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Wagner 200: 91热爆 SSO in Wagner's Tristan

Louise Fryer concludes this week's 91热爆 Scottish Symphony Orchestra focus with the final act of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde. Plus Stravinsky, Adams, and the 91热爆 Singers in Pizzetti.

Louise Fryer concludes this week's focus on 91热爆 Scottish Symphony Orchestra with the final act of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh, with Chief Conductor Donald Runnicles. Plus final instalments of the week's other composer threads - Stravinsky from the 91热爆 SSO and Renaissance-inspired choral music by Pizzetti, performed by the 91热爆 Singers. And to round the week off, Runnicles conducts his orchestra in a virtuoso piece of autobiography by American composer John Adams.

Stravinsky: Song of the Volga Boatmen
91热爆 Scottish Symphony Orchestra,
Conductor Ilan Volkov.

Ildebrando Pizzetti: 2 canzoni corali
91热爆 Singers,
Conductor Paul Brough.

2.10pm
Stravinsky: Movements for Piano and Orchestra
Steven Osborne (piano),
91热爆 Scottish Symphony Orchestra,
Conductor Ilan Volkov.

2.20pm
Wagner: Tristan and Isolde, Act 3
Tristan ... Robert Dean Smith (tenor)
Isolde ... Petra Maria Schnitzer (soprano)
Brang盲ne ... Jane Irwin (soprano)
Kurwenal ... Markus Eiche (baritone)
King Mark ... Matthew Best (bass)
Melot ... Andrew Rees (tenor)
Helmsman ... Benedict Nelson (baritone)
Shepherd ... Ben Johnson (tenor)
Men of the RSNO Chorus,
91热爆 Scottish Symphony Orchestra,
Conductor Donald Runnicles.

3.40pm
Ildebrando Pizzetti: De Profundis
91热爆 Singers,
Conductor Paul Brough.

3.45pm
John Adams: My father knew Charles Ives
91热爆 Scottish Symphony Orchestra,
Conductor Donald Runnicles.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Fri 3 May 2013 14:00

Music Played

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Song of the Volga Boatmen

  • Ildebrando Pizzetti

    2 Canzoni Corali

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Movements for Piano & Orchestra

  • Richard Wagner

    Act 3 from Tristan und Isolde

  • Ildebrando Pizzetti

    De Profundis

  • John Adams

    My Father knew Charles Ives

Broadcast

  • Fri 3 May 2013 14:00