Rites of Spring
Tuesday 25 March 2008 13:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
Presented by Penny Gore.
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
The Beethoven Plus series of Lunchtime Concerts continues as the Czech Skampa Quarted perform the complete Beethoven quartets along with music by Haydn.
Playlist:
Skampa Quartet
Haydn: Quartet in D minor, Op 76 No 2 (Fifths)
Beethoven: Quartet in E minor, Op 59 No 2 (Razumovsky)
2.00pm Rites of Spring
Reflecting Radio 3's Rites of Spring season through springtime music and the ideas of death and rebirth, and featuring performances by the 麻豆社 Orchestras on tour.
The programme includes spring-like contemporary music from the 麻豆社 Singers, and a concert given by the 麻豆社 Philharmonic last spring in Budapest.
Mozart: Overture (Don Giovanni)
麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
Bingham: Unpredictable but Providential
麻豆社 Singers
David Hill (conductor)
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Sergei Khachatryan (violin)
麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
Bingham: Shepheardes Calendar
麻豆社 Singers
David Hill (conductor)
Mendelssohn: Symphony No 4 in A (Italian)
麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
Holten: Cradle Song; Spring; A Divine Image (The Marriage of Heaven and Hell)
麻豆社 Singers
Bo Holten (conductor)
Schumann: Symphony No 1 (Spring)
麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra
Alexander Shelley (conductor)
