Performance on 3 - 07/11/2008

Tom Service introduces a concert given in London's Barbican Hall, featuring the BBC Symphony Orchestra performing the original version of Mussorgsky's dramatic Night on the Bare Mountain before the premiere of Matthias Pintscher's latest work, based on his music theatre piece L'espace dernier. Plus Tchaikovsky's Manfred Symphony, which the composer referred to as the best of his compositions. Claudia Barainsky (soprano) Claudia Mahnke (mezzo-soprano) BBC Symphony Orchestra Kazushi Ono (conductor) Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain (original version) Matthias Pintscher: pourquoi l'azur muet... (BBC co-commission; world premiere) Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, Op 58 Followed by the fifth in this week's Schumann Focus: Schumann: String Quartet in F, Op 41 No 2 Zehetmair Quartet Recorded by French Radio at Cité de la musique, Paris in January 2008 Schumann: Adagio & Allegro in A flat, Op.70 Danjulo Ishizaka (cello) Jose Gallardo (piano) Recorded for New Generation Artists in 2006 Monti: Czardas Philippe Graffin (violin) Claire Desert (piano) CD: Onyx 4039 track: 3