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Afternoon Concert: Music from Austria: Episode 4

Episode 4

Music from Austria

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Music from Austria, Episode 4

John Shea presents Act 3 of Strauss's Die Frau ohne Schatten, plus Haydn and Bach.

John Shea presents Act 3 of Strauss's Die Frau ohne Schatten, plus music by Haydn and Bach performed by Concentus Musicus Wien under Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

John Shea concludes this week's exploration of some top class Austrian music making with Act 3 of Strauss's Die Frau ohne Schatten Christian Thielemann and the Vienna Philharmonic and Haydn and Bach from Nikolaus harnoncourt and his Concentus Musicus, Wien. 


Strauss Die Frau ohne Schatten Act 3 
The Emperor (Der Kaiser) Stephen Gould (tenor), 
The Empress (Die Kaiserin), Keikobad's daughter Anne Schwanewilms (soprano),
The Nurse (Die Amme), her guardian Michaela Schuster (mezzo),
Barak, the Dyer (Barak, der Färber) Wolfgang Koch (baritone),
The Dyer's Wife (Die Färberin) Evelyn Herlitzius (soprano), 
The One-eyed Man (Der Einäugige), Barak's brother Markus Brück (high bass),
The One-Armed Man (Der Einarmige), Barak's brother Steven Humes (bass), 
The Hunchback (Der Bucklige), Barak's brother Andreas Conrad (tenor),
The Messenger of Keikobad Thomas Johannes Mayer (high baritone), 
Vienna State Opera Chorus Concert Association 
Salzburg Festival Children's Chorus 
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra 
Christian Thielemann (conductor)

approx 3.15pm
Haydn Symphony No. 94 in G, Hob. I/94 'Surprise'
Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)

approx 3.40pm
Bach Ach, wie flüchtig, ach, wie nichtig, cantata, BWV 26 
Genia Kühmeier (soprano), 
Bernarda Fink (contralto), 
Kurt Streit (tenor), 
Matthias Goerne (bass), 
Arnold Schoenberg Chorus, Concentus Musicus, Vienna 
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)


approx 3.55pm
Bach Magnificat in D, BWV 243 027.14 min. 
Genia Kühmeier (soprano), 
Roberta Invernizzi (soprano), 
Bernarda Fink (contralto), 
Kurt Streit (tenor), 
Matthias Goerne (bass), 
Arnold Schoenberg Chorus, Concentus Musicus, Vienna 
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Music from Austria

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

John Shea presents a series featuring performances given by musicians from Austria

John Shea presents a series of programmes featuring performances given by some of Austria's leading musicians

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