5/5. Comic Turns. Donald Macleod searches for humour in Wagner.
Overture: Das Liebesverbot
Orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera, conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch
Alberich's Capture (Das Rheingold) Set
Svanholm (tenor), George London (baritone), Gustav Neidlinger (bass-baritone), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Georg Solti
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (excerpt)
Ruth Hesse (mezzo), Peter Schreier (tenor),
Rene Kollo (tenor), Theo Adam (bass-baritone), Geraint Evans (bass-baritone), Karl Ridderbusch (bass), Kurt Moll (bass), Leipzig Radio Choir, Choir and Orchestra of Dresden State Opera, conductor Herbert von Karajan
Descendons Gaiement la Courtille
Bamberg Symphony Choir and Orchestra, conductor by Karl Anton Rickenbacher
Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (excerpt) Hannelore Bode (soprano), Jean Cox (tenor),
Heribert Steinbach (tenor), Jozsef Dene (baritone), Nikolaus Hillebrand (bass-baritone), Karl Ridderbusch (bass), Hans Sotin (bass), Gerd Nienstedt (bass),
Hartmut Bauer , Choir and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival , conductor Silvio Varviso Repeated at 8.45pm