23 April 2008
Wednesday 23 April 2008 13:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
Presented by Penny Gore.
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Playlist:
LSO St Luke's Bach Plus
Revisiting the concert series first broadcast from LSO St Luke's in London in January 2005 as a celebration of the instrumental and chamber music of Bach as well as works which he inspired. Norwegian cellist Truls Mork combines Bach's third suite with one written over 200 years later, the second suite by Benjamin Britten - inspired by Rostropovich's performances of Bach.
Truls Mork (cello)
Bach: Cello Suite No 3 in C, BWV 1009
Britten: Cello Suite No 2, Op 80
2.00pm St Petersburg
Series of performances from orchestras, choirs and chamber groups around Europe, focusing on the city of St Petersburg.
Rachmaninov: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom
Latvian Radio Chorus
Sigvard Klava (director)
Borodin: String Quartet No 1 in A
Borodin Quartet:
Andrei Abramenkov, Ruben Aharonian (violins)
Igor Naidin (viola)
Igor Balshin (cello)
Wagner: Parsifal (Act 3)
Amfortas ...... Yegneny Nikitin (bass)
Parsifal ...... Oleg Balashov (tenor)
Gurnemanz ...... Gennady Bezzubenkov (bass)
Kundry ...... Annika Hudak (mezzo-soprano)
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Valery Gergiev (conductor)
