
Wagner 200: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SSO in Wagner's Tristan
Louise Fryer launches the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra's epic three-day voyage through Wagner's opera Tristan and Isolde. Plus Stravinsky and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers in Pizzetti.
Louise Fryer launches the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra's epic three-day voyage through Wagner's opera Tristan and Isolde at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh. Chief Conductor Donald Runnicles is at the helm, with Nina Stemme as Isolde and Ian Storey as Tristan in Act 1 today. You can hear Act 2 tomorrow and Act 3 on Friday.
Plus a quick taster from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SSO's new Stravinsky CD, and a beautiful setting of Shelley by 20th century Italian composer Ildebrando Pizzetti.
Stravinsky: Canon on a Russian Popular Tune
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra,
Conductor Ilan Volkov.
Ildebrando Pizzetti: A Lament
Tenor Edward Goater
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers,
Conductor Paul Brough.
2.05pm
Wagner: Tristan and Isolde, Act 1
Isolde ..... Nina Stemme (soprano)
Tristan ..... Ian Storey (tenor)
Brangäne ..... Tanja Ariane Baumgartner (mezzo)
Kurwenal ..... Boaz Daniel (baritone)
Young Seaman ..... Nicky Spence (tenor)
Men of the RSNO Chorus,
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra,
Conductor Donald Runnicles.
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Music Played
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Igor Stravinsky
Canon on a Russian popular tune
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Ildebrando Pizzetti
A Lament
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Richard Wagner
Act 1 of Tristan und Isolde
Broadcast
- Wed 1 May 2013 14:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3