Radio 3 in Concert: Verdi Requiem and Liszt Piano Music

Fiona Talkington introduces highlights of concerts from around the world, care of the European Broadcasting Union. Portugal, Austria and New Zealand feature in this edition, including a performance of Verdi's dramatic Requiem in Lisbon, and virtuoso pianist Marc-André Hamelin performing the ecstatic and dreamlike Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude by Liszt at the Schwarzenberg Schubertiade in Austria. Verdi: Requiem. Erika Grimaldi (soprano), Elena Zhidkova (mezzo-soprano), Paulo Ferreira (tenor), Nikolay Didenko (bass). Gulbenkian Chorus, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Michel Corboz (conductor). Recorded in November 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal. Liszt: Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude, S.173'3 (from Harmonies poetiques et religieuses). Marc-André Hamelin (piano). Recorded last summer at the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg in Austria. Shostakovich: Festive overture, op 96. New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Jaime Martín (conductor). Recorded in summer 2018 in Wellington, New Zealand