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Afternoon on 3: European Festivals

Afternoon Concert: European Festivals: Episode 4

Episode 4

European Festivals

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, European Festivals, Episode 4

Louise Fryer presents music, including Gluck's Iphigenie en Aulide (1775), plus Geminiani.

Louise Fryer presents a programme of early music. With Gluck: Iphigenie en Aulide (1775). Capel Bond: Bassoon Concerto No 6. Geminiani: Concerto grosso No 6, Op 7.

Afternoon on 3 with Louise Fryer, presenting a week of Early Music, including performances from some of last year's most exciting European festivals.

2pm 
Gluck: Iphigenie en Aulide, operatic tragedy in three acts (1775 version)
In December 2009 the Monnaie theatre in Brussels staged both of Gluck's two operas on the ancient Greek story of Iphigenia, the tragic daughter of King Agamemnon. Both operas were conducted by Christophe Rousset and staged by Pierre Audi. You can hear the results in Afternoon on 3 over the next two Thursdays, presented with contributions from Christophe Rousset and his two Iphigenias: this week it's VÃ©ronique Gens.

Andrew Schroeder (bass-baritone) Agamemnon, King of Mycenae 
Charlotte Hellekant (soprano) Clitemnestre, his wife 
Veronique Gens (soprano) Iphigenie, their daughter 
Avi Klemberg (tenor) Achille, a Greek hero 
Henk Neven (bass) Patrocle 
Gilles Cachemaille (bass) Calchas, the High Priest 
Werner Van Mechelen (bass) Arcas 
Violet Serena Noorduyn (soprano) Diana 
Chorus & Orchestra of La Monnaie, Christophe Rousset (conductor)

4.10pm
Capel Bond: Bassoon Concerto no.6
Geminiani: Concerto grosso No. 6 in B Flat Major (Op. 7)
Holland Baroque Society, Sergio Azzolini (director & bassoon).

Afternoon Concert: European Festivals

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Series of early music performances from some of 2009's European festivals

Series of early music performances from some of 2009's most exciting European festivals

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