大象传媒

Presented by Martin Handley.

Imogen Cooper brings together some of her musical friends to help celebrate her sixtieth birthday on stage at Wigmore Hall, London. She has selected some of her favourite music and takes the role of accompanist for the majority of the evening. She is joined by baritone Wolfgang Holzmair and tenor Mark Padmore in songs and duets by Schubert, Schumann and Mendelssohn, before cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton teams up with her in Janacek and Schumann. The celebration concludes with Schubert's piano-duet masterpiece, the Fantasie in F minor, in partnership with Paul Lewis.

Imogen Cooper (piano)
Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone)
Mark Padmore (tenor)
Sonia Wieder-Atherton (cello)
Paul Lewis (piano)

Strauss: Rosenkavalier arr. Singer
Mendelssohn: Ich wollt' meine Lieb' ergosse sich; Abschiedslied der Zugvogel; Gruss; Wasserfahrt
Schubert: An die Laute; Abendstern; Dass sie hier gewesen; Die Sterne
Clara Schumann: O Lust, O Lust; Die stille Lotosblume
Schumann: Lieder aus dem Schenkenbuch im Divan I and II (Myrthen); 3 Venetianisceh Lieder I and II (Myrthen)
Stolz: Im Casino, da steht ein Pianino
Janacek: Pohadka No 1
Schumann: 5 stucke im Volkston Nos 2 and 3
Janacek: Pohadka Nos 2 and 3
Schubert: Auf dem Strom; Fantasie in F minor, D940
Brahms: O Die Frauen, no.3 from
Liebesliede Waltzes, book 1 arr. 3 voices,
cello & piano duet

Followed by a focus on orchestras based in the former East Germany to mark the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Brahms, orch Dvorak: Hungarian Dance no.17 in F sharp minor
Leipzig Gewandhaus
conductor Kurt Masur
Philips 411 426 2

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 5
Leipzig Gewandhaus
conductor Kurt Masur
Philips 412 724 2

Mozart: Cosi fan tutte - Overture
Dresden Staatskapelle
conductor Hans Vonk
Capriccio 10 070