SATURDAY MATINEE
Orchestral grandeur: Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, first performance 7 May, 1824
Prepared by Robert Small
With Anne-Louise Luccarini

Mozart, W. Piano concerto no 23 in A, K488 (1786).    Mitsuko Uchida, pf; English CO/Jeffrey Tate.
Philips 475 7306 [26:36]

Mendelssohn, F. Incidental music to A midsummer night's dream, op 21 (1826), op 61 (1843).    Pamela Coburn, sop; Elizabeth von Magnus, cont; Christoph Bantzer, ten; CO of Europe/Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
Teldec 9031-74882-2 [41:30]

Holst, G. Jupiter, the bringer of jollity, from The planets, op 32 (1916).    Queensland SO/Nicholas Braithwaite.
ABC 481 2424 [08:18]

Beethoven, L. Symphony no 9 in D minor, op 125, Choral (1817-23).    Cheryl Barker, sop; Elizabeth Campbell, mezz; Steve Davislim, ten; Teddy Tahu Rhodes, bass-bar; Sydney Philharmonia Choir; Australian World O/Alexander Briger.
ABC 481 0550 [01:01:50]