Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20160320 | Ian Skelly presents the European Broadcasting Union's annual day of music to mark Holy Week, with live and pre-recorded concerts from Amsterdam, Brussels, Copenhagen, London, Prague, Rome and Wexford. In this first part of the broadcast music by Vivaldi complements Pergolesi's Stabat Mater in a concert in the Gardens of the Vatican, and the BBC Singers sing music appropriate to Holy Week by William Byrd and Thomas Tallis. 1pm - VATICAN CITY: Sala Assunta Vivaldi: Sinfonia in B minor, RV 169 ('At the Holy Sepulchre') Pergolesi: Stabat Mater Vivaldi: Sonata in E flat major, RV 130 ('At the Holy Sepulchre') Susanne Bungaard (soprano) Micaela Parrilla (mezzo-soprano) Archi Accademia Nova Pierluigi Morelli (conductor) 2pm - UK: St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London Tallis: Lamentations (I and II) Interspersed with: Byrd: Tristitia et anxietas; Ne irascaris, Domine Stephen Cleobury (conductor). Ian Skelly presents concerts from Rome and London to mark Holy Week. The European Broadcasting Union's annual day of Holy Week music |
| 02 | 20160320 | Ian Skelly presents the European Broadcasting Union's annual day of music to mark Holy Week, with live and pre-recorded concerts from Amsterdam, Brussels, Copenhagen, London, Prague, Rome and Wexford. The day continues with Baroque music appropriate to Holy Week from one of Prague's most beautiful Baroque churches, and two concerts from the Low Countries: Szymanowski's Stabat Mater and music by Zemlinsky from Brussels, and from Amsterdam the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra's annual Eastertide performance of Bach's monumental St Matthew Passion. 4pm - CZECH REPUBLIC: Church of St Simon and St Jude, Prague Telemann: Brich, mein Herz (aria from Brockes Passion, TWV 5:1); Flute Concerto in D major, TWV 51:D2 Handel: Dem Himmel gleicht sein blutgef䀀rbter Rücken (aria from Brockes Passion, HWV 48) Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar: Violin Concerto in D minor Bach: Cantata No 82 - Ich habe genug Hana Blazikova (soprano), Lenka Torgersen (violin), Collegium Marianum, Jana Semeradova (director and Baroque flute). Picture of Collegium Marianum (c) Petra Hajska 5pm - BELGIUM: Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels Szymanowski: Stabat Mater, Op 53 Zemlinsky: Psalm XXIII, Op 14 Elzbieta Szmytka (soprano), Agnieszka Rehlis (mezzo-soprano), Andrzej Dobber (baritone), London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor). 6pm - NETHERLANDS: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam J. S. Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV 244 James Gilchrist (tenor), Christopher Maltman (bass), Lydia Teuscher (soprano), Lawrence Zazzo (countertenor), Thomas Oliemans (bass-baritone), Carolyn Sampson (soprano), David Daniels (countertenor), Jeremy Ovenden (tenor), Netherlands Radio Chorus, National Boys' Choir, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Ivor Bolton (conductor). Ian Skelly presents concerts from Prague, Brussels and Amsterdam to mark Holy Week. The European Broadcasting Union's annual day of Holy Week music |
| 03 | 20160320 | Ian Skelly presents the European Broadcasting Union's annual day of music to mark Holy Week, with live and pre-recorded concerts from Amsterdam, Brussels, Copenhagen, London, Prague, Rome and Wexford. The day closes with concerts from Ireland and Denmark featuring Haydn's great Passiontide cycle of pieces for string quartet, and Josquin's final mass setting in the context of medieval and modern choral music appropriate to Holy Week. 10.30pm - IRELAND: St Iberius Church, Wexford Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross, Op 51 RTE Contempo Quartet Picture of Contempo Quartet (c) Francis Marshall Photography 11.30pm - DENMARK: Garrison Church, Copenhagen Josquin Desprez: Missa Pange Lingua Interspersed with: Anon: Pange Lingua (alternating plainchant and polyphony from the Trent Codices) Poul Ruders: Preghiera semplice Wolfgang Rihm: Fragmenta Passionis Hildegard of Bingen: O aeterne Deus Ars Nova Copenhagen, Paul Hillier (conductor). Ian Skelly presents concerts from Wexford and Copenhagen to mark Holy Week. The European Broadcasting Union's annual day of Holy Week music |