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Thursday - Liszt's Faust Symphony

Conductor Gergely Madaras leads a performance of Liszt's dramatic Faust Symphony, recorded in Belgium in September 2022.

Penny Gore presents an afternoon of concert performances from around Europe and from ´óÏó´«Ã½ orchestras.

Today, the 3pm spotlight falls on the story of Faust's doomed pact with the devil which inspired Liszt to write one of his most substantial - and least-performed - works. Gergely Madaras conducts the Liege Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in a performance recorded in Belgium last September. Also today, Jonas Kaufmann joins the Berlin Philharmonic in operatic arias from Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana and Zandonai's Giulietta e Romeo, and the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic continue the Romeo and Juliet story with music by Prokofiev. Plus, soprano Ailish Tynan sings Strauss' poignant Four Last Songs with the Ulster Orchestra.

Including:

Bach/Liszt: Prelude & Fugue in A minor, S 462
Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

Mascagni: 'Cavalleria rusticana' (extracts)
Jonas Kaufmann, tenor
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Kirill Petrenko, conductor

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Suite no.2 (extracts)
´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

Zandonai: Giulietta! Son io! from 'Giulietta e Romeo'
Jonas Kaufmann, tenor
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Kirill Petrenko, conductor

3.00pm
Liszt: A Faust Symphony, S.108
Liege Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Gergely Madaras, conductor

R. Strauss: Four Orchestral Songs, Op.27
Ailish Tynan, soprano
Ulster Orchestra
Jac van Steen

Nino Rota: Excerpts from 'La Strada'
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Kirill Petrenko, conductor

3 hours, 1 minute

Last on

Thu 2 Mar 2023 14:00

Music Played

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Tarentella

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.
  • Franz Liszt

    A Faust Symphony, S. 108

    Orchestra: Liège Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gergely Madaras.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude & Fugue in A minor, S 462, (J.S. Bach BWV 543)

    Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili. Music Arranger: Franz Liszt.
  • Pietro Mascagni

    Intermezzo, from 'Cavalleria rusticana'

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.
  • Pietro Mascagni

    Mamma, quel vino è generoso, from 'Cavalleria rusticana'

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Romeo and Juliet Suite No 2, Op 64b (Extracts)

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
  • Riccardo Zandonai

    Giulietta! Son io!, from 'Giulietta e Romeo'

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Souvenir de Florence, Op 70 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Yuri Yurov. Performer: Mikhail Milman. Ensemble: Borodin Quartet.
    • Tchaikovsky: String Quartets Nos. 1-3, Souvenir De Florence.
    • Teldec.
    • 9.
  • Richard Strauss

    Four Orchestral Songs, Op. 27

    Singer: Ailish Tynan. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Jac van Steen.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K. 620: Ouverture (Adagio - Allegro)

    Conductor: Otto Klemperer. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Die Zauberflote.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 101.
  • Nino Rota

    Excerpts from 'La Strada'

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.
  • Franz Liszt

    The Dance in the Village Inn (Mephisto Waltz No 1)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • DG.

Broadcast

  • Thu 2 Mar 2023 14:00