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Tuesday - James Jolly

With James Jolly. Weber: Overture (Der Freischutz). Wagner: Die Meistersinger (excpts). Beethoven: Piano Trio (The Ghost). Borodin: Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor). Faure: Requiem.

With celebrated South Korean conductor, Myung-Whun Chung conducting at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms on Monday & Tuesday this week (Monday 18th & Tuesday 19th), James Jolly takes the opportunity to explore Chung's extensive career with a recording, today, of Faure's Requiem.

Myung-Whun Chung also appears this week as a pianist - he was a prize-winner in the 1974 Tchaikovsky Piano Competition. With his sisters, violinist Kyung-wha Chung, and cellist Myung-wha Chung he performed as the Chung Trio early in his career, and today we'll hear their recording of Beethoven's Ghost Piano Trio (Op.70 No.1).

2 hours

Last on

Tue 19 Jul 2011 10:00

Music Played

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Freischutz Overture

    Performers: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Eugen Jochum (conductor)

    • DG 439 717-2.
  • Richard Wagner - Prelude to Act III, Dance of the Apprentices and Entry of the Mastersinge

    Performers: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner (conductor)

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70 no 1 (The Ghost)

    Performers: Myung-Whun Chung (Piano), Kyung-Wha Chung (Violin), Myung-Wha Chung (Cello)

    • EMI 81751.
  • Gabriel FaurΓ©

    Requiem, Op. 48

    Performers: Cecilia Bartoli (Mezzo Soprano), Bryn Terfel (Baritone), Daniele Rossi (Organ), Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Chorus and Orchestra Myung-Whun Chung (conductor)

    • DG 459 365-2.

Broadcast

  • Tue 19 Jul 2011 10:00