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20.4.14

In Brief: Resurrection Edition

Here is your regular Sunday selection of links to online audio, online video, and other good things in Blogville and Beyond. (After clicking to an audio or video stream, press the "Play" button to start the broadcast.) Some of these streams become unavailable after a few days.


  • Bach's St. Matthew Passion with Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting Concentus Musicus Wien, the Arnold Schoenberg Chor and Wiener Sängerknaben, and soloists Michael Schade, Florian Boesch, Christine Schäfer, Bernarda Fink, and others. [ORF]

  • Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic perform J. S. Bach's St. John Passion. [RTBF]

  • The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra performs C.P.E. Bach's St. John Passion. [BBC3]

  • Renée Fleming and Thomas Hampson headline a performance of Strauss's Arabella, conducted by Christian Thielemann with the Staatskaepple Dresden at the Osterfestspiele Salzburg. [ORF]

  • Music by Messiaen and Richard Strauss from the Orchestre Symphonique de la Monnaie, with conductor Ludovic Morlot and pianist Bertrand Chamayou. [RTBF]

  • Listen to cellist Guy Johnston, soprano Aleksandra Zamojska, contralto Anna Radziejewska, and the BBC Concert Orchestra under conductor Stephen Cleobury in music by John Tavener (The Protecting Veil), Witold Lutoslawski (Lacrimosa), and Karol Szymanowski (Stabat mater). [France Musique]

  • The Tallis Scholars perform a concert in the Oratoire du Louvre, with Peter Phillips leading music by John Taverner, John Sheppard, William Byrd, Thomas Tallis, and Arvo Pärt. [France Musique]

  • Hear a performance of Berlioz's opera Les Troyens, from La Scala in Milan. [RTBF]

  • Listen to a recital by violinist Lisa Batiashvili and pianist Paul Lewis, with music by Schubert, Liszt, Telemann, and Beethoven, recorded last year in Vevey, Switzerland. [ORF]

  • From the Osterfestspiele Salzburg, Christian Thielemann conducts the Staatskapelle Dresden and pianist Maurizio Pollini in music by Mozart, plus music by Strauss and Wolfgang Rihm (the world premiere of Malven) with soprano Anja Harteros. [ORF]

  • All of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, performed by the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra with Petra Müllejans and Gottfried von der Goltz. [RTBF]

  • Soprano Barbara Kusa, flutist Luis Rigou, the Coral de Camara de Pamplona and the ensemble La Chimera perform music by South American composers, including colonial pieces from the Codex Martinez Companon. [France Musique]

  • Wladimir Fedosejew conducts the ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien and Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien in Honegger's King David, with Ildikó Raimondi, Hermine Haselböck, and other soloists. [ORF]

  • The English Concert performs Vivaldi and Pergolesi at Sage Gateshead. [BBC3]

  • The Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, conducted by René Jacobs, perform music by Galuppi and Pergolesi, with soprano Im Sunhae and contralto Isabelle Druet, recorded last summer in the Cathedral of Gerona. [ORF]

  • Mezzo-soprano Brigitte Vinson, soprano Kareen Durand and the Choeur de Radio France, directed by Denis Comtet, perform music by Wolfgang Rihm, Gustav Mahler, and Franck Villard, recorded at the Église Saint-Eustache in Paris. [France Musique]

  • Daniele Gatti conducts the Orchestre national de France at the Théâtre du Châtelet in music by Igor Stravinsky (Symphony in C) and Pyotr Tchaikovsky (Symphony No. 5). [France Musique]

  • Europa Galante, under Fabio Biondi, performs music by Hasse, Porpora, Porsile, and Pergolesi (Stabat mater), recorded last year in Switzerland. [ORF]

  • Laurence Equilbey conducts the Insula Orchestra and pianoforte player Abdel Rahman el Bacha in music by Haydn, John Field, and Beethoven, recorded at the Cité de la musique in Paris. [France Musique]

  • The winners of the 2012 Concours de piano d'Orléans, Andrew Zhou and Christopher Guzman, perform music by Matthias Pintscher, Arnold Schoenberg, Walter Zimmermann, Richard Wagner, and others. [France Musique]

  • Simon Steen-Andersen is in residence with the ensemble 2e2m, for a concert recorded at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Paris, with his music and music by Ligeti, Pascal Dusapin, and others. [France Musique]

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