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Penny Gore concludes her focus this week on great choral works with Rossini's Stabat Mater. Despite the subject matter, Rossini's late masterpiece inhabits the world of the opera whilst Messiaen's early symphonic meditations, by turns sombre and ecstatic, have their roots in the organ loft. These performances, conducted by Myung-Whun Chung, were recorded by French forces in the Musikverein, Vienna. And that's followed by Riccardo Muti conducting the ballet music that Verdi wrote for the Parisian performances of his Sicilian Vespers.

Messiaen
L'Ascension: Quatre M茅ditations symphoniques -
1. Majest茅 du Christ demandant sa gloire 脿 son P猫re
2. Alleluias sereins d'une 芒me qui d茅sire le ciel
3. Alleluia sur la trompette, alleluia sur la cymbale
4. Pri猫re du Christ montant vers son P猫re

Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Myung-Whun Chung (conductor)

then at c. 2.30pm

Rossini
Stabat Mater

Ekaterina Siurina (soprano)
B茅atrice Uria-Monzon (mezzo-soprano)
Yosep Kang (tenor)
Nicola Ulivieri (bass)
Choral Society of Music Friends, Vienna
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Myung-Whun Chung (conductor)

Followed at: c. 3.40pm by

Giuseppe Martucci
Notturno, op. 70/1
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Riccardo Muti (conductor)

c. 3.50pm

Verdi
Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons), ballet music from 'I vespri siciliani'
L'inverno (Winter)
La primavera (Spring)
L'estate (Summer)
L'autunno (Autumn)
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Riccardo Muti (conductor).