Afternoon on 3 - The Consolation of Philosophy - Episode 2

Penny Gore presents music inspired by philosophy, with a programme focusing on the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. A friend and later enemy of Wagner, Nietzsche developed astonishingly radical and controversial ideas before eventually going mad. He was even an amateur composer himself - and his philosophy was a huge influence on far greater composers including Mahler, Delius, Richard Strauss and Szymanowski. Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod (Tristan and Isolde) Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra Paavo Jarvi (conductor) Mahler: Symphony No 3 (4th mvt) Alexandra Petersama (mezzo-soprano) NDR Symphony Orchestra Alan Gilbert (conductor) Delius: A Mass of Life (final section) Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) Pamela Bowden (mezzo-soprano) Ronald Dowd (tenor) John Shirley-Quirk (baritone) BBC Chorus and Choral Society BBC Symphony Orchestra Norman Del Mar (conductor) 2.40pm Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra Juanjo Mena (conductor) 3.15pm Szymanowski: King Roger King Roger II of Sicily ...... Mariusz Kwiecien (baritone) Shepherd ...... Eric Cutler (tenor) Queen Roxana ...... Olga Pasichnyk (soprano) Edrisi, Arabian sage ...... Stefan Margita (tenor) Archbishop ...... Wojtek Smilek (bass) Deaconess ...... Jadwiga Rappe (contralto) Paris National Opera Chorus Paris National Opera Orchestra Kazushi Ono (conductor) 4.45pm More highlights from Radio 3's 2009 Leeds Pianothon, the celebration of amateur piano-playing which took place at the Clothworkers Concert Hall, at the University of Leeds. Andrew Travis & Patrick Thacker from Chesterfield: BIZET: Petit mari, petite femme from Jeux d’Enfants Dellal McDonald from Staffordshire: SIBELIUS: Romance, Op. 24 Jonathan Welsh: LISZT: Polonaise no.1