大象传媒

Penny Gore presents music inspired by philosophy, with a programme focusing on the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. A friend and later enemy of Wagner, Nietzsche developed astonishingly radical and controversial ideas before eventually going mad. He was even an amateur composer himself - and his philosophy was a huge influence on far greater composers including Mahler, Delius, Richard Strauss and Szymanowski.

Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod (Tristan and Isolde)
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Paavo Jarvi (conductor)

Mahler: Symphony No 3 (4th mvt)
Alexandra Petersama (mezzo-soprano)
NDR Symphony Orchestra
Alan Gilbert (conductor)

Delius: A Mass of Life (final section)
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
Pamela Bowden (mezzo-soprano)
Ronald Dowd (tenor)
John Shirley-Quirk (baritone)
大象传媒 Chorus and Choral Society
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Norman Del Mar (conductor)

2.40pm
Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Juanjo Mena (conductor)

3.15pm
Szymanowski: King Roger
King Roger II of Sicily ...... Mariusz Kwiecien (baritone)
Shepherd ...... Eric Cutler (tenor)
Queen Roxana ...... Olga Pasichnyk (soprano)
Edrisi, Arabian sage ...... Stefan Margita (tenor)
Archbishop ...... Wojtek Smilek (bass)
Deaconess ...... Jadwiga Rappe (contralto)
Paris National Opera Chorus
Paris National Opera Orchestra
Kazushi Ono (conductor)

4.45pm
More highlights from Radio 3's 2009 Leeds Pianothon, the celebration of amateur piano-playing which took place at the Clothworkers Concert Hall, at the University of Leeds.

Andrew Travis & Patrick Thacker from Chesterfield:
BIZET: Petit mari, petite femme from Jeux d芒聙聶Enfants

Dellal McDonald from Staffordshire:
SIBELIUS: Romance, Op. 24

Jonathan Welsh:
LISZT: Polonaise no.1

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