April 2018 - Meeting

Programme for Wednesday, April 4th 2018

Presenter: Frank Murray


1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Ave, Verum Corpus - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Cond. Leonard Bernstein (4:04)
2. Gustav Mahler (1869-1911): Symphony #9 In D – IV:-Bar 126 to end- Molto Adagio- Adagissimo - Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Cond. Herbert von Karajan (9:30)
3. Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921): Samson and Delilah, Act 1, Scene 6 Printemps qui commence - Risë Stevens; NBC Symphony Orchestra Cond. Leopold Stokowski (5:20)
4. Manuel Ponce (1882-1948): Estrellita - Maxim Vengerov, Vag Papian, Virtuosi (3:35)
5. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847): Responsorium Et Hymnus, Op. 121 - Hear My Prayer - Kiri Te Kanawa, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Utah Symphony Orchestra, Cond. Julius Rudel (10:40)
6. Jean Sibelius (1865-1957): Valse Triste - New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Cond. Leonard Bernstein (5:05)
7. Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921): Phaéton - Orchestre National De France, Seiji Ozawa (8:35)
8. Georges Bizet (1838-1875): Carmen Fantasy (arr. Franz Waxman 1906-1967) - Maxim Vengerov; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Cond. Zubin Mehta(9:55)
9. Francesco Cilea (1866-1950):  Adriana Lecouvreur - Act 2: Intermezzo - Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan (2:25)
10. Franz Schubert (1797-1828): Der Erlkönig - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gerald Moore (4:12)
11. Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901):  La Traviata, Prelude Act III  - Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Cond. Herbert von Karajan(4:24)
12. Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901): Aida, Act 4, O Terra Addio - Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi, Giullietta Simionato, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Singverein, Cond. Herbert von Karajan (5:06)
13. Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990): West Side Story: 1. A Boy Like That – 2. I Had a Love – 3. Taunting Scene – 4. Finale  - Kiri Te Kanawa, Tatiana Troyanas, Jose Carreras, Pit Orchestra Cond. Leonard Bernstein (9:35)
14. Nino Rota (1911-1979):  Romeo and Juliet: Epilogue - Orchestra, Cond. Nino Rota (7:38)