BBC Philharmonic
Part One
Friday 17 November 2006 19:30-20:10 (Radio 3)
Christopher Cook introduces a concert recorded at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, featuring Schoenberg and two composers who influenced him. There's music from Wagner's final opera and Schoenberg's chilling account of the Nazi's persecution of the Jews.
Playlist:
Wagner: Prelude and Good Friday Music (Parsifal)
Schoenberg: A Survivor from Warsaw
John Shirley-Quirk (narrator)
Hallé Choir (male voices)
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)