Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20081229 | Penny Gore presents performances given at the 2008 Salzburg Festival and by the Vienna Philharmonic. Grieg: Incidental Music to Peer Gynt (part 1 of 4) Peer Gynt - Johan Reuter (baritone) Solveig - Miah Persson (soprano) Anitra - Malena Ernman (mezzo-soprano) Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Chorus Camerata Salzburg Marc Minkowski (conductor) Mozart: Piano Trio in E, K542 Isabelle Faust (violin) Jean Guihen Queyras (cello) Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) Dvorak: Carnaval Overture; Symphony No 9 in E minor (From the New World) Christoph Eschenbach (conductor) Lully: Alceste (excerpts) Attersee Institute Orchestra Jordi Savall (conductor) Mozart: Divertimento in E flat, K113; Piano Concerto in C minor, K491 Lars Vogt (piano) Mozarteum Salzburg Orchestra Ivor Bolton (conductor). |
| 02 | 20081230 | Music from the 2008 Salzburg Festival and the Vienna Philharmonic, including Grieg's Peer Gynt and Brahms's German Requiem. Presented by Penny Gore. Grieg: Incidental Music to Peer Gynt (part 2 of 4) Peer Gynt - Johan Reuter (baritone) Solveig - Miah Persson (soprano) Anitra - Malena Ernman (mezzo-soprano) Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Chorus Camerata Salzburg Marc Minkowski (conductor) Brahms: A German Requiem Genia Kuchmeier (soprano) Thomas Hampson (baritone) Arnold Schoenberg Chorus Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) Janacek: Diary of One Who Disappeared Michael Schade (tenor) Michaela Selinger (mezzo-soprano) Markus Hinterhauser (piano) Mozart: Piano Concerto in E flat, K449 Hibiki Tamura (piano) Mozarteum University Symphony Orchestra Dennis Russell Davies (conductor). Music from the 2008 Salzburg Festival and the Vienna Philharmonic. |
| 03 | 20081231 | Penny Gore presents performances given at the 2008 Salzburg Festival and by the Vienna Philharmonic. Grieg: Incidental Music to Peer Gynt (part 3 of 4) Peer Gynt - Johan Reuter (baritone) Solveig - Miah Persson (soprano) Anitra - Malena Ernman (mezzo-soprano) Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Chorus Camerata Salzburg Marc Minkowski (conductor) Schubert: Mass in G, D167 Genia Kuchmeier (soprano) Michael Schade (tenor) Russell Braun (baritone) Carolin Widmann (violin) Nicolas Altstaedt (cello) Jorg Widmann (clarinet) Alexander Lonquich (piano) Mozart: Piano Concerto in E flat, K595 Daniel Barenboim (piano/director). |
| 04 | 20090101 | Penny Gore presents a performance of Gounod's Faust given at Vienna State Opera in October 2008, with Roberto Alagna and Angela Gheorghiu leading the cast. Bertrand de Billy conducts. Gounod: Faust Dr Faust - Roberto Alagna (tenor) Marguerite - Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) Mephistopheles - Kwangchul Youn (bass) Valentin - Adrian Erod (baritone) Wagner - Alexandru Moisiuc (baritone) Siebel - Michaela Selinger (soprano) Marthe - Janina Baechle (soprano) Vienna State Opera Chorus Vienna State Opera Orchestra Bertrand de Billy (conductor) Liszt: La Leggierezza; Waldesrauschen; Gnomereigen (3 Concert Studies) Rafal Blechaz (piano). A performance of Gounod's Faust given at Vienna State Opera in October 2008. |
| 05 | 20090102 | Penny Gore presents performances from the 2008 Salzburg Festival and by the Vienna Philharmonic. Grieg: Incidental Music to Peer Gynt (part 4 of 4) Peer Gynt - Johan Reuter (baritone) Solveig - Miah Persson (soprano) Anitra - Malena Ernman (mezzo-soprano) Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Chorus Camerata Salzburg Marc Minkowski (conductor) Purcell: The Fairy Queen (excerpts) Attersee Institute Orchestra Jordi Savall (conductor) Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige streiche, Op 28 Christoph Eschenbach (conductor) Schoenberg: Pelleas and Melisande Vienna State Radio Symphony Orchestra Bertrand de Billy (conductor) Wolf: Selection of Moricke Lieder Christine Schafer (soprano) Ingo Metzmacher (piano) Mozart: Symphony in E flat, K16 Mozarteum Salzburg Orchestra Ivor Bolton (conductor) Mozart: Piano Concerto in D minor, K466 Lars Vogt (piano) Ivor Bolton (conductor). |