Silvestri: The Vintage Years (BBC Radio)

The Vintage Years with David Mellor
BBC Radio 3
Date: 13 September 1997
Featuring:
Rowena Winfield, principal cello
Roger Winfield, principal oboe
James Loughran, assistant conductor
Ken Matchett, general manager
John Gritten, biographer
Brendan O'Brien, BSO leader 1968-?
Ray Carpenter, principal clarinet
David Sheen, violin
Anda Anastasescu, piano, London Schubert Players
Links to the complete performances.
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Date: 22 Feb 1963.
Location: Winter Gardens, Bournemouth
• Tchaikovsky: Manfred ...
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10
Romanian National Radio Orchestra
Date: 1956
Location: Casa Scânteii - Sala de marmură, Bucharest
• Shostakovich: Symphony...
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Philharmonia Orchestra
Date: 15 & 18 February 1957
Location: Kingsway Hall, London
• Tchaikovsky: Symphony...
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Philharmonia Orchestra
Date: 21 & 22 February 1957
Location: Kingsway Hall, London
• Tchaikovsky: Symphony...
Announcer says Feb 1959 which disagrees with year on Warner CD set
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade (The Young Prince and the Young Princess)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Date: 30 Dec 1966
Location: Winter Gardens, Bournemouth
• Rimsky-Korsakov: Sche...
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Date: 5 Sep 1967
Location: Winchester Cathedral
• Vaughan Williams: Fan...
Silvestri: Three Pieces of Strings (No. 3 "Veloce")
London Schubert Players
Date: Oct 1990
Location: Romanian Athenaeum, Bucharest
• Silvestri: Three Piece...
Elgar: In the South
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Date: 7 Sep 1967
Location: Winter Gardens, Bournemouth
• Elgar: In the South (...
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Performances mentioned
Tchaikovsky: Manfred
Bournemouth Symphony
Date: 24 Aug 1967
Location: Royal Festival Hall
• Shostakovich 1st, Mend...
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
London Philharmonic
Date: July 1957
• Dvořák: Symphony No. ...
Wagner: Parsifal Prelude & Good Friday Spell
Bournemouth Symphony
Date: 6 April 1962
Location: Winchester Cathedral
• Wagner: Parsifal Prelu...
Haydn: Symphony No. 27
Prague Symphony Orchestra
Published: 1953
• Haydn: Symphony No. 27
John Gritten's biography "Constantin Silvestri - A Musician Before His Time"
www.amazon.co.uk/Constantin-S...
Metamorphosis: The Transformation of the Bournemouth Symphony
• Metamorphosis: The Tr...
This documentary tells the story of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s rise to international acclaim while under the baton of Maestro Constantin Silvestri. Ray Carpenter (1922-2017), the symphony's principal clarinet, shares his memories along with historic materials-photographs, excerpts of musical recordings, newspaper clippings, and programs. Ray provides insight into his own musical coming-of-age as well as musical life during the Silvestri (1961-1969) years. Despite his short tenure with the symphony, Maestro Silvestri managed to transform a provincial band to an orchestra whose performances were praised in and beyond London.
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1 Introduction (00:00)
2 Tchaikovsky: Manfred Intro (00:14)
3 Tchaikovsky: Manfred (00:55)
4 Conducting style (04:56)
5 Silvestri's Romanian origin (07:51)
6 Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 (11:18)
7 Silvestri in Europe and UK (15:22)
8 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 Intro (18:41)
9 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 (19:59)
10 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 Intro (21:20)
11 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 (22:58)
12 Silvestri in Bournemouth (24:55)
13 R-K: Scheherezade Into (33:01)
14 R-K: Scheherezade (34:48)
15 Silvestri the man (37:56)
16 British Music (43:11)
17 V-W: Tallis Fantasia (45:21)
18 Silvestri's finances and health (50:43)
19 Silvestri: Three Pieces Intro (55:25
20 Silvestri: Three Pieces #3 "Veloce" (58:01)
21 Silvestri's legacy in Bournemouth (01:00:45)
22 Elgar: In the South Intro (01:07:36)
23 Elgar: In the South (01:12:17)

[@trevordoyne-ditmas2880]

I was working in Bournemouth in 1963 and 1964 as a young man when I discovered classical music and heard Silvestri every Thursday evening. He was incredible, a short man he would generate fantastic playing from the orchestra. I remember a performance of The Pines of Rome which blew the the audience away. I saw him once in a cheap restaurant and regret not asking him for a signature ! It was the highlight of my week. Ticket price 6 shillings.

[@constantinsilvestrigar]

Well you are in luck then. Here is the concert you heard. The absolute best performance of the Pines ever!
th-cam.com/video/LLfjUmHCMLc/w-d-xo.html

[@leestamm3187]

An interesting and entertaining presentation. Thanks for sharing it.

[@NicolaMotogna-uf4nm]

Constantin Silvestri was my dad's good friend. I was named after him (Constanze)He passed away a few days before I was born. It's a very special connection.

[@constantinsilvestrigar]

How did your father know Silvestri was he musician?

[@NicolaMotogna-uf4nm]

@@constantinsilvestrigar My father loved classical music and went to concerts in Bournemouth. He had friends in the orchestra and thats how he met Silvestri. When he died Sivestri's wife gave my dad his fur coat and hat.