4 June 2008
Wednesday 4 June 2008 13:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
Presented by Louise Fryer.
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Cellist Adrian Brendel returns to the Bath Festival in the company of the Elias String Quartet for a performance of Schubert's late quintet in C, often regarded as the composer's crowning achievement.
Playlist:
Britten: String Quartet No 2 in C, Op 36
Schubert: String Quintet in C, D956
2.45pm Venice
Music by Venetian composers and those associated with the city, including Monteverdi's setting of the Vespers, performed in Speyer Cathedral as part of the Schwetzingen Festival.
Caldara: Sinfonia a quattro No 3 in F minor
Bach Consort
Ruben Dubrovsky (cello/director)
Verdi: 5 Songs (Stornello; Perduta ho la pace; Lo spazzacamino; La zingara; Brindisi - 1st version)
Diana Damrau (soprano)
Stephan Lademann (piano)
Petrassi: Sinfonia, Siciliana and Fugue for string quartet
Petrassi Quartet
3.20pm
Monteverdi : Vespro della Beata Vergine
La Capella Ducale
Musica Fiata
Roland Wilson (director)
