With Susan Sharpe.
1.00 Opera Matinee Falstaff
Antonio Salieri 's lesser known version of the story immortalised by Verdi is one of the very first operatic settings of a Shakespeare play. The opera presents a simplified version of The Merry Wives of Windsor, omitting complicated subplots and the lovers Anne and Fenton.
But the self-benefiting antics of the lovable buffoon
Falstaff remain the pivot of the action. A performance from the Schwetzingen Festival in Germany, recorded last April.
Ludwigshafen Theatre Chorus
South German Radio
Symphony Orchestra, conductor Arnold Ostman
3.35 Murray Perahia Plays Chopin
Ballade No 3 in A flat, Op
47; Etudes: in E, Op 10 No 3; in C sharp minor, Op 10 No 4; Mazurkas: in D, Op
33 No 2; in A minor, Op 17 No 4; in F minor, Op 7 No 3; Berceuse in D flat, Op 57; Ballade No 1 in G minor, Op 23 Rpt
4.20 Olivier Messiaen
Trois petites liturgies de la Presence Divine
Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) Jean Laurendeau (ondes martenot)
Women's voices of the Netherlands Radio Chorus
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit
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4.55 An Outside View
Performers and composers from around the world voice their opinions on British music. With Danish composer Poul Ruders. Producer Susan Kenyon