17 October 2006
Tuesday 17 October 2006 16:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
Hans Christian Andersen: Iain Burnside looks at settings of the works of the Danish storyteller by composers such as Robert Schumann, Matti Borg, Edvard Grieg and Arthur Honegger.
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Playlist
Presenter: Iain Burnside
Producer: Tony Sellors
Broadcast Assistant: Patrick Johns
Settings of Hans Christian Andersen
Niels W. Gade (1817-1890)
'The Snow Queen' (3'07")
Performed by Majken Bjerno (soprano) and Tove Lonskov (piano)
Taken from the album Niels W. Gade - Complete Songs Vol.2
CD: Kontrapunkt 32279, track 7
Edvard Grieg
From Four Songs Op.15:
No.2 'Love' (2'14")
Marianne Histi (soprano), Rudolf Jansen (piano)
No.3 'Langeland Folksong' (2'39")
Performed by Knut Skram (baritone) and Rudolf Jansen (piano)
Taken from the album Edvard Grieg - Complete Songs Vol.1
CD: Victoria VCD 19038, tracks 2 and 3
Robert Schumann
From Funf Lieder Op.40
No.1 'Marzveilchen' [March Violets] (1'24")
No.2 'Muttertraum' [A Mother's Dream] (2'46")
No.3 'Der Soldat' [The Soldier] (2'53")
No.4 'Der Spielman' [The Fiddler] (2'35")
Performed by Stephan Loges (baritone) and Graham Johnson (piano)
Taken from the album The Songs of Robert Schumann - 6
CD: Hyperion CDJ33106, tracks 11-14
Matti Borg (text by Bjarne Jes Hansen after Andersen)
From Fairytale Songs:
No.1 'The Song About the Snail and the Rose-Tree' (2'30")
No.2 'The Song About the Teapot' (2'21")
No.3 'The Happiest Rose' (2'00")
No.4 'The Little Match-Seller' (2'33")
No.5 'The Shadow' (1'55")
No.6 'The Jumper' (5'03")
Performed by Gitta-Maria Sjoberg (soprano) and Martin Qvist-Hansen (piano)
EBU recording from the Carl Henning Pedersen Museum, Herning, Denmark
Arthur Honegger
'3 Chansons de la petite Sirene' H.63 [3 Songs of the Little Mermaid]
No.1 Chanson des Sirenes [Song of the Mermaids] (1'18")
No.2 Berceuse de la Sirene [The Mermaid's Lullaby] (0'53")
No.3 Chanson de la Poire [Song of the Pear] (0'27")
Performed by Fusako Kondo (mezzo soprano), Ashildur Haraldsdottir (flute), Quator Ludwig: Jean-Philippe Audoli (violin), Elenid Owen (violin), Padraig Faure (viola), Anne Copery (cello)
Taken from the album Arthur Honegger: the Chamber Music
CD: Timpani 4C1012, tracks 19-21
Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953)
'The Ugly Duckling' Op.18 (13'37")
Carol Farley (soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)
Taken from the album Prokofiev Songs
CD: ASV CD DCA 669, track 1
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