Wagner settings of poems by Mathilde Wesendonck
Saturday 3 September 2005 14:00-15:00 (Radio 3)
Charles Hazlewood is joined by mezzo-soprano Jane Irwin and the BBC Concert Orchestra for a workshop session and performance on the five songs that Wagner composed to poems by Mathilde Wesendonck.
Mathilde was Wagner's muse; Wagner was her creative mentor. The intensity of their collaboration is enshrined in these five love songs.
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