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Wagner 200: 大象传媒 SSO in Wagner's Tristan

Louise Fryer launches the 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra's epic three-day voyage through Wagner's opera Tristan and Isolde. Plus Stravinsky and the 大象传媒 Singers in Pizzetti.

Louise Fryer launches the 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra's epic three-day voyage through Wagner's opera Tristan and Isolde at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh. Chief Conductor Donald Runnicles is at the helm, with Nina Stemme as Isolde and Ian Storey as Tristan in Act 1 today. You can hear Act 2 tomorrow and Act 3 on Friday.

Plus a quick taster from the 大象传媒 SSO's new Stravinsky CD, and a beautiful setting of Shelley by 20th century Italian composer Ildebrando Pizzetti.

Stravinsky: Canon on a Russian Popular Tune
大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra,
Conductor Ilan Volkov.

Ildebrando Pizzetti: A Lament
Tenor Edward Goater
大象传媒 Singers,
Conductor Paul Brough.

2.05pm
Wagner: Tristan and Isolde, Act 1
Isolde ..... Nina Stemme (soprano)
Tristan ..... Ian Storey (tenor)
Brang盲ne ..... Tanja Ariane Baumgartner (mezzo)
Kurwenal ..... Boaz Daniel (baritone)
Young Seaman ..... Nicky Spence (tenor)
Men of the RSNO Chorus,
大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra,
Conductor Donald Runnicles.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Canon on a Russian popular tune

  • Ildebrando Pizzetti

    A Lament

  • Richard Wagner

    Act 1 of Tristan und Isolde

Broadcast

  • Wed 1 May 2013 14:00