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Afternoon Concert: Thursday - Liszt's Faust Symphony

Penny Gore - Afternoon Concert

Thursday - Liszt's Faust Symphony

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Thursday - Liszt's Faust Symphony

Conductor Gergely Madaras leads a performance of Liszt's dramatic Faust Symphony.

Conductor Gergely Madaras leads a performance of Liszt's dramatic Faust Symphony, recorded in Belgium in September 2022.

Penny Gore presents an afternoon of concert performances from around Europe and from BBC orchestras. 

Today, the 3pm spotlight falls on the story of Faust's doomed pact with the devil which inspired Liszt to write one of his most substantial - and least-performed - works. Gergely Madaras conducts the Liege Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in a performance recorded in Belgium last September. Also today, Jonas Kaufmann joins the Berlin Philharmonic in operatic arias from Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana and Zandonai's Giulietta e Romeo, and the BBC Philharmonic continue the Romeo and Juliet story with music by Prokofiev. Plus, soprano Ailish Tynan sings Strauss' poignant Four Last Songs with the Ulster Orchestra.

Including:

Bach/Liszt: Prelude & Fugue in A minor, S 462
Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

Mascagni: 'Cavalleria rusticana' (extracts)
Jonas Kaufmann, tenor
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Kirill Petrenko, conductor

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: Suite no.2 (extracts)
BBC Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor

Zandonai: Giulietta! Son io! from 'Giulietta e Romeo'
Jonas Kaufmann, tenor
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Kirill Petrenko, conductor

3.00pm
Liszt: A Faust Symphony, S.108
Liege Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Gergely Madaras, conductor

R. Strauss: Four Orchestral Songs, Op.27
Ailish Tynan, soprano
Ulster Orchestra
Jac van Steen

Nino Rota: Excerpts from 'La Strada'
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Kirill Petrenko, conductor

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