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Prom 53/Purcell, Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn

成人快手 Proms 2009: OAE/Sir Roger Norrington perform Purcell, Handel and Haydn with Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), and Mendelssohn's Symphony No 3 in A minor.

Presented by Louise Fryer.

成人快手 Proms 2009:

Sir Roger Norrington leads a celebration of Radio 3's four Composers of the Year. Introduced by Sara Mohr-Pietsch.

Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Sir Roger Norrington (conductor)

Purcell: Abdelazar - suite
Handel: Xerxes - Ombra mai fu; Alcina - Ah, mio cor!; Water Music - Suite No 2 in D
Haydn: Scena di Berenice
Mendelssohn: Symphony No 3 in A minor (Scottish)

4.00pm
Purcell and his forebears.

Purcell: Triumphing Dance (Dido and Aeneas); Triumph, victorious love (Dioclesian)
Ars Nova Copenhagen
Concerto Copenhagen
Andrew Lawrence-King (conductor)

Tallis: Man Blest no Doubt
Byrd: Quis est homo
Stile Antico

Purcell: The Voice of the Turtle; A Scotch Tune (Amphitryon); My Beloved Spake (The Song of Songs); Thou Genius of this Isle; The Cold Genius (King Arthur); The Soldiers Song (The Knight of Malta); Wondrous Machine (Ode to St Cecilia)
Ars Nova Copenhagen
Concerto Copenhagen
Andrew Lawrence-King (conductor).

3 hours

Last on

Tue 8 Sep 2009 14:00

Broadcast

  • Tue 8 Sep 2009 14:00