Radio 3 in Concert: Angels and Demons

Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall in an exploration of music written in the aftermath of the First World War, including pieces by Hindemith, Schoenberg and Berg. The programme takes listeners from the louche world of Berlin cabaret to the Lutheran certainties of Bach's chorales. Schoenberg filters Bach through his own febrile ear, while Alban Berg includes a quotation from a Bach chorale in his concerto dedicated to the memory of the 18-year-old daughter of Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius after her tragic death. After the interval, Hindemith seeks inspiration in the late Medieval world of painter Matthias Grünewald and his apocalyptic altarpieces. Hindemith: Rag Time (well-tempered). Bach arr. Schoenberg: Two Chorale Preludes - Schmucke dich, O liebe Seele, BWV 654; Komm, Gott Schopfer, heiliger Geist, BWV 667. Berg: Violin Concerto. 8.45 Interval 9.00 Hindemith: Symphony (Mathis der Maler). Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor)