5/5. Dvorak's Golden Operatic Sunset
With Donald Macleod. Dvorak's greatest operatic success was Rusalka, the story of a water nymph who longs for human love.
Armida (excerpts) Milada Subrtova (soprano), ivo Zidek (tenor), Zdenek Otava (baritone), Prague RSO, conductor Vaclav Jiracek
Heroic Song Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Antoni Wit
Rusalka (excerpts) Milada Subrtova (soprano), Marie Ovcacikova (contralto), Ivo Zidek (tenor), Eduard Haken (bass), Prague National Theatre Orchestra, conductor Zdenek Chalabala
Repeated on Thursday at 12 midnight
1.00 PM Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Beyond Baroque
4/4. Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces the final concert from the Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music, a recital by Chilean pianist Alfredo Perl.
Schubert Klavierstuck in E flat minor, D946 No 1 Bach Prelude and Fugue in E flat minor, BWV853 (Well-Tempered Klavier)
Schoenberg Klavierstucke , Op 23 Nos 1 and 2 Bach Prelude and Fugue in E flat, BWV852 (Well-Tempered Klavier)
Schoenberg Klavierstuck , Op 23 No 3 Bach Prelude and Fugue in B, BWV868 (Well-Tempered Klavier)
Schoenberg Klavierstucke Op 23, Nos 4 and 5 Bach Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV889 (Well-Tempered Klavier)
Schubert Klavierstuck in C, D946 No 3.