BBC Proms 2023: Paradise and the Peri

A rare chance to hear Schumann's opera-oratorio about the child of a fallen angel and a mortal who makes a sequence of offerings to the guardians of Paradise. Simon Rattle conducts the London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra and an international cast of soloists. Presented by Penny Gore.

12:31 AM
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Paradise and the Peri, Op 50 - Parts 1 & 2
Lucy Crowe (soprano), Jeanine De Bique (soprano), Magdalena Kožená (mezzo soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), Linard Vrielink (tenor), Florian Boesch (bass baritone), London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle (conductor)

01:23 AM
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Paradise and the Peri, Op 50 - Part 3
Lucy Crowe (soprano), Jeanine De Bique (soprano), Magdalena Kožená (mezzo soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), Linard Vrielink (tenor), Florian Boesch (bass baritone), London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle (conductor)

02:00 AM
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Piano Sonata no 1 in F sharp minor, Op 11
Martin Helmchen (piano)

02:31 AM
Johan Svendsen (1840-1911)
Symphony no 2 in B flat major, Op 15
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Susanna Mälkki (conductor)

03:05 AM
Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
Trio for piano and strings in D minor, Op 120
Grumiaux Trio, Luc Devos (piano), Philippe Koch (violin), Luc Dewez (cello)

03:27 AM
Christopher Tye (c.1505-1572)
Omnes gentes, plaudite for 5 voices
BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

03:32 AM
Mieczysław Karłowicz (1876-1909)
Chant de l'eternelle aspiration
Orchestre Français des Jeunes, Marek Janowski (director)

03:44 AM
Giovanni Benedetto Platti (1697-1763)
Trio in C minor for oboe, bassoon and continuo
Ensemble Zefiro

03:53 AM
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
From "Legends" (Molto maestoso) in C major Op 59 no 4
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Kazuhiro Koizumi (conductor)

04:00 AM
Graeme Koehne (b.1956)
Divertissement: Trois pieces bourgeoises
Australian String Quartet

04:12 AM
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)
Plainte d'Armide (from Les Amours deguises)
Isabelle Poulenard (soprano), Ricercar Consort, Henri Ledroit (conductor)

04:20 AM
Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787)
Symphony in C major, Op 10 no 4
La Stagione Frankfurt, Michael Schneider (conductor)

04:31 AM
Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884)
The Bartered Bride - overture
BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth (conductor)

04:38 AM
Johann Strauss II (1825-1899), arr. Alban Berg
Wein, Weib und Gesang (Wine, Woman and Song) waltz
Canadian Chamber Ensemble, Raffi Armenian (director)

04:48 AM
Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)
O clarissima Mater (respond)
Rondellus

04:58 AM
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Dance Intermezzo, Op 45 no 2
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

05:01 AM
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Concerto for 2 violins and string orchestra (BWV.1043) in D minor
Sigiswald Kuijken (violin), Lucy van Dael (violin), La Petite Bande

05:18 AM
Witold Lutosławski (1913-1994)
Dance Preludes for clarinet and piano
Seraphin Maurice Lutz (clarinet), Eugen Burger-Yonov (piano)

05:28 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
4 Notturni
Vancouver Chamber Choir, Wesley Foster (clarinet), Nicola Tipton (clarinet), William Jenkins (bass clarinet), Jon Washburn (director)

05:36 AM
Dinu Lipatti (1917-1950)
Satrarii, Suite for Orchestra, Op 2
Romanian National Radio Orchestra, Horia Andreescu (conductor)

06:01 AM
Charles Mouton (1626-1710)
Pièces de Lute in C minor
Konrad Junghänel (11 string lute)