| Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) | Tragic Overture | |
| Wagner, Richard (1813-1883) | Tristan et Isolde: Prélude et Liebestod (orchestral version) | |
| Mozart, compl. Sussmayr | Requiem in D minor |
| Fatma Said | Soprano |
| Kathryn Rudge | Mezzo-soprano |
| Sunnyboy Dladla | Ténor |
| David Shipley | Basse |
| BBC National Chorus of Wales | |
| BBC National Orchestra of Wales | |
| Nathalie Stutzmann | Direction |
Love and loss, life and death collide in an emotionally charged concert given by Nathalie Stutzmann and the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales. Turbulent shifts of mood characterise Brahms’s Tragic Overture, and their ripples continue through the Prelude and Liebestod from Wagner’s powerful operatic exploration of forbidden love, Tristan and Isolde. At the heart of the programme is Mozart’s Requiem – the composer’s final work, left unfinished at his early death, and his own musical epitaph. Soloists include former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists Fatma Said and Kathryn Rudge.
Broadcast on BBC Four on Sunday 11 August