
Summer Festivals
The opening concert of the 2019 Turku Music Festival, featuring Thomas Hampson singing Mahler's Des Knaben Wunderhorn, plus Stabat Mater settings spanning 250 years from Utrecht.
The opening concert of the 2019 Turku Music Festival continues the festival’s tradition of featuring distinguished international opera singers, with the American baritone Thomas Hampson joining the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Klaus Mäkelä to sing extracts from Mahler's 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn', plus music by Wagner, Strauss and Saariaho.
We then travel to the medieval city of Utrecht in the Netherlands for the world-famous Utrecht Early Music Festival. In the 21st-century TivoliVredenburg concert hall, acclaimed early music ensemble Gli Angeli Genève and members of the Sine Nomine Quartet perform settings of the Stabat Mater written 250 years apart.
Presented by Georgia Mann.
2pm
Wagner: Prelude to 'Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg'
Mahler: Excerpts from 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn'
Saariaho: Asteroid 4179: Toutatis
Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
Thomas Hampson, baritone
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
Klaus Mäkelä, conductor
c.3.30pm
Arvo Pärt: Stabat Mater
Aleksandra Lewandowska, soprano
Carlos Mena, countertenor
Andrew Tortise, tenor
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
Ana Quintans, soprano
Carlos Mena, countertenor
Gli Angeli Genève
Stephan MacLeod
Members of the Sine Nomine Quartet:
Patrick Genet, violin
Hans Egidi, viola
Marc Jaermann, cello
Photo: Turku Music Festival 2019, Seilo Ristimäki
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Richard Wagner
Prelude to Die Meistersinger
Orchestra: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus Mäkelä. -
Gustav Mahler
Excerpts from 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn'
Singer: Thomas Hampson. Orchestra: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus Mäkelä. -
Gustav Mahler
Der Tamboursg'sell, from 'Des Knaben Wunderhorn'
Singer: Thomas Hampson. Orchestra: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus Mäkelä. -
Kaija Saariaho
Asteroid 4179: Toutatis
Orchestra: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus Mäkelä. -
Richard Strauss
Also sprach Zarathustra
Orchestra: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus Mäkelä. -
Domenico Scarlatti
Stabat Mater
Ensemble: Gli Angeli Genève. -
Arvo Pärt
Stabat Mater
Singer: Aleksandra Lewandowska. Singer: Carlos Mena. Singer: Andrew Tortise. Ensemble: Gli Angeli Genève. Director: Stephan MacLeod. -
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Stabat Mater
Singer: Ana Quintans. Singer: Carlos Mena. Ensemble: Gli Angeli Genève. Ensemble: Sine Nomine Quartet. Director: Stephan MacLeod.
Broadcast
- Tue 11 Aug 2020 14:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3