Live from Bath's Assembly Rooms, a recital by pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet. Introduced by Petroc Trelawny.
Debussy Preludes, Book 2
8.20 Twenty Minutes: Bath and the World's First Geological Map
Bath is known for its Georgian houses and Roman spa, but another claim to fame is as the site of the first truly systematic geological map - which presented a new view of the world by charting the rocks beneath the soil and set the style for modern geological maps. Geologist Richard Corfield walks the landscape depicted on the map in search of its maker, William Smith, who in 1799 saw an entire history of the earth in the hills around Bath.
8.40 Liszt Les Jeux d'Eaux a la Villa d'Este (Annees de Pelerinage, Troisieme Annee); Ballade No 2 in B minor
Wagner, transcr Liszt O du mein holder Abendstern (Tannhauser); Isolde's Liebestod (Tristan und Isolde)
Liszt, after Verdi Paraphrase de Concert: Rigoletto