大象传媒

Presented by Petroc Trelawny.

From the Usher Hall in Edinburgh, the 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra, in a programme with renowned Wagnerian and their Chief Conductor - Donald Runnicles. It starts with music from the opera Tannhauser: its overture and the sensual Venusberg music. Then, a selection of lyrical songs by Richard Strauss with leading American soprano Christine Brewer. And finally, 'the apotheosis of the dance', Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, as Wagner described the rhythmic vitality of this piece.

Wagner - Overture and Venusberg Music from Tannh脙陇user
Richard Strauss - Songs
Allerseelen
Wiegenlied
Cacilie
Ruhe, meine Seele
Befreit
Zueignung
Encore: Morgen
Beethoven - Symphony No 7 in A major, Op. 92

Christine Brewer, soprano
大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Donald Runnicles, conductor

Followed by a focus this week on great Chopin pianists, old and new.

3 Mazurkas, Op. 59
Martha Argerich, piano
EMI 芒聙聯 556805-2

Nocturne No. 11 in G minor, Op. 37 No. 1
Maria Joao Pires, piano
DG 芒聙聯 447 096-2

Waltz in A-flat major; Etude in G-sharp minor, Op. 25 No. 6; Three Ecossaises, Op. post. 72 No. 3
Mikhail Pletnev, piano
DG 芒聙聯 453 456-2