2 May 2008
Friday 2 May 2008 13:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
Presented by Suzy Klein. 1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert To conclude this week's series of concerts given at The Sage, Gateshead, pianist Freddy Kempf performs Russian Romantic repertoire. The recital begins with Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, followed by Glinka's little-known Privet otchiznye and ends with Balakirev's technically challenging oriental fantasy Islamey. 2.00pm Russian and British Music Featuring major works by the great Russian Romantic composers, focusing especially on Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky, as well as British pieces ranging from the familiar to the neglected.
Playlist
Berkeley: Windsor variations for orchestra, Op 75
Ulster Orchestra
Vernon Handley (conductor)
Schumann: Five Poems of Queen Mary Stuart, Op 135
Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano)
Joseph Breinl (piano)
Reyngold Glier: Horn Concerto in B flat, Op 91
David Pyatt (horn)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Christian Gansch (conductor)
Rachmaninov: The Rock, Op 7
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)
Glinka, arr. Ogrintchouk: Trio Pathetique in D minor for cello, bassoon and piano
Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe)
Ekaterina Apekisheva (piano)
Boris Andrianov (cello)
Lennox Berkeley: Concerto for two pianos and orchestra, Op 30
Howard Shelley, Kathryn Stott (pianos)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox (conductor)
Rachmaninov: Symphony No 2 in E minor
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)
