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The Mikado

Sara Mohr-Pietsch traces a path to the Overture from Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera The Mikado.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch traces a path to the Overture from Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera The Mikado. Along the way, Sara explores the role of the overture in opera, we hear works by Debussy and Puccini which - like The Mikado - were inspired by Japan, and music by other composers which portrays two of the operetta's plot themes: a wedding and an execution.

Part of Radio 3’s celebration of conductor Charles Mackerras’ centenary on 17th November.

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1 hour, 29 minutes

Last on

Sun 16 Nov 202513:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Overture to the Marriage of Figaro

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Telarc.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    French Overture in B minor BWV 831: VIII Echo

    Performer: Piotr Anderszewski.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI FRANCE.

  • Ethel Smyth

    The Wreckers: Overture

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Chandos.

  • Frank Loesser

    Runyonland (Overture)

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Strauss.
    • RCA Victor.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Aria: The Sun Whose Rays

    Lyricist: William Gilbert. Singer: Lesley Garrett.
    • Fontana.

  • Claude Debussy

    Estampes: I Pagodes

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.

  • Gustav Holst

    Japanese Suite: Marionette Dance

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Naxos.

  • Keiko Abe

    Dream of the Cherry Blossoms

    Performer: Odd Borge Sagland.
    • BIS.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Madama Butterfly: Act II "un bel di vedremo"

    Singer: Renée Fleming. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Decca.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Long Day Closes

    Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Coro.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie Fantastique: IV March to the Scaffold

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • LSO LIVE.

  • Hélène de Montgeroult

    Piano Etude No. 41

    Performer: Clare Hammond.
    • BIS.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Dialogue des Carmelites: Act III "Salve Regina"

    Conductor: Kent Nagano. Orchestra: Lyon Opera Orchestra.
    • Virgin Classics.

  • Franck White Meacham

    American Patrol

    Orchestra: Glenn Miller and His Orchestra.
    • Sony.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Mikado - Overture

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • EMI Classics.

Broadcast

  • Sun 16 Nov 202513:30
    BBC Radio 3