Radio 3 Requests - Radio 3 Requests with Chi-chi Nwanoku

Chi-chi Nwanoku introduces the wish-list of music from Radio 3 listeners, including music set to Shakespeare by Purcell and Britten, and one of Schubert's final pieces for piano played by Maria Joao Pires. Conductor Ivor Bolton shares his passion for a performance of Weber's Der Freischutz overture. PLAYLIST listeners, including music set to Shakespeare by Purcell and Britten, and one of Schubert's final pieces for piano played by Maria João Pires. Conductor Ivor Bolton shares his passion for a performance of Weber's Der Freischutz overture. Henri Mulet: Tu es Petra John Scott (organ) Priory PRCD 345, track 10 Weber: Overture to Der Freischutz Dresden Staatskapelle orchestra, Carlos Kleiber (conductor) Deutsche Grammophon 415 432-2, CD 1 track 1 Britten: I Know a Bank (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) James Bowman (Oberon), City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox (conductor) Virgin Classics VCD 7593052, CD 1 track 6 Schubert: Allegretto (3 piano pieces D. 946) Maria João Pires (piano) Deutsche Grammophon 457 550-2, CD 2 track 6 Purcell: Halcyon Days (The Tempest) Jennifer Smith (soprano), Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) Erato 2292-45555-2, track 16 Rossini: String Sonata No. 3 in C major Members of the Serenata of London: Barry Wilde (violin), Clive Lander (violin), Roger Smith (cello), Michael Brittain (double bass) ASV CD DCA 767, tracks 7-9