3 January 2008
Thursday 3 January 2008 13:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
Presented by Louise Fryer.
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
From The Crucible in Sheffield, Music in the Round's resident group Ensemble 360 perform two contrasting sextets.
Playlist:
Mendelssohn: Sextet in D for violin, two violas, cello, double bass and piano, Op 110
Poulenc: Sextet for piano and winds
2.00pm Bayreuth Ring Cycle 2007
Wagner: Götterdämmerung (Act 2)
Siegfried ...... Stephen Gould (tenor)
Gunther ...... Ralf Lukas (baritone)
Hagen ...... Hans-Peter König (bass)
Alberich ...... Andrew Shore (baritone)
Brünnhilde ...... Linda Watson (soprano)
Gutrune ...... Edith Haller (soprano)
Waltraute ...... Mihoko Fujimura (mezzo-soprano)
First Norn ...... Simone Schröder (alto)
Second Norn ...... Martina Dike (mezzo-soprano)
Third Norn ...... Edith Haller (soprano)
Woglinde ...... Fionnuala McCarthy (soprano)
Wellgunde ...... Ulrike Helzel (soprano)
Flosshilde ...... Marina Prudenskaja (mezzo-soprano)
Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra
Christian Thielemann (conductor)
Pärt: La Sindone
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Andres Mustonen (conductor)
Schumann: Requiem für Mignon, Op 98b
Christiane Oelze, Anitra Jellema (sopranos)
Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Ans van Dam (contraltos)
Andreas Schmidt (baritone)
Netherlands Radio Chorus
Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic
Jaap van Zweden (conductor)
Schumann: Der Rose Pilgerfahrt, Op 112
Rosa ...... Christiane Oelze (soprano)
Elfenfürstin, Martha, Müllerin ...... Catherine Wyn-Rogers (contralto)
Max ...... Werner Güra (tenor)
Müller ...... Hans de Vries (baritone)
Totengräber ...... Andreas Schmidt (bass)
Maja Roodveldt, Anitra Jellema (sopranos)
Anjolet Rotteveel (contralto)
Netherlands Radio Chorus
Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic
Jaap van Zweden (conductor)
