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Summer Festivals

Massenet's 'Don Quichotte' recorded at the Bregenz Festival plus highlights from Mecklenburg and Schwetzingen broadcast as part of Tom McKinney's European summer festival sojourn.

Tom McKinney introduces a performance of Massenet's 'Don Quichotte', inspired in part by Cervantes's fictional "knight of the doleful countenance", given at the Bregenz Festival in Austria, last year. The programme also features performances from Mecklenburg and Schwetzingen as part of Tom's focus on European summer festivals.

Jules Massenet: Don Quichotte (opera in five acts)

Anna Goryachova, mezzo-soprano, Dulcin茅e
Gabor Bretz, bass, Don Quichotte
David Stout, baritone, Sancho
L茅onie Renaud, soprano, Pedro
Vera Maria Bitter, mezzo-soprano, Garcias
Paul Schweinester, tenor, Rodriguez
Patrik Reiter, tenor, Juan
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Vienna Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel Cohen

Recorded at the Festspielhaus, Bregenz as part of the Bregenz Festival last year.

And from Mecklenburg and Schwetzingen :

Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
Harriet Krijgh (cello)
ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Drcar

Serge Prokofiev: Symphony No 1 in D 'Classical'
SWR Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart conducted by Nicholas McGegan

3 hours

Last on

Thu 27 Aug 2020 14:00

Music Played

  • Jules Massenet

    Don Quichotte: Act 1

    Singer: Anna Goryachova. Singer: G谩bor Bretz. Singer: David Stout. Singer: L茅onie Renaud. Singer: Vera Maria Bitter. Singer: Paul Schweinester. Singer: Patrik Reiter. Choir: Prague Philharmonic Choir. Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Daniel Cohen.
  • Jules Massenet

    Don Quichotte: Act 2

    Singer: Anna Goryachova. Singer: G谩bor Bretz. Singer: David Stout. Singer: L茅onie Renaud. Singer: Vera Maria Bitter. Singer: Paul Schweinester. Singer: Patrik Reiter. Choir: Prague Philharmonic Choir. Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Daniel Cohen.
  • Jules Massenet

    Don Quichotte: Act 3

    Singer: Anna Goryachova. Singer: G谩bor Bretz. Singer: David Stout. Singer: L茅onie Renaud. Singer: Vera Maria Bitter. Singer: Paul Schweinester. Singer: Patrik Reiter. Choir: Prague Philharmonic Choir. Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Daniel Cohen.
  • Jules Massenet

    Don Quichotte: Act 4

    Singer: Anna Goryachova. Singer: G谩bor Bretz. Singer: David Stout. Singer: L茅onie Renaud. Singer: Vera Maria Bitter. Singer: Paul Schweinester. Singer: Patrik Reiter. Choir: Prague Philharmonic Choir. Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Daniel Cohen.
  • Jules Massenet

    Don Quichotte: Act 5

    Singer: Anna Goryachova. Singer: G谩bor Bretz. Singer: David Stout. Singer: L茅onie Renaud. Singer: Vera Maria Bitter. Singer: Paul Schweinester. Singer: Patrik Reiter. Choir: Prague Philharmonic Choir. Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Daniel Cohen.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Der Freisch眉tz (Overture)

    Orchestra: ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Drcar.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Variations on a Rococo Theme, op 33

    Performer: Harriet Krijgh. Orchestra: ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Drcar.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No 1 in D "Classical"

    Orchestra: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Villanelle (Les Nuits d'ete)

    Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • 狈础脧痴贰.

Broadcast

  • Thu 27 Aug 2020 14:00