24 April 2008
Thursday 24 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. The third concert features former New Generation Artists the Artemis Quartet from Germany.
Bach: Contrapunctus No 11 (The Art of Fugue)
Beethoven: String Quartet in B flat, Op 130; Grosse Fugue, Op 133
2.00pm St Petersburg
A series of performances from orchestras, choirs and chamber groups around Europe, focusing on the city of St Petersburg.
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (Prologue; Acts 1 and 2)
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)
Shostakovich: Symphony No 7 in C, Op 60 (Leningrad)
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Fedoseyev (conductor)