Performance on 3 - Imogen Cooper 60th Birthday

Presented by Martin Handley. Imogen Cooper brings together some of her musical friends to help celebrate her sixtieth birthday on stage at Wigmore Hall, London. She has selected some of her favourite music and takes the role of accompanist for the majority of the evening. She is joined by baritone Wolfgang Holzmair and tenor Mark Padmore in songs and duets by Schubert, Schumann and Mendelssohn, before cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton teams up with her in Janacek and Schumann. The celebration concludes with Schubert's piano-duet masterpiece, the Fantasie in F minor, in partnership with Paul Lewis. Imogen Cooper (piano) Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone) Mark Padmore (tenor) Sonia Wieder-Atherton (cello) Paul Lewis (piano) Strauss: Rosenkavalier arr. Singer Mendelssohn: Ich wollt' meine Lieb' ergosse sich; Abschiedslied der Zugvogel; Gruss; Wasserfahrt Schubert: An die Laute; Abendstern; Dass sie hier gewesen; Die Sterne Clara Schumann: O Lust, O Lust; Die stille Lotosblume Schumann: Lieder aus dem Schenkenbuch im Divan I and II (Myrthen); 3 Venetianisceh Lieder I and II (Myrthen) Stolz: Im Casino, da steht ein Pianino Janacek: Pohadka No 1 Schumann: 5 stucke im Volkston Nos 2 and 3 Janacek: Pohadka Nos 2 and 3 Schubert: Auf dem Strom; Fantasie in F minor, D940 Brahms: O Die Frauen, no.3 from Liebesliede Waltzes, book 1 arr. 3 voices, cello & piano duet Followed by a focus on orchestras based in the former East Germany to mark the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Brahms, orch Dvorak: Hungarian Dance no.17 in F sharp minor Leipzig Gewandhaus conductor Kurt Masur Philips 411 426 2 Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 5 Leipzig Gewandhaus conductor Kurt Masur Philips 412 724 2 Mozart: Cosi fan tutte - Overture Dresden Staatskapelle conductor Hans Vonk Capriccio 10 070