EVENINGS  OF  CLASSICAL  MUSIC

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Programme for 12 January 2005

TSUNAMI

In remembrance of the Tsunami that devastated many countries in South-East Asia on 26 December 2004.

JOHN TAVENER  (b. 1944)

Thrinos (Lament) for solo cello

Eternal Memory for cello and string orchestra

Raphael Wallfisch (cello)

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra  -  Justin Brown

GUSTAV MAHLER  (1860-1911)

Kindertotenlieder  (Songs on the Death of Children)

• Nun will die Sonn' so hell aufgehn

• Nun seh' ich wol, warum so dunkle Flammen

• Wenn dein Mütterlein

• Oft denk' ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen

• In diesem Wetter, in diesem Braus

Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano)

Berliner Philharmoniker  -  Herbert von Karajan

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN  (1770-1827)

Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125

• Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso

• Molto vivace

• Adagio molto e cantabile

• Presto (Final Chorus from Schiller's Ode "To Joy")

Sharon Sweet (soprano);  Jadwiga Rappé (contralto);  Paul Frey (tenor);  Franz Grundheber (bass-baritone)

Staatsopernchor Dresden

Staatskapelle Dresden  -  Colin Davis