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Monday 17th April 2006
April
2006
07:00Morning on 317 April 2006With Penny Gore. Including Mozart Divertimenti and Beethoven Sonatas played by Yehudi Menuhin and Wilhelm Kempff. Mozart: Divertimento in E flat major K 166 08:00The Ring in a DayIntroductionA unique chance to experience over a day the extraordinary musical world of Wagner's epic Ring Cycle. The stellar cast includes Anne Evans as Brünnhilde, Siegfried Jerusalem as Siegfried and John Tomlinson as Wotan. 08:05The Ring in a DayDas RheingoldAlberich, ruler of the underworld Nibelung people, watches the Rhinemaidens and the gold they are protecting. A ring made from the gold will give its owner great power, but only if he renounces love, a risk Alberich is prepared to take. He steals the gold. Wotan ...... John Tomlinson (bass) 10:35The Ring in a DayInterval - Forging the RingDonald Macleod talks to Daniel Barenboim about his approach to the Ring, and also his assistant for this Bayreuth production, Lionel Friend. Plus arts correspondent Charlotte Higgins drops into the studio to share her recent experience of listening to a whole Ring Cycle in a day. 10:50The Ring in a DayDie Walküre Act 1Sieglinde, Wotan's daughter by a mortal, has been forced into a loveless marriage with Hunding. Siegmund rushes into Hunding's hut to hide from his enemies, and he and Sieglinde instantly fall in love, not yet knowing that they're twin brother and sister. Hunding arrives and, recognising Siegmund as a sworn enemy to his family, demands that they fight the next day. As Hunding sleeps, Siegmund tells Sieglinde that his father promised him that a sword would appear when he most needed it. Sieglinde replies that a stranger buried a sword in an ash tree, which nobody has been able to remove. Siegfried draws the sword and they make their escape together. 11:55The Ring in a DayDie Walküre Act 2Wotan wants his favourite daughter, Brünnhilde, to aid Siegmund in his forthcoming battle with Hunding until his wife, the cuckolded Fricka, persuades him otherwise. Wotan backs down and tells Brünnhilde that Siegmund must die. When it comes to it, Brünnhilde can't bring herself to help Hunding, and so Wotan has to intervene and shatter Siegmund's magic sword with his spear, leaving him defenceless. 13:35The Ring in a DayDie Walküre Act 3After Siegmund's death Brünnhilde flees to her fellow Valkyries, pleading with them to help shield Sieglinde, now pregnant with Siegmund's child. But they are no match for a furious Wotan. As punishment for defying him, Wotan demands Brünnhilde lie defenceless on a rock to be claimed by the first man to wake her. Brünnhilde persuades Wotan that she should at least be protected by a ring of fire, so that only a true hero will be able to reach her. Siegmund ...... Poul Elming (baritone) 14:50The Ring in a DayInterval - Gods and HeroesInterval. Gods and Heros: Donald Macleod talks to John Tomlinson about the flawed God Wotan, and to Daniel Barenboim about Wagner. Wagner's epic Ring Cycle is being performed in its entirety today. 15:05The Ring in a DaySiegfried Act 1Sieglinde has died giving birth to Siegfried, who is now being brought up by Alberich's brother Mime. Mime hopes that Siegfried will one day help him re-forge Siegmund's shattered sword, kill Fafner who has turned himself into a dragon, and steal back the gold and Ring - which Mime wants for himself. 16:20The Ring in a DaySiegfried Act 2Wotan and Alberich lie in wait by Fafner's cave, both wanting to get their hands on the gold and the Ring. Siegfried arrives and answers a woodbird's song with a call from his horn, which wakes the dragon. Siegfried kills the dragon, and on tasting his blood realises that he can understand the woodbird. It tells him of the gold, the Tarn helmet and the Ring, and that Mime is plotting to poison him. Siegfried kills Mime, another victim of the Ring's curse. 17:45The Ring in a DaySiegfried Act 3Wotan foresees that the inevitable union of Siegfried and Brünnhilde will mean an end to the rulership of the Gods, and tells Erda, Brünnhilde's mother, that human love will redeem the world. The woodbird leads Siegfried to the sleeping Brünnhilde, and Wotan's spear and the flames are no match for his determination. Siegfried wakes Brünnhilde, the first woman he has ever seen, and they sing a rapturous hymn to love. Siegfried ...... Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor) 19:10The Ring in a DayInterval - Twilight and SunriseDonald Macleod talks to Dame Anne Evans about the character of Brünnhilde, and to Daniel Barenboim about the enduring qualities of Wagner's music. And poet Mario Petrucci judges the winner of the Ring limerick competition. 19:25The Ring in a DayGötterdämmerung Prelude and Act 1Three Norns, the guardians of fate, foresee disaster for the Gods. Brünnhilde spurs Siegfried on to heroic tasks, and he gives her the Ring as a pledge of his love. He arrives at the castle of the Gibichungs where Alberich's son Hagen lives in the household of his half brother and sister, Gunther and Gutrune. Hunding persuades Gunter that Brünnhilde would be a good bride for him, and Siegfried a good husband for Gutrune. Hagen gives Siegfried a drink containing a magic potion which makes him forget Brünnhilde, and he sets off to win her for Gunther. 21:30The Ring in a DayGötterdämmerung Act 2Alberich appears to his son Hagen, telling him to kill Siegfried and take the Ring. Brünnhilde sees Siegfried wearing the Ring, and demands to know where he got it. Siegfried swears an oath that he's never been parted from it, which Brünnhilde knows to be untrue. Hagen encourages Brünnhilde and Gunther to plot Siegfried's death - they'll strike him from behind with Hagen's spear. 22:35The Ring in a DayGötterdämmerung Act 3During a boar hunt next to the Rhine, the Rhinemaidens nearly persuade Siegfried to return the Ring to them. Hagen gives Siegfried a drink containing an antidote to the previous potion, and he gradually remembers his previous life, and Brünnhilde. Hagen kills him, and then kills Gunther for refusing to allow him to take the Ring from Siegfried's corpse. Brünnhilde orders a funeral pyre to be built for Siegfried, and then with the Ring on her finger rides into the flames. The Rhine overflows, the Rhinemaidens take back the Ring, and Valhalla is consumed by fire. The old order of the Gods is destroyed. Siegfried ...... Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor) 00:00Composer of the WeekLouis Spohr (1784-1859)Part TwoWith Donald Macleod. Before he'd reached the age of 30, Louis Spohr's considerable talent was the talk of Europe. He'd left his hometown in provincial Germany and had secured a plum job in Vienna, then the centre of the musical universe. Once there he composed a wide range of fine works, struck out on a concert tour of Europe, and founded a great friendship with a chap by the name of Beethoven. Vanitas! Vanitatum Vanitas, Op 41, No 6 01:00Through the Night17 April 200617 April 2006With Susan Sharpe. 1.00am |
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