Close menu

Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 280,349 playable programmes from the BBC

Performance on 3

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

A Baroque Double
Bill Purcell 's three-act opera Dido and Aeneas is one of the best known operas of the Baroque, yet it is only one of hundreds of short musical stage works from this time. Recorded at last year's Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music, this concert pairs Purcell's masterpiece with Acteon, Charpentier's superb depiction of one of Ovid's most heart-rending metamorphoses.
St James 's Baroque Singers and Players, conductor Ivor Bolton

Contributors

Unknown:
Bill Purcell
Unknown:
St James
Conductor:
Ivor Bolton
Dido:
Katerina Karneus (mezzo)
Aeneas:
William Dazeley (bass)
Belinda:
Sophie Daneman(soprano)
Actaeon:
Paul Agnew(tenor)
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Appears in

Suggest an Edit

We are trying to reflect the information printed in the Radio Times magazine.

  • Press the 'Suggest an Edit' button
  • Type in any changes to the title, synopsis or contributor information using the Radio Times Style Guide for reference.
  • Click the Submit Edits button.
    Your changes will be sent for verification and if accepted, will appear in due course More