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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 BBC 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 BBC 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)
BBC 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
BBC Radio 3

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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: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. 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.
    • Deutsche Grammophone.

Broadcast

  • Thu 2 Mar 2023 14:00
    BBC Radio 3