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Tom McKinney presents a week with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

The week begins with a concert given in January at Munich鈥檚 Hercules Hall in which Robin Ticciati conducts a programme packed full of drama and excitement ! Wagner鈥檚 1880 opera 鈥淧arsifal鈥� is based on the Arthurian Knight Percival鈥檚 quest for the Holy Grail, and it鈥檚 dripping with Wagnerian leitmotifs and incredible harmonies. The concert opens with a Suite from the opera, constructed last year by Claudio Abbado.
They then move on to a work by British composer George Benjamin 鈥� 鈥淪udden Time鈥�, inspired 鈥渂y a dream in which the sound of a thunderclap seemed to stretch鈥�as if in a spiral through my head鈥�.
That concert concludes with Sibelius鈥� final foray into the symphony 鈥� his 7th 鈥� one of the last pieces he ever wrote.

The final piece in today鈥檚 programme is Schubert鈥檚 Mass No.6 in E flat, from a concert also recorded in Munich last October, under the baton of Riccardo Muti.

2.00pm
Wagner, arr.Claudio Abbado: Suite from 鈥淧arsifal鈥�
George Benjamin: Sudden Time
Sibelius: Symphony No.7 in C major, Op.105
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Robin Ticciati (conductor)

3.20pm
Schubert: Mass No.6 in E flat, D.950
Ilse Eerens (soprano),
Henriette G枚dde (mezzo-soprano),
Nicholas Phan (tenor),
Maciej Kwasnikowski (tenor),
Gianluca Buratto (bass)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Riccardo Muti (conductor)