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Louise Alder and the Dunedin Consort

Dunedin Consort are joined by soprano Louise Alder for a concert of Handel arias and concerti grossi at the 2016 Edinburgh International Festival.

Every weekday for three weeks, Radio 3 broadcasts one of the stand-out concerts from the Queen’s Hall series over the past decade. Today Donald Macleod introduces soprano Louise Alder and the Dunedin Consort in a performance of some of Handel’s most loved operatic arias and cantatas interspersed with instrumental interludes of some of Handel’s concerti grossi.

Handel: Concerto Grosso in B flat, Op 6 No 7
Handel: 'Piangero’ from 'Giulio Cesare'
Handel: 'Da Tempeste' from 'Giulio Cesare'
Handel: Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op 6 No 6
Handel: 'Lascia ch'io pianga' from 'Rinaldo'

INTERVAL: Fortepianist Robert Levin performs Haydn's Piano Trio No 44 in E major with Vera Beths (violin) and Anner Bylsma (cello)

Handel: Il delirio amoroso, HWV 99

Louise Alder, soprano
Dunedin Consort
John Butt, director and harpsichord

1 hour, 59 minutes

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.7

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Piangero from 'Giulio Cesare'

    Singer: Louise Alder. Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Da Tempeste from 'Giulio Cesare'

    Singer: Louise Alder. Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso Op.6 No.6

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Lascia ch'io pianga from 'Rinaldo'

    Singer: Louise Alder. Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio No 44 in E major

    Performer: Robert Levin. Performer: Vera Beths. Performer: Anner Bylsma.
    • Joseph Haydn - The Last 4 Piano Trios.
    • Sony.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Il delirio amoroso HWV99

    Singer: Louise Alder. Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Non disperar chi sa from 'Giulio Cesare'

    Singer: Louise Alder. Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Humoresque in E Flat Major, Op.89 no.5

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • Sibelius: The Complete Works for Violin and Orchestra.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 112.

Broadcast

  • Thu 27 Aug 2020 11:00