BBC Symphony Orchestra 2024/25 Paul Daniel conducts Wagner, Chausson and Berlioz

Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth makes a welcome return to the BBC Symphony Orchestra with music by three masters of orchestral writing. First, the atmospheric prelude to Richard Wagner’s epic tale of Tristan and Isolde, then soprano Niamh O'Sullivan - BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist - debuts with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Ernest Chausson's Poem of Love and the Sea. Wagner was a great influence on Chausson, whose 1890 song cycle for soprano and orchestra sets two poems: The Flower of the Waters and The Death of Love by poet Maurice Bouchor. Finally, Hector Berlioz's overture to King Lear, which he wrote on first discovering Shakespeare's tragic play in 1831.