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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: Baroque Spring

Afternoon Concert: Baroque Spring: Episode 2

Episode 2

Baroque Spring

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Baroque Spring, Episode 2

Miniatures by Couperin juxtaposed with Ravel's homage to the composer.

Katie Derham presents miniatures by Couperin juxtaposed with Ravel's homage to the composer, in an unbroken sequence performed by French pianist Alexandre Tharaud.

Katie Derham highlights some masterworks of the Baroque as part of Baroque Spring. Today Bach's monumental The Art of Fugue is heard in a performance given at the Benedictine Abbey of Melk, perched high on the cliffs above the river Danube. Before that, some jewel-like keyboard miniatures of Francois Couperin are juxtaposed with Ravel's homage to him in an unbroken sequence played by the French pianist, Alexandre Tharaud in the imposing cathedral in Gerona with its magnificent views of Catalonia.

2pm
Couperin Les barricades mystérieuses
Ravel Prélude, from 'Le tombeau de Couperin'
Couperin La logivière
Ravel Fugue, from 'Le tombeau de Couperin'
Couperin Les jumelles
Ravel Forlane, from 'Le tombeau de Couperin'
Couperin Les roseaux
Ravel Rigaudon, from 'Le tombeau de Couperin'
Couperin Le tic-toc-choc, ou Les maillotins
Ravel Menuet, from 'Le tombeau de Couperin'
Couperin Le carillon de Cithère
Ravel Toccata, from 'Le tombeau de Couperin'
Couperin Les barricades mystérieuses
Alexandre Tharaud (piano


2.45pm
Michel P. de Montéclair (1667-1737)
Concerto No. 1 for Flute and Basso Continuo
Brian Berryman (flute solo), Ratsmusik, Hamburg

3pm
Telemann Singende Geographie, TWV 25:1, for soprano and basso continuo
Tanya Aspelmeier (soprano) Ratsmusik, Hamburg

3.10pm
Bach The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080
Ensemble La Dolcezza , Wolfgang Glüxam (harpsichord).

Afternoon Concert: Baroque Spring

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Katie Derham spotlights some early works by Bach and masterworks of the French baroque

Katie Derham spotlights some early works by Bach and masterworks of the French baroque as part of Radio 3's celebration of Baroque music

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