Tristan and Isolde, retold in Julian Joseph's oratorio with a contemporary,
multicultural backdrop to a libretto by Mike Phillips.
Recorded at London’s Royal Festival Hall. Featuring the BBC Concert
Orchestra.

 

BBC Radio 3 – Thursday 12 November at 14.00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000p8g1

 

In this oratorio for modern times Isolde longs to escape to the
Transylvanian countryside. She meets Tristan and falls in love. What she
doesn't realise at first is that she has met Tristan before when he was part
of a street gang in London and she tended his injury. Tristan also harbours
a dark secret concerning Isolde's former fiancée.

 

Carleen Anderson – Isolde
Ken Papenfus – Tristan
Christine Tobin – Iuliana/Brigid
Cleveland Watkiss – Vasile
Renato Paris – Marko

Julian Joseph Trio - Julian Joseph (piano), Jerry Brown (kit), Mark Hodgson
(bass)

 

Members of the Julian Joseph All Star Big Band
BBC Singers
BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Clark Rundell