Radio 3 Requests - Chi-chi Nwanoku

Chi-chi Nwanoku presents a selection of Radio 3 listeners' requests, including excerpts from Haydn's Oratorio The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross, Bach's Violin Concerto in E, BWV1042, Jussi Bjorling and Robert Merrill in a notable recording from Puccini's La boheme and the final movement from Mahler's Third Symphony. Plus Shostakovich's Quartet No 8, chosen by Chi-chi's guest, countertenor Iestyn Davies. Playlist: Leroy Anderson (arr. Tomlinson) Bugler’s Holiday Band of HM Royal Marines, Lt. Col. Sir Vivian Dunn (conductor) EMI CDM 769 935 2 track 16 Mozart Quintet for Strings in B flat major K174 1st mvt Allegro moderato Chilingirian Quartet with Yuko Inoue (viola) CRD3521 track 1 Haydn The Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross (excerpt) No 1: Largo Vater, vergib ihnen, denn sie wissen nicht, was sie tun; No 2: Grave e Cantabile Fürwahr, ich sag’ es dir: Heute wirst du bei mir im Paradiese sein; No 3: Grave Frau, hier siehe deinen Sohn, und du, siehe deine Mutter! Sandrine Piau (soprano), Ruth Sandhoff (mezzo-soprano), Robert Getchell (tenor), Harry van der Kamp (bass), Accentus, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Laurence Equilbey (conductor) NAÏVE V5045 tracks 2-7 J S Bach Violin concerto no 2 in E major BWV1042 Daniel Hope (violin) Chamber orchestra of Europe Warner Classics 2564 62545-2 tracks 7-9 Puccini Duet: O Mimì, tu più non torni (La Bohème) Rodolfo – Jussi Björling (tenor), Marcello – Robert Merrill (baritone), RCA Victor Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor) EMI CDS 7 47235 8 CD2 track 10 Shostakovich String Quartet no 8 Fitzwilliam String Quartet Decca 421 475-2 tracks 6-10 Mendelssohn Piano Sonata in E major Op 6: 4th mvt Molto allegro e vivace Benjamin Frith (piano) Naxos 8.550940 track 19 Mahler Symphony no 3: Mvts 5 and 6 Jessye Norman (soprano), Concert Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, Vienna Boys’ Choir, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor) Deutsche Grammophon 447 023 2 CD4 tracks 3-9