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18/08/2008

Presented by John Shea. With 大象传媒 Proms 2008: Performances of Puccini's one-act opera Il Tabarro and Rachmaninov's Symphony No 1. Plus Chamber Music: Works by Mozart and Ravel.

Presented by John Shea.

大象传媒 Proms 2008

Gianandrea Noseda celebrates Puccini's 150th anniversary by conducting the 大象传媒 Philharmonic, 大象传媒 Singers and an international cast in this concert performance of his one-act opera Il Tabarro. Rachmaninov's powerful First Symphony - only recently recognised for the masterpiece it is following its disastrous premiere - completes the programme. Introduced by Suzy Klein.

Barbara Frittoli (Giorgetta)
Miro Dvorsky (Luigi)
Lado Ataneli (Michele)
Jane Henschel (La Frugola)
Barry Banks (Il Tinca)
Alastair Miles (Il Talpa)
Allan Clayton (A song-vendor)
Katherine Broderick (Young lover)
Edgaras Montvidas (Young lover)
大象传媒 Singers
大象传媒 Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

Rachmaninov: Symphony No 1
Puccini: Il tabarro (concert performance - sung in Italian)

Chamber Music

Highlights from concerts performed at the Sage, Gateshead, featuring Radio 3 new Generation Artists.

Mozart: Quartet, K421
Chiaroscuro

Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit
Eduard Kunz (piano).

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