East Meets West
Friday 6 July 2007 13:00-16:00 (Radio 3)
Presented by Penny Gore.
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Playlist:
Aldeburgh Festival
4/8. Pianist Louis Lortie gives us a rich and impressionistic voyage starting in Venice and ending in a mythical submerged Breton city.
Salvatore Scaiarrino: Perduto in una citta d'acque
Faure: 3 Barcarolles
Bach: Concerto No 3 in D minor after Alessandro Marcello
Liszt: La Lugubre Gondola; RW Venezia; Venezia (Venezia e Napoli)
Chopin: Barcarolle, Op 60
Nono: Sofferte onde serene
Debussy: Canope; La Cathedrale Engloutie; L'Isle joyeuse
2.30pm East Meets West
5/5. The theme concludes with arguably India's greatest Wagner conductor; Masaaki Suzuki's superb Japanese Bach Ensemble; a Debussy work influenced by Balinese gamelan; and a beautiful modern double concerto by the Korean-German composer Isang Yun.
Wagner: Die Walkure (Act 1 excerpt)
Sieglinde ...... Petra Maria Schnitzer (soprano)
Siegmund ...... Peter Seiffert (tenor)
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra
Zubin Mehta (conductor)
Isang Yun: Duetto concertante for oboe, cello and strings
Christian Wetzel (oboe)
Jae-Yoon Chung (cello)
Korean Chamber Ensemble
Debussy: Images (Book 2)
Roberto Cominati (piano)
Bach: Magnificat in D, BWV 243
Joanne Lunn, Christina Landshamer (soprano)
Robin Blaze (countertenor)
Gerd Turk (tenor)
Peter Kooij (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki (director)
