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Harry Bicket

Catherine Bott profiles harpsichordist and conductor Harry Bicket, a regular performer at Glyndebourne and the New York Met. Including works by Handel, Bach, Pergolesi and Gluck.

Catherine Bott profiles harpsichordist & conductor Harry Bicket - regular at Glyndebourne & the New York Metropolitan Opera, and current musical director of The English Concert - about his career and his recordings. Music includes works by Handel, Bach, Pergolesi and Gluck in performances by Ren茅e Fleming, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Susan Graham, Andreas Scholl and Elizabeth Watts.

58 minutes

Last on

Sun 2 Sep 2012 13:00

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Sonata for 2 violins & continuo "Tu fedel? tu costante?", HWV.171

    Performers: The English Concert, Harry Bicket (director)

    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • HMU 907559.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Great victor, at your feet I bow [from 'Belshazzar']

    Performers: Rosemary Joshua (soprano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), The English Concert, Harry Bicket (director)

    • CHACONNE.
    • CHAN 0767.
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    J'ai perdu mon Eurydice [from 'Orph茅e et Eurydice']

    Performers: Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket (director)

    • ERATO.
    • 8573 85768-2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Bane of virtue, nurse of passions [from 'Theodora']

    Performers: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket (director)

    • AVIE.
    • AV 0030.
  • Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

    Stabat Mater [from Stabat Mater]

    Performers: Danielle de Niese (soprano), Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor), The English Concert, Harry Bicket (director)

    • DECCA.
    • 478 2260.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Ritorna, oh caro e dolce mio tesoro [from 'Rodelinda']

    Performers: Ren茅e Fleming (soprano), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket (director)

    • DECCA.
    • 475 618-6.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wie zittern und wanken [from Cantata No.105]

    Performers: Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Katharina Spreckelsen (oboe), The English Concert, Harry Bicket (director)

    • HARMONIA MUNDA.
    • HMU 807550.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Sonata for 2 violins & continuo "Tu fedel? tu costante?"

  • George Frideric Handel

    "Great victor, at your feet I bow" from "Belshazzar"

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    "J'ai perdu mon Eurydice" from "Orphee et Eurydice"

  • George Frideric Handel

    "Bane of virtue, nurse of passions" from "Theodora"

  • Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

    Stabat Mater (from Stabat Mater)

  • George Frideric Handel

    "Ritorna, oh caro e dolce mio tesoro" from "Rodelinda"

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    "Wie zittern und wanken" from Cantata BWV.105

Broadcast

  • Sun 2 Sep 2012 13:00

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