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Handel: Admeto (Act 3)

Episode 4 of 4

Louise Fryer presents Act 3 of Handel's opera Admeto. Plus Symphonic Poems: Liszt: Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe. Johansen: Pan. Plus music by Shostakovich, Nielsen and Sibelius.

Handel Operas 2009

As part of Radio 3's complete cycle of Handel operas, Louise Fryer presents the conclusion of Admeto.

Handel: Admeto (Act 3)

Admeto ...... Rene Jacobs (countertenor)
Alceste, his wife ...... Rachel Yakar (soprano)
Antigona, his former fiancee ...... Jill Gomez (soprano)
Trasimede ...... James Bowman (countertenor)
Ercole (Hercules) ...... Ulrik Cold (bass)
Orindo, Admeto's adviser ...... Rita Dams (mezzo-soprano)
Meraspe, Antigon's tutor ...... Max van Egmond (bass)
Il Complesso Barocco
Alan Curtis (director)

3.05pm
Symphonic Poems
An exploration of the musical equivalent of poetry - tone poems. With a wide range of music performed by the 大象传媒 orchestras.

Liszt: Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe, S107
大象传媒 Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

3.20pm
Shostakovich: Romances on verses by British poets, Op 140
Ildar Abdrazakov (bass)
大象传媒 Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

3.35pm
David Monrad Johansen: Pan - symphonic poem
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Eivind Gullberg Jensen (conductor)

3.50pm
Nielsen: Flute Concerto
Michael Cox (flute)
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Eivind Gullberg Jensen (conductor)

4.20pm
Sibelius: Symphony No 1
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra
Eivind Gullberg Jensen (conductor).

2 minutes

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Fri 22 May 2009 14:00

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  • Fri 22 May 2009 14:00