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Handel: Tolomeo, Act 3

Penny Gore presents Act 3 of Handel's Tolomeo. Plus music inspired by foreign travel and a Haydn string quartet. With Smetana: Ma Vlast. Liszt: Orpheus. Strauss: Don Quixote.

Handel Opera Cycle

Continuing Radio 3's complete Handel opera cycle, Penny Gore presents Act 3 of Tolomeo, a tale of marital and fraternal loyalty, deception and disguise.

Handel: Tolomeo (Act 3)

Tolomeo, banished ruler of Egypt ...... Axel Kohler (countertenor)
Seleuce, wife of Tolomeo ...... Linda Perillo (soprano)
Araspe, King of Cyprus ...... Brian Bannatyne-Scott (bass)
Elisa, sister of Araspe ...... Romelia Lichtenstein (mezzo-soprano)
Alessandro, younger brother of Tolomeo ...... Jennifer Lane (mezzo-soprano)
Handel Festival Orchestra, Halle
Howard Arman (conductor)

3.20pm
A Trip Away: Music inspired by foreign travel, including Smetana's depiction of the river Vltava in his Czech homeland. Plus another quartet from Haydn's revolutionary Op 33 set.

Smetana: Vltava (Ma Vlast)
大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Rossen Gergov (conductor)

Haydn: String Quartet in D, Op 33, No 6
Navarra Quartet

Liszt: Orpheus - symphonic poem, Op 98
大象传媒 Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

4.15pm
Strauss: Don Quixote
大象传媒 Philharmonic
Garry Walker (conductor).

2 minutes

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Fri 12 Jun 2009 14:30

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  • Fri 12 Jun 2009 14:30