Edinburgh International Festival 2016
Ep. 1-5/5 -
Live from the Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh, Donald Macleod presents a recital of impassioned lieder. Tenor Mark Padmore and fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout perform Beethoven’s heart-rending settings of Goethe and Schubert’s mammoth song cycle Schwanengesang chronicling lost love.
Programme:
Beethoven: Mailied (Maigesang) Op.52 No.4
Beethoven: Neue Liebe, neues Leben Op.75 No.2
Beethoven: Abendlied unterm gestirnten Himmel WoO 150
Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte Op.98
Schubert: Schwanengesang D957
Mark Padmore (tenor)
Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano)
During the interval: Andreas Ottensamer plays Copland’s Clarinet Concerto with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
Tuesday: The Amaryllis Quartett perform chamber music by Haydn, Lutoslawski and Beethoven.
Wednesday: Brilliant young pianist George Li debuts at the EIF with Chopin, Rachmaninov and Liszt.
Thursday: Baritone Simon Keenlyside sings jazz and cabaret with songs by Gershwin, Berlin and Weill.
Friday: The Australian Chamber Orchestra and Richard Tognetti play Wagner and Mahler.
Presenter/Donald Macleod, Producer/Laura Metcalfe for the BBC
Publicity contact: BBC Radio 3 Publicity
