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Afternoon on 3: Wagner 200

Afternoon Concert: Wagner 200: Episode 4

Episode 4

Wagner 200

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Wagner 200, Episode 4

Katie Derham presents music by Wagner, Franck, Liszt, Debussy and Busoni.

With Katie Derham. Wagner: Lohengrin (excerpt); Prelude (Die Meistersinger). Franck: Les eolides. Liszt: Prometheus. Debussy: La damoiselle elue. Busoni: Funeral Monument.

Wagner 200: Katie Derham's selection ending this week of music by Wagner and those he influenced includes a performance of his Wesendonck Lieder. There's also a symphonic poem by his father-in-law, Franz Liszt, and a choral work by Debussy which shows the influence of his visit to Bayreuth to see Wagner's Parsifal.


from 2.00pm
Wagner: Lohengrin Act 1 Prelude
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Manze (conductor)

Franck: Les éolides
Ulster Orchestra, Jean-Luc Tigaud (conductor)

2.20pm
Wagner, orch. Mottl: Wesendonck Lieder
Jane Dutton (soprano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

2.45pm
Liszt: Prometheus - symphonic poem (S.99)
BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

3.00pm
Wagner, arr Vlieger: The Ring - an orchestral adventure
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Mark Wigglesworth (conductor)

3.45pm
Debussy: La damoiselle élue
Sandrine Piau (soprano), Madeleine Shaw (mezzo), BBC Chorus of Wales, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Thierry Fischer (conductor)

4.10pm
Busoni: Funeral Monument from Geharnischte Suite Op 34a
BBC Philharmonic, Neeme Jarvi (conductor)

4.15pm
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger
BBC NOW, Andrew Gourlay (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Wagner 200

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