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Afternoon Concert: Looking East: Episode 5: Handel: Alessandro - Act 3

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Episode 5: Handel: Alessandro - Act 3

Looking East

Handel: Alessandro - Act 3

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Looking East, Handel: Alessandro - Act 3

Act 3 of Handel's opera Alessandro. Plus Looking East: With McPhee, Britten and Messiaen.

Handel's opera Alessandro, plus Looking East: With McPhee: Tabuh-Tabuhan. Britten: Seven sonnets of Michelangelo. Messiaen: Turangalila Symphony.

Handel Operas 2009

Handel: Alessandro (Act 3)

Alessandro (the Great) ...... Rene Jacobs (countertenor)
Rossane, captive princess ...... Sophie Boulin (soprano)
Lisaura, captive princess ...... Isabelle Poulenard (soprano)
Tassile, Indian King ...... Jean Nirouet (countertenor)
Clito, Alexander's sidekick ...... Stephen Varcoe (baritone)
Leonato, Alexander's sidekick ...... Guy de Mey (tenor)
Cleone, Alexander's sidekick ...... Ria Bollen (mezzo-soprano)
La Petite Bande
Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor)

2.55pm Looking East

The concluding act of Handel's Indian-set opera is complemented by another work taking inspiration from the subcontinent - Messaien's Turangalila. Plus the a Western evocation of the Balinese gamelan and Jonas Kaufmann singing Britten's settings of Michelangelo.

Colin McPhee: Tabuh-Tabuhan
Esprit Orchestra
Alex Pauk (conductor)

3.15pm
Britten: Seven sonnets of Michelangelo
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor)
Helmut Deutsch (piano)

3.30pm
Messiaen: Turangalila Symphony
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Myung-Whun Chung (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Looking East

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