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Episode 2

With Verity Sharp. Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (excerpt). Strauss: Guntram (Prelude to Act 1); Three Lieder; Tod und Verklarung; Horn Concerto No 1. Mozart: Symphony No 40.

Equally celebrated as composer and conductor, Richard Strauss was famous for his interpretations of Wagner and Mozart. Today's programme includes Mozart's Sympnony No. 40, the Prelude and Liebestod from Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, and Strauss's own First Horn Concerto and the most successful of his early tone poems, Tod und Verkl盲rung, recorded last week by Riccardo Chailly and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.

Presented by Verity Sharp
Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod (Tristan and Isolde)
大象传媒 Philharmonic
Sir Edward Downes (conductor)

2.20 pm
Richard Strauss: Prelude to Act 1 of Guntram
大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Jun Markl (conductor)

Richard Strauss: Winterlied; Spielmannsweise; Pfingsten; Kaferlied (7 Lieder for Chorus)
大象传媒 Singers
David Hill (conductor)

2.40
Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
NDR Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Hengelbrock (conductor)

Humperdinck: H盲nsel und Gretel (Overture)
大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Grant Llewellyn (conductor)

3.20
Richard Strauss Horn Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, Op.11
Richard Watkins (horn)
大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Grams (conductor)

Richard Strauss: Tod und Verkl盲rung
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly (conductor).

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Tue 10 Jun 2014 14:00

Music Played

  • Richard Wagner

    Prelude & Liebestod from Act 3 of Tristan und Isolde

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Edward Downes.
  • Richard Strauss

    Act 1; Prelude - Guntram, Op.25

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jun M盲rkl.
  • Richard Strauss

    Horn Concerto no. 1 in E flat major Op.11

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Grams. Performer: Richard Watkins.
  • Richard Strauss

    Winterlied; Spielmannsweise; Pfingsten & Kaferlied from 7 Lieder for Chorus

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: David Hill.
  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Overture to Hansel und Gretel

    Conductor: Grant Llewellyn. Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales.
  • Richard Strauss

    Tod und Verklarung

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no. 40 in G minor K.550

    Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Hengelbrock.

Broadcast

  • Tue 10 Jun 2014 14:00