Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
Berlioz's Religious Music
Tuesday 24 May 2005 12:00-13:00 (Radio 3)
Repeated: Tuesday 14 June 2005 0:00-1:00 (Radio 3)
Hector Berlioz described his discovery of William Shakespeare as coming like a thunderbolt. Donald Macleod explores the effect this thunderbolt had on Berlioz's music.
Playlist:
La Mort d'Orphélie
Ann Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
Cord Garben (piano)
Romeo et Juliette, Scene d'amour
Monteverdi Choir and Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique
Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
Beatrice et Benedict (excerpts)
Beatrice ...... Susan Graham (soprano)
Hero ...... Sylvia McNair (soprano)
Ursule ...... Catherine Robbin (mezzo)
Benedict ...... Jean Luc Viala (tenor)
Choir and Orchestra of Opera Lyon
John Nelson(conductor)
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