Beethoven's Choral Symphony from Germany

Mark Forrest presents an afternoon of exceptional music-making from Germany, bringing together the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra with chamber music and song from the Feldafing and Goldmund Festivals in Bavaria

The programme opens with a Haydn symphony performed by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under Manfred Honeck. Simon Rattle conducts the orchestra in Poulenc’s witty ballet suite Les Biches before returning with world class soloists to perform one of the most extraordinary works in the history of music, Beethoven Ninth Symphony, with which the orchestra and Bavarian Radio Chorus opened its current season, alongside a starry line-up of soloists.
From the the Goldmund Festival, tenor Julian Prégardien and pianist Anna Gebhardt perform Schumann’s much-loved song cycle Dichterliebe - 'A Poet's Love'. And pianist Richard Goode brings his distinctive insight and musicianship to Beethoven’s final piano sonata.

Joseph Haydn
Symphony No 93 in D major
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck (conductor)

Richard Goode:
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata in C minor, Op 111
Richard Goode (piano)

Francis Poulenc
Les Biches, ballet suite
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)

Goldmund Festival:
Robert Schumann
Dichterliebe
Julian Prégardien (tenor)
Anna Gebhardt (piano)

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 9, 'Choral'
Lucy Crowe (soprano)
Tim Mead (countertenor)
Andrew Staples (tenor)
Konstantin Krimmel (baritone)
Bavarian Radio Chorus
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)

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