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Fiona Talkington introduces highlights of concerts recorded from the past and present featuring the great soprano Jessye Norman, who died in September.

The world lost one of its greatest opera singers on September 30th this year, and the tributes flooded in from radio stations around the world, with recordings of concerts stored in their archives going back to the 1960s. This evening's In Concert features highglights from some of these recordings, culminating in a performance of Verdi's Requiem.

Mascagni: Voi lo sapete, o mamma (from 'Cavalleria Rusticana')
Jessye Norman (soprano)
Munich Radio Orchestra
Kurt Eichhorn (conductor)
Closing Concert of the ARD Music competition, Jessye Norman as Prizewinner
Recorded at Hercules Hall, Residenz, Munich, 1968

Berlioz: Les nuits d'茅t茅 (excerpts): Villanelle; Absence: L'Ile inconnue
Jessye Norman (soprano)
New Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Dutoit (conductor)

Brahms: 2 Songs, Op 91
Jessye Norman (soprano)
Enrique Santiago (viola)
Mark Markham (piano)
Recorded at the 1997 Ludwigsburg Castle Festival, Germany

Giuseppe Verdi
Messa da Requiem
Jessye Norman (soprano)
Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano)
Jos茅 Carreras (tenor)
Evgeny Nesterenko (bass)
Bavarian Radio Chorus
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Muti (conductor)
Recorded at Hercules Hall, Residenz, Munich, 1981