
Episode 2
Penny Gore presents the ѿý Concert Orchestra performing music written for funerals and on the subject of death. Plus a work by Rubbra and the ѿý SSO in Prokofiev and Strauss.
Today's Afternoon on 3 features a concert from the ѿý Concert Orchestra called 'Music to Die For', presented by John Hannah and including some of the wealth of music written for funerals, and on the subject of death. Today's Russian Concerto is Prokofiev's Piano Concerto no. 4 performed by Denis Kozhukhin with the ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and there's more from the ѿý Singers' celebration of the music of Edmund Rubbra.
Presented by Penny Gore.
2pm
Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre
Mozart: Confutatis and Lacrimosa from Requiem
Mahler: 'Der Abschied' from Das Lied von der Erde
2.45pm
Purcell: March from Funeral Music for Queen Mary
Sibelius: Swan of Tuonela
Tavener: Song for Athene
Barber: Adagio
Faure: 'In Paradisum' from Requiem
Verdi: 'Libera Me' from Requiem
ѿý CO
Keith Lockhart
Ilona Domnich (soprano)
Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano)
Hertfordshire Chorus
David Temple (conductor)
Presented by John Hannah
3.30pm
Rubbra: Dormi Jesu, Op. 3 no. 1
Two Madrigals, Op. 52
ѿý Singers
David Hill (conductor)
3.40pm
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 4 in B flat major (for the left hand)
Denis Kozhukhin (piano)
4pm
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Jun Markl (conductor).
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Music Played
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Romance op. 50
Performer: Daniel Muller-Schott (cello) Performer: Australian Chamber Orchestra Conductor: Richard Tognetti
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Danse Macabre
Performer: ѿý Concert Orchestra Conductor: Keith Lockhart
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Confutatis and Lacrimosa from Requiem
Performer: Hertfordshire Chorus Performer: ѿý Concert Orchestra Conductor: Keith Lockhart
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Gustav Mahler
"Der Abschied" from Das Lied von der Erde
Performer: Jennifer Johnston (mezzo) Performer: ѿý Concert Orchestra Conductor: Keith Lockhart
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Henry Purcell
March from Funeral Music for Queen Mary
Performer: ѿý Concert Orchestra Conductor: Keith Lockhart
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Jean Sibelius
Swan of Tuonela
Performer: Victoria Walpole (cor anglais) Performer: ѿý Concert Orchestra Conductor: Keith Lockhart
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John Tavener
Song for Athene
Performer: Hertfordshire Chorus Conductor: David Temple
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Samuel Barber
Adagio
Performer: ѿý Concert Orchestra Conductor: Keith Lockhart
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Gabriel Fauré
'In Paradisum' from Requiem
Performer: Hertfordshire Chorus Performer: ѿý Concert Orchestra Conductor: Keith Lockhart
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Giuseppe Verdi
'Libera Me' from Requiem
Performer: Ilona Domnich (Soprano) Performer: Hertfordshire Chorus Performer: ѿý Concert Orchestra Conductor: Keith Lockhart
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Rubbra
Dormi Jesu, Op 3/1
Performer: ѿý Singers Conductor: David Hill
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Rubbra
Madrigals 2nd Set, Op 52 - No 1: Leave prolonging thy distress & No 2: So sweet is thy di
Performer: ѿý Singers Conductor: David Hill
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Sergey Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No.4 in B flat major (for the left hand)
Performer: Denis Kozhukhin (piano) Performer: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Jun Markl
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
Dance of the Blessed Spirits
Arranger: Sgambati Performer: Denis Kozhukhin (piano)
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Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
Performer: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Jun Markl
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- Tue 12 Jun 2012 14:00ѿý Radio 3