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The Lyric Concert with Paul Herriott
Paul Herriott transports us to the glorious Esterhazy Palace, Eisenstadt for the Haydn Festival.
Monday 14th April
Tonight’s concert comes from St Francis’ Church, Locarno, Switzerland
Beethoven: Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello in C, Op.56
Mendelssohn: Andante, from Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 49
Richard Strauss: Le bourgeois gentilhomme, Op.60, orchestral suite
Strauss: Pizzicato Polka, Op.464
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Ion Marin (conductor)
Tuesday 15th April
Paul Herriott brings us to the Congress Centre, Villach, Austria for an all Mozart Programme by Camerata Salzburg
Mozart: Six German Dances, K.509
Mozart: Piano Concerto No.24 in C minor, K.491
Mozart: Symphony No.39 in E flat, K.543
Camerata Salzburg
Till Fellner (piano)
Manfred Honeck (conductor)
Wednesday 16th April
In the Lyric Concert this evening Paul Herriott brings us the Danish Kroger Quartet in a concert recorded in Draby Church, Mols, Denmark
Mozart: Overture to ‘Don Giovanni’ arranged for string quartet
Beethoven: String Quartet No.11 in F minor, Op.95 ‘Serioso’
Webern: Six Bagatelles
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A, K.581
Kroger Quartet
Olli Leppaniemi (clarinet)
Thursday 17th April
In tonight’s concert Paul Herriott presents the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus in a concert of choral works by Janacek and Dvorak.
Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
Janacek: Vecne Evangelium (The Eternal Gospel)
Janacek: Aotcé nás (The Lord’s Prayer)
Dvorak: Te Deum, Op.103
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus
Georgy Vasiliev (tenor)
Ellen Versney (harp)
Niek van der Meij (organ)
Katrien Baerts (soprano)
Andrew Schroeder (baritone)
Jakub Hrusa (conductor)
Friday 18th April (Good Friday)
Paul Herriott presents Bach’s St Matthew Passion recorded in St Francis’ Church, Lausanne as part of the Bach Festival
Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Gabrieli Consort and Players
Nicholas Mulroy (tenor)
Marcus Farnsworth (baritone)
Matthew Brook (bass-baritone)
Andrew Tortise (tenor)
Paul McCreesh (conductor)
Monday 21st April
On this Easter Monday Paul Herriott presents the Irish Radio premiere of James MacMillan’s St. Luke Passion, commissioned by the NTR Zaterdagmatinee, Duke University, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Britten Sinfonia and Soli Deo Gloria.
James MacMillan: St Luke Passion
Peter Dicke (organ)
Netherlands Radio Chorus
National Youth Chorus
Wilma ten Wolde
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Markus Stenz (conductor)
Tuesday 22nd April
Gabriel Montero stars in tonight’s concert live from the Grand Studio, NDR, Hanover
Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, Op. 15
Grieg: Lyric Suite, Op.54
Sibelius: Symphony No.7 in C, Op.105
NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Gabriela Montero (piano)
Elivind Gullberg Jensen (conductor)
Wednesday 23rd April
Paul Herriott presents one of the great pianists of our time - Vladimir Ashkenazy - and his son Vovka in the concert tonight recorded in the RSI Auditorium, Lugano, Switzerland.
Schubert: Divertissement a la hongroise for piano four hands in G minor, D.818
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op.56b
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring for piano four hands
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor arr. for two pianos
Schumann: Espressivo from Six Studies in Canonic Form, Op. 56
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Vovka Ashkenazy (piano)
Thursday 24th April
The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra under Gottfried von der Goltz present tonight’s concert ‘Haydn on his way to London’.
Haydn: Symphony No.86 in D, Hob.1:86 ‘Paris’, 5/6
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A, K.622
Salomon: Romance for Violin and Strings in D
Haydn: Symphony No.104 in D, Hob.1:104 ‘London’
Frieburg Baroque Orchestra
Gottfried von der Goltz (conductor)
Friday 25th April
Live from the National Concert Hall, Dublin
Beethoven: Prometheus Overture
Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor
Beethoven: Symphony No.3 in E flat ‘Eroica’
RTE National Symphony Orchestra
Torleif Thedeen (cello)
Gerhard Markson (conductor)
