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Barenboim conducts Verdi's Requiem

This week, Afternoon Concert features performances from Berlin. Today, Daniel Barenboim conducts the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Radio Chorus in Verdi’s Requiem.

This week Afternoon Concert features performances from Berlin ensembles. Today it's Verdi’s Requiem from the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Radio Chorus, conducted by Daniel Barenboim. Plus the Dover String Quartet plays Mendelssohn, and there’s music by Schumann, Grieg, Pergolesi and Augusta Holmès.

Presented by Ian Skelly

2pm
Mozart - Overture: Marriage of Figaro, K.492
German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Michael Schonwandt (conductor)

Mendelssohn - String Quartet No.1 in E flat, Op.12
Dover String Quartet

c. 2.35
Augusta Holmès - Allegro Ferroce
ѿý Concert Orchestra
Jane Glover (conductor)

2.45
Schumann - Arabesque in C, Op.18
Lukas Vondracek (piano)

3pm
Verdi – Requiem
Susanne Bernhard (soprano)
Marina Prudenskaya (mezzo-soprano)
Michael Spyres (tenor)
Tareq Nazmi (bass)
Berlin Radio Chorus
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim (conductor)

c. 4.35
Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite No.1
ѿý Concert Orchestra
Bramwell Tovey (conductor)

3 hours, 1 minute

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, K.492

    Orchestra: German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Schønwandt.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet No.1 in E flat, Op.12

    Ensemble: Dover Quartet.
  • Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

    In qual funesto - Esser deggio come un scoglio, Tigrane's recitative and aria from 'Tigrane'

    Singer: Olivia Vermeulen. Ensemble: Max Volbers and Ensemble. Conductor: Max Volbers.
  • Augusta Holmès

    Allegro Ferroce

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Jane Glover.
  • Robert Schumann

    Arabesque in C, Op.18

    Performer: Lukáš Vondráček.
  • Henry Purcell

    Chacony in G minor Z. 730

    Performer: O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra. Performer: Hugo Ticciati.
    • Signum.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Messa da Requiem

    Singer: Susanne Bernhard. Singer: Marina Prudenskaya. Singer: Michael Spyres. Singer: Tareq Nazmi. Choir: Berlin Radio Choir. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
  • George Gershwin

    The Man I Love, from 'Strike up the Band'

    Performer: Nadia Trohin. Ensemble: Romanian Radio Big Band. Conductor: Ionel Tudor.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt Suite No 1

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Elves' dance (Lyric pieces - book 1 Op.12)

    Performer: Florian Henschel.
    • Grieg: Lyric Pieces (Digitally Remastered).
    • EMG Classical.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Tue 26 Apr 2022 14:00