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Music by Verdi and his contemporaries. Verdi: La Traviata; Il Trovatore; Don Carlo (excerpts). Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (excerpts). Rossini: La boutique fantasque.

Katie Derham presents a week of programmes celebrating 200 years since the birth of Giuseppe Verdi, with performances of some of his most famous works, and some lesser-known, alongside pieces by his contemporaries.

Verdi: La Traviata (Act I Prelude)
大象传媒 Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

2.07pm
Verdi: Il Trovatore (Ballet music)
大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
David Parry (conductor)

2.30pm
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Prelude, Act III Liebestod)
Lisa Milne (soprano)
大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Jac van Steen (conductor)

2.55pm
Rossini orch Respighi: La boutique fantasque
大象传媒 Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

3.40pm
Verdi: Variazioni
Jean Yves Thibaudet (piano)
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

4.05pm
Verdi: Don Carlos (Act 3, Scene 2 Ballet music)
大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
David Parry (conductor).

2 hours, 30 minutes

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Mon 7 Oct 2013 14:00

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Music Played

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La Traviata (Act I Prelude)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Il Trovatore (Ballet music)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
  • Richard Wagner

    Tristan und Isolde (Prelude, Act III Liebestod)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    La Boutique fantasque

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Variazioni

    Orchestra: Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Don Carlos (Act 3, Scene 2 Ballet music)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
  • Geoffrey Parsons

    Nell'orror di notte oscura & Il poveretto

    Singer: Margaret Price.
    • Deutsches Grammophon.
    • 419 621-2.

Broadcast

  • Mon 7 Oct 2013 14:00