Rites of Spring
Monday 24 March 2008 13:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch.
The multi-national Michelangelo Quartet perform a concert direct from the Wigmore Hall, London.
Playlist:
Haydn: String Quartet in B flat, Op 76 No 4 (Sunrise)
Stravinsky: Three Pieces for string quartet
Schumann: String Quartet in A minor, Op 41 No 1
2.00pm Rites of Spring
Reflecting Radio 3's Rites of Spring season of springtime music and the ideas of death and rebirth, and featuring performances by the BBC Orchestras on tour. The BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform spring-like British music, plus a concert from their US tour last year.
Bridge: Enter Spring
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox (conductor)
Britten: Four Sea Interludes (Peter Grimes)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (conductor)
Vaughan Williams: The Springtime of the Year (Five English Folksongs)
BBC Singers
David Hill (conductor)
Richard Strauss: Don Juan
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (conductor)
Bartok: Piano Concerto No 3
Llyr Williams (piano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (conductor)
Vaughan Williams: Just as the Tide was Flowing (Five English Folksongs)
BBC Singers
David Hill (conductor)
Stravinsky: Petrushka
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer (conductor)
Britten: Spring Symphony
Lilian Watson (soprano)
Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano)
Philip Langridge (tenor)
Southend Boys' Choir
Colorado Children's Chorale
London Symphony Chorus
BBC Singers
BBC National Chorus of Wales
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox (conductor)
