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The Afternoon on Three

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With Susan Sharpe.
1.00 Opera Matinee: Mitridate Eupatore
Alessandro Scarlatti 's rarely performed operatic masterpiece of political intrigue in Ancient Greece and Egypt, written for a premiere in Venice in 1707. This performance was given at last year's Early Music Festival in Innsbruck. Sung in Italian.
Pythagoras Ensemble, Freiburg, conductor Thomas Hengelbrock
3.30 Andrei Gavrilov
A recital given by the Russian pianist, introduced by Lucy Longhurst.
Schubert Impromptus, D935: No 3 in B flat; No 2 in A flat; No 4 in F minor Ravel Gaspard de la nuit
Prokofiev Sonata No 8, Op 84

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Sharpe.
Unknown:
Mitridate Eupatore
Unknown:
Alessandro Scarlatti
Conductor:
Thomas Hengelbrock
Conductor:
Andrei Gavrilov
Introduced By:
Lucy Longhurst.
Unknown:
Ravel Gaspard
Mitridate:
Michael Chance (countertenor)
Nicomede:
Rosemary Joshua (sop)
Laodice:
Maria Petra Schnitzer (sop)
Stratonica:
Lena Lootens (sop)
Pelopida:
Jeffrey Gall (countertenor)
Farnace:
Guy de Mey (tenor)
Source: Radio Times

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