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Afternoon on 3: Great Music Festivals of 2011

Afternoon Concert: Great Music Festivals of 2011: Episode 2

Great Music Festivals of 2011

Episode 2

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Great Music Festivals of 2011, Episode 2

Louise Fryer with music from 2011's festivals, by J Strauss II, Handel, Ravel, Stravinsky.

Including CPE Bach: Symphony No 1. J Strauss II: Wine, Women and Song. Handel: Oratorio: Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno (Part 2). Ravel: Ma mere l'oye. Stravinsky: Petrushka.

Great Music Festivals of 2011. 
Louise Fryer this week presents highlights from some of 2011's top continental festivals, including Salzburg, Lucerne, Berlin, Schwetzingen and Utrecht. Today Pierre Boulez conducts Ravel and Stravinsky in Cologne and there's the chance to hear part 2 of Handel's first oratorio, premiered in Rome in 1707 and which contains an early version of one of Handel's most famous arias. 

C.P.E. Bach Symphony No. 1 in D, Wq 183' 
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor) 

Johann Strauss arr. Alban Berg Wine, Women and Song, op. 333
and 
Strauss arr.Schoenberg Emperor Waltz, op. 437 
Salzburg Festival Chamber Ensemble directed by violinist, Renaud Capuçon 

approx 2.30pm
Handel Oratorio: Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno Part 2 
Piacere.....Vivica Genaux (mezzo-soprano) 
Bellezza.... Maria Keohane (soprano) 
Disinganno..... Sara Mingardo (contralto) 
Tempo.... Jörg Dürmüller (tenor)
Concerto Copenhagen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen (harpsichord and director) 

approx 3.45pm
Ravel Ma mère l'oye 
Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (conductor)

approx 4.10pm
Stravinsky Petrushka (original 1911 version) 
Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Great Music Festivals of 2011

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Louise Fryer presents highlights from some of 2011's top continental festivals

Louise Fryer presents highlights from some of 2011's top continental festivals, including Salzburg, Lucerne, Berlin, Schwetzingen and Utrecht

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