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Live and recorded concerts from all over the UK. Includes the Wigmore chamber music series

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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Christianne Stotijn

Music: Classical

Christianne Stotijn

24/01/2011

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Christianne Stotijn

From London's Wigmore Hall, Christianne Stotijn sings Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich.

Presented by Fiona Talkington. From London's Wigmore Hall, mezzo-soprano Christianne Stotijn is joined by pianist Julius Drake to perform songs by Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich.

Live from London's Wigmore Hall the Dutch mezzo-soprano Christianne Stotijn, with pianist Julius Drake, performs two groups of songs by Tchaikovsky. Between them, the centrepiece of their recital is one of Shostakovich's last works, his settings of Six Poems by Marina Tsvetaeva. Fiona Talkington introduces the concert.

Tchaikovsky: T'was in the early spring; The fearful moment; The stars looked tenderly upon us; Had I only known
Shostakovich: Six poems of Marina Tsvetaeva
Tchaikovsky: Why?; My guardian, my angel, my friend; None but the lonely heart; Can it be day? 

Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano)
Julius Drake (piano).

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