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Penny Gore presents a selection of music from the ´óÏó´«Ã½ performing groups and European Broadcasting Union. As Jordi Savall celebrates his eightieth birthday, we'll hear a performance of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo performed by his Concert des Nations at the Opera Comique in Paris, staring Marc Mauillon and Luciana Mancini. Plus music by Liszt, and Kodaly's Dances of Galanta from a recent concert by the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic.

Presented by Penny Gore

Monteverdi: L'Orfeo, favola in musica in five acts, SV 318
Musica/Euridice…Luciana Mancini (mezzo-soprano)
Orfeo…Marc Mauillon (baritone)
Messaggera… Sara Mingardo (contralto)
Speranza/Proserpina… Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo-soprano)
Appolo…Furio Zanasi (baritone)
Caronte/Plutone… Salvo Vitale (bass)
Pastore I/Spirito II….Victor Sordo (tenor)
Ninfa…Lise Viricel (soprano)
Pastore II/Spirito IV… Gabriel Diaz (countertenor)
Pastore III/Spirito I/Eco…Alessandro Glangrande (countertenor)
Pastore IV/Spirito III…Yannis Francois (bass-baritone)
La Capella Rial de Catalunya
Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall (conductor)

c.4pm
Liszt Piano Concerto no.1 in E flat major, S.124
Nelson Freire (piano)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Fabio Luisi (conductor)

Kodaly: Dances of Galanta
´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic
Roderick Cox (conductor)