterbury for more information. | 28 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 38: June 2011 | Esa-Pekka Salonen and pianist Yefim Bronfman meet Dániel Hamar and László Porteleki from Hungary's leading folk music ensemble, Muzsikás. Muzsikás perform traditional Hungarian pieces and discuss their origins, including the influence that this music had upon the work of Béla Bartók. Muzsikás will be performing in London and Basingstoke in 2011 as part of the Philharmonia's Infernal Dance series. For more information on these concerts or others in the series please visit : philharmonia.co.uk/bartok | 27 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 37: May 2011 | As part of his epic cycle of Mahler's major works this season with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel talks to Classic FM's Anne-Marie Minhall about Gustav Mahler, the man. The series runs from April - October 2011. Visit www.philharmonia.co.uk/mahler for more details. | 5 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 36: April 2011 | In preparation for the Philharmonia Orchestra's Maazel: Mahler Cycle 2011, celebrated conductor Lorin Maazel discusses the music of the great composer with Classic FM’s Anne-Marie Minhall. The series runs from April - October 2011. Visit www.philharmonia.co.uk/mahler for more details. | 1 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 35: March 2011 | Composer and conductor Carl Davis gives insight into his score for Rupert Julian's 1925 silent film, The Phantom of the Opera. The Philharmonia Orchestra presents a screening of the film with live orchestral accompaniment on Sun 27 March at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall. | 23 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 34: February 2011 | Malcolm Gillies travels to Béla Bartók's birthplace in Romania to explore the historical, ethnic, and political tensions that shaped Bartók's Hungary, and informed him musically. This film accompanies the Philharmonia Orchestra's 'Infernal Dance' series. | 9 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 33: January 2011 | Throughout 2011 Esa-Pekka Salonen's major exploration of Bartók's life, influences and music travels throughout the UK and Europe. To kick off the project this January, Esa-Pekka Salonen discusses why he finds Bartók's works fascinating, challenging and inspiring. | 27 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 32: December 2010 | Members of the Philharmonia Orchestra's brass section braved the cold this December to produce the orchestra's annual Christmas card. Filmed of the roof of London's Southbank Centre, the podcast features an arrangement of O Little Town of Bethlehem by Tim Jackson and great views of London. Happy Christmas from everyone at the Philharmonia Orchestra! | 23 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 31: November 2010 | We went behind the scenes at Air Studios as the Philharmonia Orchestra recorded the music for the new Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 1) Video Game to find out more about how music for games is composed, recorded and designed to enhance the in-game experience. | 18 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 30: November 2010 | Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay was appointed Joint Concert Master of the Philharmonia Orchestra in 2007. At only 24, he had already been Germany’s youngest Concert Master and leader of the European Union Youth Orchestra. In this film Zsolt talks about learning the violin, his decision to become a professional player and his feelings about living in London. | 1 11 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 29: September 2010 | Esa-Pekka Salonen and Peter Sellars’s Tristan und Isolde, with video art by Bill Viola, was premièred in Los Angeles in 2004 and has subsequently been revived in Paris and New York to great acclaim. Esa-Pekka Salonenand the Philharmonia Orchestra bring the production to the UK and other European venues, and this exclusive behind-the-scenes footage shows just how complex a production this is. | 8 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 28 - May 2010 | Set to complete his Rachmaninov Cycle with the Philharmonia this month, pianist Nikolai Lugansky plays excerpts from Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and takes a closer look at this work. | 31 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 27 - April 2010 | Composer and Conductor Carl Davis guides us through writing music for silent film, as he prepares for a performance of 'Waterloo' with the Philharmonia Orchestra. | 6 4 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 26 - March 2010 | We go behind the scenes as legendary Maestro Riccardo Muti returns to the Philharmonia Orchestra (where he was principal conductor in the 1970s) to conduct the Orchestra's 65th Birthday Gala Concert. | 31 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 20 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 25 - March 2010 | Conductor Tugan Sokhiev discusses performing Stravinsky's Rite of Spring with the Philharmonia Orchestra, explaining why it still feels fresh nearly a century since its riotous première. | 18 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 21 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 24 - February 2010 | Pianist Nikolai Lugansky guides us through Rachmaninov's Fourth Concerto; the latest in our podcast series accompanying the Philharmonia's Rachmaninov Cycle. | 23 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 22 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 23 - February 2010 | Animateur Paul Rissmann guides us through Bartok's most famous orchestral work with help from Philharmonia Orchestra musicians. | 2 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 23 | VideoChristmas e-Card - Silent Night | Philharmonia brass players perform Silent Night on London's South Bank. You can send this video as a personalised e-card to your friends and family by visiting http://www.philharmonia.co.uk/christmas (from 14 Dec) | 11 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 24 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 22 - November 2009 | Soprano Christine Brewer spoke to us about her approach to Wagner, in preparation for her forthcoming concert with the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras. | 7 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 25 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 21 - November 2009 | Pianist Nikolai Lugansky takes us through Rachmaninov's incredible Piano Concerto No. 3, as part of the Philharmonia Orchestra's Rachmaninov Cycle. | 2 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 26 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 20 - October 2009 | Christoph von Dohnányi talks to the Philharmonia's Principal Percussionist David Corkhill about his career as a conductor ahead of his 80th Birthday concert with the orchestra. | 16 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 27 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 19 - October 2009 | Julian Johnson goes behind the scenes on the Philharmonia Orchestra's new production of Berg's opera Wozzeck, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen. | 7 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 28 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 18 September 2009 | Esa-Pekka Salonen and Magnus Lindberg discuss their friendship, collaborations and Lindberg's new work GRAFFITI which will receive its UK première at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall on 1 October. | 18 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 29 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 4 September 2009 | In our first podcast of the 2009/10 season we speak to Vladimir Ashkenazy about his career, forthcoming season opening concerts with the Philharmonia Orchestra and future concert plans. | 4 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 30 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 20 - June 2009 | Julian Johnson travels to the Belvedere Gallery in Vienna to find out more about the explosion in the arts at this time and also speaks to Michael Molnar from the Freud Museum to discover why Freud was redefining what is is to be human. | 1 6 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 31 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 19 - May 2009 | In May's podcast Julian Johnson explores the life and work of Gustav Mahler and we take a look at the interaction between the arts in Vienna 1900. | 1 5 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 32 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 18 - April 2009 | In April's podcast we speak to Lorin Maazel about his 50 years conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra, take a guided tour though Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto with Nikolai Lugansky and speak to violinist Nicola Benedetti about life as a soloist and the Sibelius Violin Concerto. | 1 4 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 33 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 17 - March 2009 - English | Gustavo Dudamel works with three young conductors as they conduct Mahler's 5th Symphony and Esa-Pekka Salonen talks to the family of Arnold Schoenberg. | 2 3 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 34 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 16 - February 2009 - English | Esa-Pekka Salonen discusses the concert series City of Dreams: Vienna 1900-1935. We also take a look at Schoenberg's music and see what effect popular culture had on the Viennese composers. | 2 3 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 35 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 15 - January 2009 - English | Interviews with James Ehnes and Boris Giltburg, and a look at Stravinsky's Firebird Suite | 14 1 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 36 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 14 - December 2008 - English | We speak to violinist Akiko Suwanai, and explore Mendelssohn's violin concerto with Luke Crookes. | 1 12 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 37 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 14 - December 2008 - Japanese | オーケストラのツアーを記念して１２月版のポッドキャストを日本語でもご利用いただけます。今月の番組には、諏訪内晶子やウラディミール・アシュケナージとのインタビュー、メンデルスゾーンのバイオリン協奏曲の解説が含まれています。 | 1 12 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 38 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 13 - November 2008 | We delve into the paganistic and brutal world of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, and take a look at things to come in the Philharmonia's first major project with Esa-Pekka Salonen, City of Dreams: Vienna 1900-1935. | 3 11 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 39 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 12 - October 2008 | We speak to conductors George Benjamin and Sir Charles Mackerras ahead of performances with the Philharmonia Orchestra in October. We also look at synaesthesia, the condition that influenced much of Messiaen's composition. | 1 10 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 40 | VideoEsa-Pekka Salonen | We join Esa-Pekka Salonen as he prepares for his first concerts with the Philharmonia Orchestra as Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor | 22 9 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 41 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 11 - September 2008 | We launch the new orchestral season with a look at Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex and a listening guide to Berlioz' Symphony Fantastique as well as details of all Philharmonia Concerts and our new CD label. | 1 9 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 42 | VideoPhilharmonia Season Preview | Before the new orchestral season gets underway in September, we speak to five Philharmonia Orchestra players to find out what highlights they're particularly looking forward to. | 31 7 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 43 | VideoAkiko Suwanai | We speak to violinist Akiko Suwanai about Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending ahead of her performance at this year's BBC Proms. | 31 7 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 44 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 10 (Part 1) | As the 2007-08 orchestral season draws to a close we go behind the scenes with Gustavo Dudamel, find out more about our Music of Today series, chat with 4 orchestral players about Brahms' 4 symphonies and speak to Richard Hickox about 'The Pilgrim's Progress'. This is part one of a two part podcast. | 4 6 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 45 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 10 (Part 2) | As the 2007-08 orchestral season draws to a close we go behind the scenes with Gustavo Dudamel, find out more about our Music of Today series, chat with 4 orchestral players about Brahms' 4 symphonies and speak to Richard Hickox about 'The Pilgrim's Progress'. This is part two of a two part podcast. | 4 6 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 46 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 9 | This month we find out more about Ralph Vaughan Williams, as the Philharmonia Orchestra prepeares to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his death with a series of concerts. | 6 5 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 47 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 8 | We speak to Lars Vogt about performing Beethoven with Sir Charles Mackerras, visit the Stepping Stones project in a Bedford Primary School, and speak to MMSF award winner Sulki Yu. | 31 3 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 48 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 7 | Esa-Pekka Salonen speaks to us about his appointment as Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor to the Philharmonia Orchestra from September 2008. We also speak to the players of the Philharmonia about what this appointment means for them, and have an interview with tenor Alfie Boe. | 29 2 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 49 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 6.1 | We explore the music of Olivier Messiaen in a series of films linked to our forthcoming concerts. The podcast includes films about Messiaen's Turangalîla Symphonie, as well as exploring Messiaen's connection with the organ at La Trinité Church in Paris. This is an updated version of the podcast, with apologies for the broken link first time around. | 31 1 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 50 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 5 | Second Violinist Julian Milone welcomes in the New Year with a look forward to the Philharmonia's plans for 2008, including a preview of the Olivier Messiaen season. Elsewhere cellist David Cohen interviews Maestro Vladimir Ashkenazy and we take a look at the Creative Orchestra workshops. | 1 1 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 51 | VideoPhilharmonia Christmas Greetings | The Philharmonia Orchestra is pleased to announce its own e-Christmas card, together with BT. The Christmas card contains three video performances by members of the Philharmonia's brass section. Away in a Manger, Ding Dong Merrily on High and We Wish You a Merry Christmas. Click on the headline to send your own cards now. | 20 12 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 52 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 4 | Join double bassist, Dominic Worsley for the December video podcast. Hear from pianist and conductor András Schiff as he speaks about his feelings for Schubert; take a look inside the new Philharmonia Orchestra Online Shop and follow percussionist Pete Fry for the day. | 2 11 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 53 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 3 | Oboist Jill Crowther introduces November's podcast, which includes features on the Orchestra's Dennis Brain Anniversary concerts (and interviews with members of the Philharmonia's horn section), an extract from the Orchestra's recent performance of The Planets with Charles Dutoit and an update on forthcoming Philharmonia concerts. | 2 11 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 54 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 2 | Join flautist Paul Edmund-Davies as he takes us behind the scenes with the orchestra on tour, speaks to conductor Charles Dutoit and gets the players' higlights for the forthcoming season. | 28 9 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 55 | VideoPhilharmonia Podcast 1 | Behind the scenes with the Philharmonia Orchestra's series of Podcasts. | 20 8 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 55 Episodes |
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