25 April 2008
Friday 25 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.
For the final performance in the series, Russian violinist Ilya Gringolts pairs a Bach partita with a work by Bartok written in homage to Bach.
Bach: Partita in D minor, BWV 1004
Bartok: Sonata for Solo Violin
2.00pm St Petersburg
Series of performances from orchestras, choirs and chamber groups around Europe, focusing on the city of St Petersburg.
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (Acts 3 and 4)
Boris Godunov ...... Ferruccio Furlanetto (baritone)
Pimen ...... Robert Holl (bass)
Grigory ...... Marian Talaba (tenor)
Marina Mniszek ...... Nadia Krasteva (mezzo-soprano)
Rangoni ...... Falk Struckmann (bass)
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Daniele Gatti (conductor)
Rachmaninov: Vespers, Op 37
Swedish Radio Chorus
Risto Joost (director)
