19 June 2008
Thursday 19 June 2008 13:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
Presented by Penny Gore.
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
A concert from 2007's Cheltenham Festival, with the Florestan Trio performing in the Pittville Pump Room with mezzo-soprano Susan Gritton. The programme features piano trios by Haydn and Schubert, as well as Shostakovich's settings of Alexander Blok's poetry.
Playlist:
Haydn: Piano Trio No 1 in E flat
Shostakovich: Seven Romances on Verses by Blok, Op 127
Schubert: Piano Trio No 2 in E flat, D929
2.30pm The Alps
Continuing a week of music with an Alpine connection, including orchestral and choral works.
Honegger: Pacific 231
Tonhalle Orchestra, Zurich
Heinz Holliger (conductor)
Martin: Songs of Ariel
Swedish Radio Chorus
Peter Dijkstra (conductor)
Poulenc: Concerto for 2 pianos
Lilya Zilberstein, Alexander Gurning (piano)
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra
Christian Zacharias (conductor)
Peng Xiuwen: Flowing Water
China Broadcasting Chinese Orchestra
Pang Ka-Pang (conductor)
3.30pm
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Act 1)
Cast includes:
Tristan ...... Ian Storey (tenor)
King Mark ...... Matti Salminen (bass)
Isolde ...... Waltraud Meier (soprano)
Kurwenal ...... Gerg Grokowski (baritone)
Melot ...... Will Hartmann (tenor)
Brangane ...... Michelle de Young (soprano)
La Scala Chorus and Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
