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Episode 4

Berlin Philharmonic in Ligeti: Atmospheres. Wagner: Lohengrin (Prelude to Act 1). Beethoven: Symphony No 7. Plus the Vienna Philharmonic in Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri.

Jonathan Swain rounds off his week featuring Simon Rattle and great central European orchestras with him conducting the Vienna Philharmonic as well as his own Berlin Philharmonic. There's Schumann's large-scale cantata 'Paradise and the Peri' from Vienna, and Beethoven's Seventh Symphony to end the week from Berlin.

Ligeti: Atmospheres
Wagner: Prelude to Act 1 of Lohengrin
Berlin Philharmonic,
Conductor Simon Rattle.

2.15pm
Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri
Annette Dasch (soprano),
Susan Gritton (soprano),
Bernarda Fink (contralto),
Topi Lehtipuu (tenor),
Andrew Staples (tenor),
Florian Boesch (bass),
Arnold Schoenberg Chorus,
Vienna Philharmonic,
Conductor Simon Rattle.

3.45pm
Beethoven: Symphony no. 7 in A major
Berlin Philharmonic,
Conductor Simon Rattle.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Fri 12 Jul 2013 14:00

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Music Played

  • Richard Wagner

    Atmospheres & Prelude to Act 1 of Lohengrin

  • Robert Schumann

    Das Paradies und die Peri Op.50 - Part 1

  • Robert Schumann

    Das Paradies und die Peri Op.50 - Part 2

  • Robert Schumann

    Das Paradies und die Peri Op.50 - Part 3

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no. 7 in A major Op.92

Broadcast

  • Fri 12 Jul 2013 14:00