Radio 3 in Concert: Santa Cecilia Orchestra and Antonio Pappano

Fiona Talkington presents the opening concert of the 2020/21 Symphonic Season of the Santa Cecilia Academy in Rome, with Antonio Pappano conducting two very different vocal works. Bruckner's uplifting Te Deum is cast on the biggest scale and, with four soloists and large choir, ends in a blaze of glory. Mahler's Song of the Earth sets translations of ancient Chinese poems, some bawdy, some delicate, and concludes with a farewell to life which never fails to move. In the interval, Pappano proves his versatility as a musician as he partners cellist and fellow conductor Luigi Piovano from the piano in a sonata by Brahms. Bruckner: Te Deum. Donika Mataj (soprano), Daniela Salvo (contralto), Anselmo Fabiani (tenor), Antonio Vincenzo Serra (bass), Santa Cecilia Chorus & Orchestra, Antonio Pappano (conductor). 7.55 Interval - Brahms: Sonata in E minor, Op 38. Luigi Piovano (cello), Antonio Pappano (piano). 8.20 Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde. Gerhild Romberger (mezzo), Clay Hilley (tenor), Santa Cecilia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano (conductor)