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Alexander Goehr's Combat of Joseph della Reina and the Devil

Kate Molleson presents the latest sounds in new music, including the world premiere of Alexander Goehr's chamber opera, Combat of Joseph della Reina and the Devil.

Kate Molleson presents the latest sounds in new music, including the world premiere of a 40-minute chamber opera by Alexander Goehr, who celebrates his 90th birthday on Wednesday. The story is a ‘Jewish Faust’ story of the combat between a rabbi and the Devil.

Alexander Goehr: Combat of Joseph della Reina and the Devil (Text from a 19th-century Kabbalistic legend)

Héloïse Werner, Emilia Bertolini (sopranos), Clare Presland (mezzo-soprano), Joshua Ellicott (tenor)
Nash Ensemble, Alasdair Beatson (piano/director)

1 hour, 59 minutes

Last on

Sat 6 Aug 2022 22:00

Music Played

  • Lea Bertucci

    The Vast Interiority

    Composer: Ben Vida. Performer: Lea Bertucci. Performer: Ben Vida.
    • Murmurations.
    • Lea Bertucci.
    • 7.
  • Claire McCue

    No Ear-rest from the Nearest

    Performer: Ruth Morley.
  • Tolga Yayalar

    Penumbrae (On the Fringe of Shadows)

    Ensemble: Hezarfen Ensemble.
  • Gerald Barry

    All day at home busy with my own affairs

    Performer: Gerald Barry.
    • Gerald Barry: in the Asylum.
    • Mode.
    • 2.
  • Gerald Barry

    In The Asylum

    Ensemble: Fidelio Trio.
    • Gerald Barry: in the Asylum.
    • Mode.
    • 8.
  • Isaiah Ceccarelli

    Chaparral

    Composer: Katelyn Clark. Performer: Isaiah Ceccarelli. Performer: Katelyn Clark.
    • Landmarks.
    • Another Timbre.
    • 8.
  • Ian Morgan-Williams

    Canzoni d'amore da lontano

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Ryan Bancroft.
  • Alexander Goehr

    Combat of Joseph della Reina and the Devil

    Singer: Héloïse Werner. Singer: Emilia Bertolini. Singer: Clare Presland. Singer: Joshua Ellicott. Ensemble: Nash Ensemble. Director: Alasdair Beatson.
  • Lea Bertucci

    Basso profundo

    Composer: Ben Vida. Performer: Lea Bertucci. Performer: Ben Vida.
    • Murmurations.
    • Lea Bertucci.
    • 6.
  • Allison Cameron

    H

    Ensemble: Allison Cameron Band.
    • Somatic Refrain.
    • Another Timbre.
    • 3.
  • Bryn Harrison

    Three Descriptions of Place and Movement: No. 2, Clearing

    Ensemble: Bozzini Quartet.
    • Three Descriptions of Place and Movement.
    • Huddersfield Contemporary Records.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Sat 6 Aug 2022 22:00

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