4/5. Ca'Rezzonico. One of Venice's most imposing statements of affluence and artistic achievement is the Ca' Rezzonico on the Grand Canal. Since 1935 the palace has been the home of the Museum of 18th-century Venice, and amid its treasures Donald Macleod celebrates an age of splendour, profligacy and destitution, as witnessed by the many composers who visited Venice.
Hahn Sopra I'Acqua Indormenzada Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano)
Poulenc Concerto for two pianos (1st mvt)
Sylviane Deferne and Pascal Roge , Philharmonia, conductor Charles Dutoit
Vivaldi Piccolo Concerto in G, RV443 Sebastien Marq , Ensemble Matheus , director Jean-Christophe Spinosi Liszt Venezia e Napoli (excerpt) Leslie Howard (piano)
Gounod Venise Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano)
Wagner Tristan und Isolde, Act 2 (excerpt)
Waltraud Meier (soprano), Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor), Berlin PO, conductor Daniel Barenboim Mendelssohn A Venetian Gondola Song Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano)
Porter We Open in Venice (Kiss Me, Kate)
Soloists, Ambrosian Chorus, London Sinfonietta, conductor John McGlinn
Repeated on Wednesday at 12 midnight