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Radio 3 Live in Concert: Live from the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester: Episode 2: Stravinsky

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Episode 2: Stravinsky

Stravinsky

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Live in Concert, Live from the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, Stravinsky

HK Gruber conducts the BBC Philharmonic in a performance of Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex.

Live from the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, Martin Handley presents the BBC Philharmonic under HK Gruber in a performance of Stravinsky's opera-oratorio Oedipus Rex.

Live from The Bridgewater Hall in Manchester.

Presented by Martin Handley

The BBC Philharmonic, with Composer/Conductor HK Gruber, performs James MacMillan's The Sacrifice, Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, and Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex.

Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex

Oedipus ..... Ian Bostridge (tenor)
Jocasta ..... Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano)
Creon ..... Darren Jeffery (bass)
Tiresias ..... Matthew Best (bass)
Shepherd ..... Timothy Robinson (tenor)
Messenger ..... Neal Davies (bass-baritone)
Narrator ..... Malcolm Raeburn
Hallé Choir
BBC Philharmonic
HK Gruber (conductor)


Hear a timeless story made startlingly new, as HK Gruber and some of the greatest singers of our time join forces in Stravinsky's astonishing opera-oratorio 'Oedipus Rex'. It's the jaw-dropping finish to a night of myth, poetry and basic instincts: from Britten's rapturous 'Serenade' through the passionate and visceral emotions of the orchestral interludes from James MacMillan's most recent opera, 'The Sacrifice'.

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The BBC Philharmonic under HK Gruber in music by James MacMillan, Britten and Stravinsky

Martin Handley presents a concert featuring the BBC Philharmonic under HK Gruber. With music by James MacMillan, Britten and Stravinsky

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