Afternoon on 3 - Lucerne Festivals 2009 - Episode 1

Louise Fryer presents the beginning of a week of recordings from the 2009 Lucerne Festivals. Since 2003, with the extraordinary group of hand-picked players of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado has inspired legendary performances. Today features both the LFO and its smaller sibling, the Gustav Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Mahler: Rückert-Lieder Magdalena Kozena, mezzo-soprano Lucerne Festival Orchestra Claudio Abbado, conductor 2.25pm Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll Mahler Chamber Orchestra George Benjamin, conductor George Benjamin: A Mind of Winter Claire Booth, soprano Mahler Chamber Orchestra George Benjamin, conductor 2.55pm Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C major (Op. 61) Mahler Chamber Orchestra George Benjamin, conductor Schubert: Variations in E minor on 'Trockene Blumen' from Die schone Mullerin Soloists of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra: Jacques Zoon, flute Kirill Gerstein, piano 4.00pm Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G major Magdalena Kozena, mezzo-soprano Lucerne Festival Orchestra Claudio Abbado, conductor.