Songs by Wagner and Berg on tonight’s “Evening Concert”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the Berlin Philharmonic recorded in Bayreuth and Baden-Baden on the “Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts”. You’ll hear Wagner’s “Wesendonck Songs” sung by Eva-Marie Westbroek and three of Berg’s “Seven Early Songs” sung by Elina Garanca. 

Thursday January 17: Deutsche Welle Festival Concerts (DWF 18-03)

Berlin Philharmonic's Europe Concert

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Paavo Järvi, conductor

Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3 in C Major, op. 72

Wagner: Wesendonck Songs, orchestrated by Felix Mottl and Richard Wagner (Eva-Maria Westbroek, soprano)

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Simon Rattle, conductor

Richard Strauss: Don Juan

Ravel: Sheherazade (Elīna Garanca, soprano)

Berg: Seven early songs: 2. Schilflied (Song amid the reeds); 3. Die Nachtigall (The nightingale); 7. Sommertage (Summer days) (Elīna Garanca, soprano)

Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major, op. 60