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Bruckner's Great Mass in F minor from Salzburg

Mark Forrest introdcues specially recorded concert performances from today's featured conductor, Riccardo Muti, including a great choral tour-de-force from Anton Bruckner.

Mark Forrest introduces specially recorded concert performances from today's featured conductor, Riccardo Muti, including a powerful choral tour-de-force from Anton Bruckner. Riccardo Muti is one of the great conductors of today, and in Classical Live, we feature exclusive recent performances from him conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in Salzburg.

Also in today's programme, French harpsichordist Jean Rondeau concludes his recent recital from Bad Kissingen of keyboard music by masters of the French Baroque. Including:

Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 4 in C minor, D. 417 (''Tragic')
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Riccardo Muti (conductor)

Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Sonata in G major, Op. 30 No. 3
Victoria Mullova (violin)
Alasdair Beatson (fortepiano)

Anton Bruckner
Mass No. 3 in F minor
Ying Fang (soprano)
Wiebke Lehmkuhl (contralto)
Pavol Breslik (tenor)
William Thomas (bass)
Vienna State Opera Chorus Concert Association
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Riccardo Muti (conductor)

George Gershwin
Symphonic Picture - ‘Porgy and Bess’
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Lee Reynolds (conductor)

Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer
(from Suite No. 3 in C (1746)) -
La Sensible (rondeau)
La marche des Scythes
Jean Rondeau (harpsichord)

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Fri 29 May 2026 13:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No. 4 in C minor, D. 417 ('Tragic')

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.

  • George Frideric Handel

    O ruddier than the cherry (Acis and Galatea)

    Singer: Christopher Purves. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Handel's Finest Arias for Base Voice.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata in G major, Op. 30 No. 3

    Performer: Viktoria Mullova. Performer: Alasdair Beatson.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Mass No. 3 in F minor, WAB 28

    Singer: Ying Fang. Singer: Wiebke Lehmkuhl. Singer: Pavol Breslik. Singer: William Thomas. Choir: Vienna State Opera Choir. Director: Ernst Raffelsberger. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.

  • Robert Schumann

    Arabesque in C, Op. 18

    Performer: Boris Giltburg.

  • George Gershwin

    Porgy and Bess Symphonic Picture

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lee Reynolds.

  • Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer

    Excerpts from 'Pièces de clavecin'

    Performer: Jean Rondeau.

Broadcast

  • Fri 29 May 2026 13:00
    BBC Radio 3