Performance on 3 - 03/11/2008

Tom Service introduces a concert given at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall, with tenor Mark Padmore joining the Britten Sinfonia for a programme of music exploring the theme of night. He directs a dramatic, unconducted interpretation of Britten's Nocturne. The concert also features BBC New Generation Artist Maxim Rysanov taking the lead in works by Britten and Woolrich. Mark Padmore (tenor) Maxim Rysanov (viola) Britten Sinfonia Jacqueline Shave (director) Stravinsky: Fanfare for a New Theatre Harrison Birtwistle: Prologue Britten: Lachrymae Handel: Thus when the sun; Total eclipse (Samson) John Woolrich: Ulysses Awakes Britten: Nocturne Followed by the first of this week's Schumann Focus: Schumann: Symphony No 3 in E flat, Op 94 (Rhenish) Chamber Orchestra of Europe Heinz Holliger (conductor) Recorded at the 2007 Lucerne Festival. Followed by this week's Schumann Focus: Schumann: Symphony No 3 in E flat, Op 94(Rhenish) Chamber Orchestra of Europe Heinz Holliger (conductor) Recorded at the Lucerne Festival in 2007. Schumann: 5 Poems of Queen Mary Stuart, Op.135 Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano) Joseph Breinl (piano) Recorded for New Generation Artists in 2006. Schumann: Four Pieces, Op.32 Andreas Staier (piano) Harmonia Mundi HMC 901989 tr.9-12 Bach: Capriccio in B flat, BWV.992 Andreas Staier (harpsichord) Harmonia Mundi HMC 901960 tr.27-32