3 March 2008
Penderecki's Songs of Transience
Monday 3 March 2008 19:00-20:45 (Radio 3)
Presented by Petroc Trelawny.
The 75th birthday of Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki is celebrated with the first UK performance of his latest symphony. Titled Songs of Transcience, it is a large-scale setting of German poems by Goethe and others on the theme of man's destruction of nature. Brahms's Bach-inspired final symphony completes the programme.
Duration:
1 hour 45 minutes
Playlist:
Heidi Grant Murphy (soprano)
Agnieska Rehlis (mezzo-soprano)
Roderick Williams (baritone)
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
Brahms: Symphony No 4 in E minor
Penderecki: Symphony No 8 (Lieder der Verganglichkeit) (UK premiere)
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