EBU Day: Music for Holy Week - EBU Day: Music for Holy Week - Part 2

Radio 3 celebrates Holy Week with a day of live and pre-recorded concerts from around Europe. Including a rare chance to hear Frank Martin's oratorio Golgotha from Madrid, Orthodox chant live from Sofia, Rossini's Stabat Mater from Rome, and Elgar's Dream of Gerontius live from Dresden. Presented by Fiona Talkington. 5pm Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome Rossini Stabat Mater Darina Takova (soprano) Laura Polverelli (contralto) Vittorio Grigolo (tenor) Roberto Scandiuzzi (bass) Rome Opera Chorus Rome Opera Orchestra Gianluigi Gelmetti (conductor) 6pm St Nicholas' Church Talinn Pärt Magnificat Tüür Triglosson Trishagion Galina Grigoryeva Nature Morte, two excerpts from 'Triptych for Chorus' Cyrillus Kreek Excerpts from 'The Psalms of David' Cyrillus Kreek Three religious folk songs Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Chorus Daniel Reuss (director) 7pm Live from Semperoper Dresden Elgar The Dream of Gerontius Paul Groves (tenor, Gerontius) Sarah Conolly (contralto, Angel) John Relyea (bass, Priest) Chorus of the Dresden State Opera Dresden Staatskapelle Colin Davis (conductor) 9pm St John's Chapel, Cambridge Anon Plainsong processional Tallis Jesu salvator, saeculi redemptis Sheppard Media vita Tallis Miserere nostri Sheppard Sacris solemniis Byrd Infelix ego The Sixteen Harry Christophers (director).