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The Afternoon on Three

on BBC Radio 3

With Susan Sharpe.
1.00 Opera Matinee: Le Roi Arthus Ernest Chausson 's only completed opera presents the story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table in a Wagnerian guise. Chausson, like his hero Wagner, wrote his own libretto, adapting the story to suit his scheme and concentrating on Lancelot's adulterous love for Guinevere. Plot and music both have definite echoes of Tristan und Isolde, despite
Chausson's wish: "If only I could de-Wagnerise myself!" Sung in French.
Dortmund Theatre Chorus and Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor
Anton Marik
3.25 New series Preoccupations In advance of her recital, Tasmin Little turns to matters gastronomic in the first of an occasional series in which leading musicians talk about matters close to their hearts.
Producer Vicky Whitaker
3.30 Tasmin Little and Martin Roscoe
(violin and piano)
Bach Violin Sonata in E, BWV 1016
Franck Violin Sonata in A
Prokofiev Violin Sonata No 2, Op 94a Ravel Tzigane Rpt

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Sharpe.
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Le Roi Arthus
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Ernest Chausson
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King Arthur
Conductor:
Anton Marik
Unknown:
Tasmin Little
Producer:
Vicky Whitaker
Producer:
Tasmin Little
Violin:
Martin Roscoe
Guenievre:
Jayne Casselman (sop)
Arthus:
William Killmeier (bar)
Lancelot:
Kor-Jan Dusseuee (tenor)
Mordred:
Andreas Becker (bar)
Lyonnel:
Norbert Schmittberg (tenor)
Allan:
Gerhard Singer (bass)
Merlin:
Gregory Frank (bar)

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