Music from Russia & Eastern Europe
Thursday 3 May 2007 13:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
Presented by Louise Fryer.
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Playlist:
Postcards from St Petersburg
3/4. Today's concert celebrating one of the world's great musical capitals is a recital of Russian piano works given at St Botolph's, Aldgate, during last year's City of London Festival.
Balakirev: Islamey
Tchaikovsky: May; June (Seasons)
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Freddy Kempf (piano)
2.00pm
More music from Russia and Eastern Europe.
Gretchaninoff: Se Zhenih griadet (Behold, the bridegroom comes); Chertog Tvoy (Thy bridal chamber, Strstnaya sedmitsa, Op 58)
BBC Singers
Dominic Wheeler (conductor)
Tchaikovsky: Fantasy Overture (Romeo and Juliet)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Vasily Petrenko (conductor)
Berlioz: La Reine Mab ou La fee des songes (Romeo et Juliet)
Alison Balsom (trumpet)
Balsom Ensemble
Kabalevsky: Symphony No 2, Op 19
BBC Philharmonic
Neeme Jarvi (conductor)
Bartok: Concerto for orchestra
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
Dvorak: Trio for piano and strings No 4, Op 90 (Dumky)
Ondine Trio
Gilbert and Sullivan: Trial by Jury
Plaintiff ...... Rebecca Evans (soprano)
Defendant ...... James Gilchrist (tenor)
Counsel for the Plaintiff ...... Matthew Brook (baritone)
Usher ...... Neal Davies (bass-baritone)
Learned Judge ...... Donald Maxwell (baritone)
Foreman of the Jury ...... David Thaxton (baritone)
Chamber Choir of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox (conductor)
