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Edinburgh International Festival

Music: Classical

Ronald Brautigam, Esther Hoppe & Christian Poltéra

Series of broadcasts from the Edinburgh International Festival

Edinburgh International Festival: 2015 Queen's Hall Series

Edinburgh International Festival: 2015 Queen's Hall Series: Episode 8: Queen's Hall Series: Iestyn Davies

2015 Queen's Hall Series

Episode 8

Episode 8: Queen's Hall Series: Iestyn Davies

Queen's Hall Series: Iestyn Davies

BBC Radio 3 - Edinburgh International Festival, 2015 Queen's Hall Series, Queen's Hall Series: Iestyn Davies

From the Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, Iestyn Davies with Richard Egarr and Ensemble Guadagni.

Live from the Queen's Hall, countertenor Iestyn Davies is joined by Richard Egarr and Ensemble Guadagni to perform English Baroque music for Royal occasions, dances and feasts.

Live from the Queens Hall, countertenor Iestyn Davies is joined by Richard Egarr and Ensemble Guadagni, for a concert of English Baroque music for royal occasions, dances and feasts.

Purcell: Strike the viol (Come ye sons of Art, away); Here the Deities approve (Welcome to all the Pleasures); O Solitude, my sweetest choice, Z406
Blow: Suite from Venus and Adonis
Purcell: One Charming Night & The Plaint (The Fairy Queen)
Purcell: Second Act Tune, Second Act Air and Third Act Prelude (King Arthur)
Purcell: Air for the Cold Genius - What Pow'r art Thou (King Arthur)

11.45am Interval: Donald Macleod presents the latest release from the Philharmonia Orchestra who perform the first of two concerts this evening at Edinburgh's Usher Hall.
Mahler: Symphony No 7 - Rondo Finale, Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Lorin Maazel.

12.05pm
Purcell: Sweeter than Roses; If Music be the Food of Love Z379b; Music for a While
Purcell: Fantasia: Three Parts on a Ground Z731
Purcell: Crown the Altar (Celebrate this Festival); Fairest Isle (King Arthur); An Evening Hymn

Iestyn Davies (countertenor)
Richard Egarr (harpsichord)
Ensemble Guadagni.

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Concerts from the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh for the 2015 Edinburgh International Festival.

Concerts given at the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh as part of the 2014 Edinburgh International Festival

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