
Wagner 200: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SSO in Wagner's Tristan
Louise Fryer concludes this week's ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra focus with the final act of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde. Plus Stravinsky, Adams, and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers in Pizzetti.
Louise Fryer concludes this week's focus on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ SSO and Renaissance-inspired choral music by Pizzetti, performed by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra,
Conductor Ilan Volkov.
Ildebrando Pizzetti: 2 canzoni corali
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers,
Conductor Paul Brough.
2.10pm
Stravinsky: Movements for Piano and Orchestra
Steven Osborne (piano),
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra,
Conductor Ilan Volkov.
2.20pm
Wagner: Tristan and Isolde, Act 3
Tristan ... Robert Dean Smith (tenor)
Isolde ... Petra Maria Schnitzer (soprano)
Brangäne ... 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,
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra,
Conductor Donald Runnicles.
3.40pm
Ildebrando Pizzetti: De Profundis
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers,
Conductor Paul Brough.
3.45pm
John Adams: My father knew Charles Ives
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra,
Conductor Donald Runnicles.
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Music Played
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Igor Stravinsky
Song of the Volga Boatmen
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Ildebrando Pizzetti
2 Canzoni Corali
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Igor Stravinsky
Movements for Piano & Orchestra
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Richard Wagner
Act 3 from Tristan und Isolde
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Ildebrando Pizzetti
De Profundis
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John Adams
My Father knew Charles Ives
Broadcast
- Fri 3 May 2013 14:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3