The 12th of 13 programmes La Clemenza di Scipione Opera seria in three acts
Music by Johann Christian Bach 'Johann Christian 's rich, fertile invention ... his command of what is apt....his eschewal of whatever is garrulous.... Scipione brings many rewards.' ANDREW PORTER (Financial Times)
SALTARELLO CHOIR chorus-master RICHARD BRADSHAW
AMATI ENSEMBLE leader RAINER KOEBLE EDITH PICHT-AXENFEI .D
(harpsichord continuo) conducted by CHARLES MACKERRAS (A concert performance given in the Queen Elizabeth Hall , London, on 3 May as part of the English Bach Festival, in association with BBC Radio 3) In and around Carthage, 146 BC Act 1
2.45* J. C. Bach and the Theatre by CHARLES CUDWORTH
3.5* La Clemenza: Act 2
3.40* Second Viennese School? A talk by MISHA DONAT
4.0* La Clemenza: Act 3