Orfeo ed
Euridice Gluck strips the story of Orpheus rescuing his wife Eurydice from Hades to its bare essentials, telling the story with three characters andachorusofshepherdsand furies. Lucie Skeaping presents a concert performance sung in Italian, given last week at the Barbican Hall.
RIAS Kammerchor, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, conductor Rene Jacobs Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice
Acts land 2
8.20 Twenty Minutes: Heaven-Taught Fergusson
In the first of five programmes this week, Robert Crawford explores the poetry and legacy of the Robert Fergusson on the 250th anniversary of his death. 1: With poet Kathleen Jamie , he looks at Fergusson's relationship with Robert Burns.
8.40 Act 3