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Afternoon Concert

Music: Classical

Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras

Unique performances with BBC Orchestras, Choirs and other great orchestras from around the world

Afternoon on 3: Magical Mystery Tour

Afternoon Concert: Magical Mystery Tour: Episode 4: Handel: Alcina (Act 3)/Beethoven, Dvorak, Mahler

Handel: Alcina (Act 3)/Beethoven, Dvorak, Mahler

Episode 4

Episode 4: Handel: Alcina (Act 3)/Beethoven, Dvorak, Mahler

Magical Mystery Tour

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Magical Mystery Tour, Handel: Alcina (Act 3)/Beethoven, Dvorak, Mahler

Jonathan Swain presents Act 3 of Handel's Alcina. Plus music by Beethoven, Dvorak, Mahler.

Handel Operas 2009: Jonathan Swain presents Act 3 of Handel's Alcina. Magical Mystery Tour: Beethoven: Piano Sonata in D minor. Plus music by Dvorak and Mahler.

Handel Operas 2009

Jonathan Swain presents Act 3 of Handel's Alcina. Can the faithful Bradamante rescue her beloved Ruggiero from the clutches of the enchantress Alcina on her magic island?

Handel: Alcina (Act 3)

Alcina ...... Arleen Auger (soprano)
Ruggiero ...... Della Jones (mezzo-soprano)
Morgana, Alcina's sister ...... Eiddwen Harrhy (soprano)
Bradamante ...... Kathleen Kuhlmann (contralto)
Oberto ...... Patrizia Kwella (soprano)
Oronte ...... Maldwyn Davies (tenor)
Melisso ...... John Tomlinson (bass)
Opera Stage Chorus
City of London Baroque Sinfonia
Richard Hickox (conductor)

3.05pm
Magical Mystery Tour:

Continuing a series of music about sorcery and the supernatural.

Beethoven: Piano Sonata in D minor, Op 31, No 2 (The Tempest)
Fazil Say (piano)

Dvorak: The Noon Witch
Berlin Philharmonic
Alan Gilbert (conductor)

3.45pm
Mahler: Das Klagende Lied
Melanie Diener (soprano) 
Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano) 
Nikolai Andrei Schukoff (tenor) 
Markus Werba (baritone)
Radio France Chorus
French National Orchestra
Daniele Gatti (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Magical Mystery Tour

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.

Jonathan Swain presents music exploring musical sorcery and the supernatural

Jonathan Swain presents music exploring musical sorcery and the supernatural, with a particular line in enchanted islands

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