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Afternoon on 3: Mendelssohn String Symphonies and Choral Works

Afternoon Concert: Mendelssohn String Symphonies and Choral Works: Episode 5: Scipione, Act 3/Mendelssohn

Episode 5

Episode 5: Scipione, Act 3/Mendelssohn

Mendelssohn String Symphonies and Choral Works

Scipione, Act 3/Mendelssohn

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Mendelssohn String Symphonies and Choral Works, Scipione, Act 3/Mendelssohn

Penny Gore presents Act 3 of Handel's opera Scipione. Plus Mendelssohn: Magnificat.

Penny Gore presents Act 3 of Handel's opera Scipione. Plus a focus on Mendelsohn's choral works, with the composer's Magnificat, as well as music by Dyson, Brahms and Strauss.

Handel Operas 2009

As part of BBC Radio 3's complete cycle of Handel operas, Penny Gore presents the conclusion of Scipione, the story of a conquering Roman general.

Scipione: Act 3

Scipione ...... Derek Lee Ragin (countertenor)
Berenice ...... Sandrine Piau (soprano)
Lucejo, her lover ...... Doris Lamprecht (mezzo)
Ernando, her father ...... Olivier Lallouette (baritone)
Armira, another beautiful Spanish captive ...... Vanda Tabery (soprano)
Lelio, Scipione's captain ...... Guy Fletcher (tenor)
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset (conductor)

3.00pm
Penny Gore presents music focusing on Mendelssohn's string symphonies and choral works, performed by the BBC orchestras, choruses and Singers.

Dyson: Confortate; O Praise God in His Holiness
BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Richard Hickox (conductor)

3.05pm
Brahms: Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat
Garrick Ohlsson (piano)
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

3.55pm
Mendelssohn: Magnificat 
RIAS Chamber Choir
Marcus Creed (director)

4.05pm
Strauss: Four Last Songs 
Rebecca Evans (soprano)
BBC Philharmonic
Martyn Brabbins (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Mendelssohn String Symphonies and Choral Works

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Penny Gore presents programmes featuring Mendelssohn's string symphonies and choral works

Penny Gore presents programmes featuring Mendelssohn's string symphonies and choral works, with performances by the BBC orchestras, choruses and Singers

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