Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Part 1 | 20131111 | Katie Derham presents a week of US Orchestras in European repertoire. Including international soloists Lang Lang, Christian Zacharias and Christine Brewer. Lorenzo da Ponte, librettist of Don Giovanni and Cosi fan tutte, ran a bookstore in Manhattan and Beethoven's family line ended with his great-nephew who worked for the Michigan Central Railroad Company in Detroit. Transatlantic musical travel has been going on for centuries, and Afternoon on 3 begins a three-week survey of this 'Special relationship'. In this first week Afternoon on 3 features USA Orchestras in European repertoire. Next week the direction of travel is reversed with American music performed by BBC Orchestras, and in the third week the programme focuses on composers who sought refuge in the USA in the twentieth century. This week features the New York Philharmonic, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra - and watch out for the Dallas Wind Symphony. Each day we feature music by Beethoven, and a performance by a world-class soloist. Ah, Perfido!, scene and aria for soprano and orchestra, Op 65 Christine Brewer (soprano) Ward Stare (conductor) 2.15 Liszt Piano Concerto No 1 in E flat, S124 Lang Lang (piano) Jun M䀀rkl (conductor) 2.40 Holst Suite No 1 in E flat Jerry Junkin (conductor) 2.55 Brahms A German Requiem, Op 45 Jane Archibald (soprano) Kyle Ketelsen (bass-baritone) San Francisco Symphony Chorus and Orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) 4.10 Stravinsky Firebird Suite (1919) Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor). American orchestras performing music by Beethoven, Liszt, Holst, Brahms and Stravinsky. |
| 02 | Part 2 | 20131112 | Katie Derham continues her survey of performances of European music by USA orchestras. Christian Zacharias is the soloist and director of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, one of the USA's foremost chamber orchestras, in Weber and Christine Brewer is the soloist in extracts from Wagner's final Ring opera, G怀tterd䀀mmerung. 2pm Konzertstück in F minor, Op 79 Christian Zacharias (piano / director) 2.15 Beethoven Suite from 'The Creatures of Prometheus', Op 43 Christian Zacharias (director) 3pm Rachmaninov Isle of the Dead, Op 29 Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Julian Kuerti (conductor) Liszt Prometheus - Symphonic Poem San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) 3.40pm G怀tterd䀀mmerung - excerpts Christine Brewer (soprano) San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Esa Pekka Salonen (conductor). Katie Derham presents music by Weber, Beethoven, Rachmaninov, Liszt and Wagner. |
| 03 | Part 3 | 20131113 | Katie Derham continues her survey of performances of European music by USA orchestras with Beethoven, Wagner and Mozart from Saint Paul and San Francisco. Christine Brewer is the soloist in Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder and Christian Zacharias is the soloist in Beethoven's 3rd Piano Concerto. Overture: The Ruins of Athens Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Dima Slobodeniouk (conductor) Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor, Op 37 Christian Zacharias (piano / director) 2.40 Christine Brewer (soprano) Ward Stare (conductor) 3.10 Symphony No 35 in D, K385 (Haffner) San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor). Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra in Beethoven and Wagner. And San Francisco Symphony in Mozart |
| 04 | Part 4 | 20131115 | Verdi 200: The conclusion of Verdi's Jerusalem, written for Paris. The Crusaders are at the gates of the Holy City. Can the lovers Gaston and H退l耀ne, captives of the Emir of Ramla in Jerusalem, be reunited? And can Gaston avoid certain death if the Crusader leader the Comte de Toulouse catches him? And will the Comte's brother Roger, now a hermit, reveal his secret to save the day ...? Katie Derham ends this week's programmes with Lang Lang performing Prokofiev's 3rd Piano Concerto in Cincinnati. 2pm Verdi: Jerusalem Acts 3 and 4 H退l耀ne - Marina Mescheriakova (Soprano) Gaston - Marcello Giordani (Tenor) Roger - Roberto Scandiuzzi (Bass) Le Conte de Toulouse - Philippe Rouillon (Bass) Raymond - Simon Edwards (Tenor) Isaure - H退l耀ne Le Corre (Soprano) Adhemar de Monteil - Daniel Borowski (Bass) Geneva Grand Theatre Chorus Suisse Romande Orchestra Fabio Luisi (conductor) 3.25 Beethoven Leonore Overture No 3, Op 72 San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor) 3.40 Piano Concerto No 3 in C, Op 26 Lang Lang (piano) Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Long Yu (conductor) 4.20 The Creatures of Prometheus Overture New York Philharmonic Alan Gilbert (conductor). Katie Derham presents Acts 3 and 4 of Verdi's Jerusalem. Plus Beethoven and Prokofiev. |