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Episode 1

Music by composers looking to Asia, plus pieces inspired by poetry. With Kreisler: Tambourin chinois, plus works by Dvorak, Szymanowski, Sibelius, Sollima and Mahler.

Music by Western composers looking East to Asia, plus pieces inspired by poetry, with a particular focus on sonnets.

Kreisler: Tambourin chinois
Baiba Skride (violin)
Lauma Skride (piano)

Dvorak: The Golden Spinning-Wheel
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding (conductor)

2.30pm
Szymanowski: Songs of the Infatuated Muezzin
Aleksandra Zamojska (soprano)
Prague Philharmonia
Kaspar Zehnder (conductor)

2.40pm
Sibelius: Symphony No 7
Prague Philharmonia
Kaspar Zehnder (conductor)

Messiaen: Cinq rechants
Swedish Radio Chorus
Peter Dijkstra (director)

3.25pm
Giovanni Sollima: Sonnets et Rondeaux
Ishum String Quartet

3.40pm
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Michael Schade (tenor)
Christian Gerhaher (baritone)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Harding (conductor).

3 hours

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Mon 11 May 2009 14:00

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