EBU Schumann Day - Part 3

Andrew McGregor and Sarah Walker introduce a day of music from around Europe celebrating the 200th anniversary of Schumann's birth. Highlights include a performance of the composer's great song cycle Dichterliebe, Op 48, by Christoph Pregardien and Michael Gees, and a rare opportunity to hear highlights from the Szenen aus Goethes Faust. The Day also includes a series of postcards from Germany, as Sarah Walker visits the locations that played a key role in Schumann's life, from his birthplace in Zwickau to the asylum near Bonn where he was incarcerated for the last two and a half years of his life, via Leipzig, Dresden and Dusseldorf. 10.00 A concert recorded at the Berwaldhallen in Stockholm Schumann Szenen aus Goethes Faust (extracts) Miah Persson & Mojca Erdmann (sopranos), Katarina Karneus (mezzo-soprano), Matilda Paulsson (alto), Andrew Staples (tenor), Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Franz-Josef Selig (bass), Swedish Radio Chorus, Adolf Fredriks Boys' Chorus, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding (conductor).