Sunday Morning - Death

With his guest actor Simon Russell Beale, Iain reflects on death and bereavement and their influence on composers. His musical selection ranges from Schubert's Death and the Maiden to Hindemith's Trauermusik and Janacek's Piano Sonata. John Woolrich: Five Bach Chorales Mvt 3 “Christ lay in the bonds of Death” The Schubert Ensemble of London Black Box BBM1092 Bach: Cantata ‘Vergnugte Ruh, beliebte Seenlenlust’ opening Aria James Bowman (countertenor)/ The King’s Consort/ Robert King (director) Hyperion CDA66326 Mozart: Masonic Funeral Music in C minor, K 477 London Classical Players/Roger Norrington (conducting) EMI CDC7545252 Hindemith: Trauermusik Geraldine Walther (viola)/ San Francisco Symphony / Herbert Blomstedt Decca 4215232 Brahms: German Requiem - 1st Movement London Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra/ Klaus Tennstedt EMI CZS7678192 Pelham Humfrey: ‘Wilt thou forgive that sin’ A Hymn to God the Father Paul Agnew/Elizabeth Kenny Virgin 3951442 Mahler: Das Lied von Erde - ‘Der Abschied’ Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/ Leonard Bernstein Decca CD 417 7832 Schubert: String Quartet in D minor, D. 810 - Last movement Borodin Quartet Teldec 0630182532 Holst: Savitri Felicity Palmer (mezzo)/ Stephen Varcoe (bass)/ The Richard Hickox singers/ City of London Sinfonia/ Richard Hickox Hyperion CDA66099 Holst: Savitri Felicity Palmer (mezzo)/ Philip Langridge (tenor)/ The Richard Hickox singers/ City of London Sinfonia/ Richard Hickox Hyperion CDA66099 Liszt: Funerailles from Harmonies Poétiques et Religieuses Julius Katchen (piano) Decca 4608312 Bach: Cantata BWV170 ‘Vergnugte Ruh, beliebte Seenlenlust’ last Aria James Bowman (countertenor)/ The King’s Consort/ Robert King (director) Hyperion CDA66326