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Staatskapelle Dresden

Christoph Eschenbach conducts the Staatskapelle Dresden in a performance of Dvorak's Stabat Mater.

Both dramatic and intensely moving, Dvorak's epic depiction of the Virgin Mary's grief is here performed by a fine international group of soloists in a performance recorded in Dresden in February last year.

Presented by Fiona Talkington

Dvorak: Stabat Mater, Op.58
Venera Gimadieva, soprano
Elisabeth Kulman, contralto
Pavol Breslik, tenor
René Pape, bass
Dresden State Opera Chorus
Dresden Staatskapelle
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

Followed by music off disc:

Victor Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony
City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Gavin Sutherland, conductor

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Mon 14 Dec 202019:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Stabat Mater, Op.58

    Singer: Venera Gimadieva. Singer: Elisabeth Kulman. Singer: Pavol Breslik. Singer: René Pape. Choir: Chor der Staatsoper Dresden. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach.

  • Gareth Price

    Christmas Carol

    Music Arranger: Clare Wheeler. Performer: Olivia Robinson. Choir: BBC Singers. Performer: Richard Pearce. Conductor: Owain Park.

  • Victor Hely-Hutchinson

    A Carol Symphony

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Tchaikovsky_String Quartet No 1 Op 11 in D major

    Performer: Borodin Quartet.

  • Reynaldo Hahn

    Les étoiles

    Performer: Graham Johnson. Author: Théodore de Banville. Singer: Alice Coote.
    • Hyperion.

Broadcast

  • Mon 14 Dec 202019:30
    BBC Radio 3