Handel: Orlando (Act 3)
Handel Operas 2009: Penny Gore presents Act 3 of Handel's opera Orlando, followed by music inspired by philosophy, from Bernstein, Rubbra and Finzi. Plus Leeds Pianothon highlights.
Handel Operas 2009
Penny Gore presents the final part of Orlando, a work about love and jealousy, and considered to be one of Handel's greatest operas.
Handel: Orlando (Act 3)
Orlando ...... Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano)
Angelica ...... Rosemary Joshua (soprano)
Medoro ...... Hilary Summers (contralto)
Dorinda ...... Rosa Mannion (soprano)
Zoroastro ...... Harry van der Kamp (bass)
Les Arts Florissants
William Christie (conductor)
Plus more music inspired by philosophy - including Finzi's setting of Wordsworth's great poem Intimations of Immortality.
3.00pm
Bernstein: Serenade (after Plato's Symposium)
Svetlin Roussef (violin)
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Myung-Whun Chung (conductor)
Rubbra: Symphony No 8 (Hommage a Teilhard de Chardin)
大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox (conductor)
4.00pm
Finzi: Intimations of Immortality
Andrew Kennedy (tenor)
大象传媒 Symphony Chorus
大象传媒 Concert Orchestra
Paul Daniel (conductor)
4.45pm
A final selection of highlights from Radio 3's 2009 Leeds Pianothon, a celebration of amateur piano playing which took place at the Clothworkers Concert Hall at the University of Leeds.
Peter Duffy from Silsden, Yorkshire
Howells: Jackanapes, Op. 14 no. 3
Noriko Moffat from near Carlisle
Szymanowski: Prelude in C minor, Op. 1 no. 7
James Bumstead from Nottingham
Paul Harvey (adapted J. Bumstead): Rumba Toccata
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- Fri 18 Sep 2009 14:00大象传媒 Radio 3