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26/06/2008

Presented by Jonathan Swain. Includes Lunchtime Concert: Soprano Carolyn Sampson in songs by Debussy and Poulenc. Plus China Focus: With Musheng Chen: A Dream in the Peony Garden.

Presented by Jonathan Swain.

Including Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

In a concert given at this year's Aldeburgh Festival, soprano Carolyn Sampson and pianist Jonathan Papp perform rarely-heard songs from Debussy and Poulenc, alongside Britten's settings of Verlaine and Hugo.

Debussy: Ariettes oubliees
Bizet: Adieux de l'hotesse arabe; Ma vie a son secret; La coccinelle
Poulenc: Airs chantes (1927)
Barber: Three songs, Op 45
Britten: Quatre chansons francaises
Walton: Three songs

Plus China Focus

Including:

Musheng Chen: A Dream in the Peony Garden
Yili Shen Kun (opera singer)
Muhai Tang (conductor)

Beethoven: Egmont - incidental music, Op 84
Ulster Orchestra
Josep Caballe-Domenech (conductor)

Beethoven: Concerto No 3 in C minor for piano and orchestra, Op 37
Edward Kunz (piano)
Ulster Orchestra
Josep Caballe-Domenech (conductor)

Leonard Bernstein: Halil Nocturne for flute, string orchestra and percussion
Sharon Bezaly (flute)
Ulster Orchestra
Josep Caballe-Domenech (conductor)

Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol, Op 34
Ulster Orchestra
Josep Caballe-Domenech (conductor)

Chen Yi: Chinese Folk Songs (Diu diu deng; Mountain Song and Dancing Tune; The Flowing Stream; Spring Dreams)
成人快手 Singers
Odaline de la Martinez (conductor)

Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante
Danjulo Ishizaka (cello)
成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Michal Dworzynski (conductor)

Part of Radio 3's Focus on China season.

4 hours

Last on

Thu 26 Jun 2008 13:00

Broadcast

  • Thu 26 Jun 2008 13:00