Verdi, Strauss and Sibelius
Wednesday 11 April 2007 13:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
Presented by Penny Gore.
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Playlist:
Britten Sinfonia at Lunch
2/4. A series of lunchtime concerts given in Cambridge recently by members of the Britten Sinfonia and friends. The concert opens with a Bach Prelude and Fugue arranged by Peter Maxwell-Davies and includes an elegy for solo violin by Stravinsky and Manuel de Falla's 1926 concerto for harpsichord. Tansy Davies' piece Contraband is given its world premiere.
Bach arr. Maxwell-Davies: Prelude and fugue in C sharp minor
Tansy Davies: Contraband
Stravinsky: Elegie for Viola or Violin Solo
Bach arr. Maxwell-Davies: Prelude and Fugue in C sharp
Manuel de Falla: Concerto in D for harpsichord and five instruments
Jacqueline Shave (violin)
Martin Outram (viola)
Caroline Dearnley (cello)
Sarah O'Flynn (flute)
Nicholas Daniel (oboe)
Joy Farrall (clarinet)
Maggie Cole (harpsichord)
Owen Gunnell (percussion)
2.00pm Bavarian RSO
Verdi: Requiem
Tamar Iveri (soprano)
Yvonne Naef (alto)
Piotr Beczala (tenor)
Alexander Vinogradov (bass)
Bavarian Radio Chorus
Bavarian RSO
Mariss Jansons (conductor)
Strauss: Tod und Verklarung
Bavarian RSO
Riccardo Muti (conductor)
Wilhelm Killmayer: Dithyramben for orchestra (premiere)
Bavarian RSO
Christoph Poppen (conductor)
Sibelius: Symphony No 2 in D
Bavarian RSO
Mariss Jansons (conductor)
