Beethoven's Missa Solemnis from Milan

Available for 29 days

Al Ryan reaches the climax of his week focused on performances of distinctive settings of the church mass with one of Beethoven's greatest achievements - his Missa Solemnis - in a performance given in Milan by the Orchestra of La Scala and Fabio Luisi. Al also casts an eye on highlights from the recent International Chamber Music Festival in Belfast bringing listeners music making from trombonist Peter Moore and from the pianist Jeneba Kannah-Mason Belfast International Chamber Music Festival: Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31/2 (‘Tempest’) Jeneba Kannah-Mason (piano) Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Andrew Davis) Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV. 582 BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Andrew Davies (conductor) Alice Mary Smith Overture - Endymion No.2 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Emilie Godden (conductor) Belfast International Chamber Music Festival: Igor Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite (arr. trombone & piano) Peter Moore (trombone) Zeynep Özsuca (piano) Ludwig van Beethoven Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123 Rosa Feola (soprano) Elizabeth DeShong, (mezzo-soprano) Sebastian Kohlhepp, (tenor) Hanno Müller-Brachmann (bass) La Scala Chorus Alberto Malazzi, (chorus master) La Scala Orchestra Fabio Luisi (conductor)