Afternoon Concert

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Afternoon Concert: Thursday - Opera Matinee

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Thursday - Opera Matinee

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Thursday - Opera Matinee

Giordano's Andrea Chenier from the Royal Opera House Covent Garden.

Giordano's Andrea Chenier from the Royal Opera House Covent Garden. Plus more from this week's featured orchestra - the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Today's Thursday Opera Matinee is a gigantic verismo opera and Giordano's most accomplished work. Recorded in 2019 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, with the tenor Roberto Alagna in the title role of Andrea Chénier, inspired by the heroic poet who gave his life during the French Revolution. The soprano Sondra Radvanovsky is Maddalena de Coigny, an aristocratic lady and Chénier's love interest in this melodramatic tale of ill-fated romance and tragedy. Daniel Oren conducts the ROH orchestra and chorus. Plus more from this week's featured orchestra, the BBC Scottish Symphony, with music by Ireland and Mozart.

Presented by Fiona Talkington.

Giordano  Andrea Chénier                              
Andrea Chénier ..... Roberto Alagna (tenor)
Maddalena de Coigny ..... Sondra Radvanovsky (soprano)
Carlo Gerard ..... Dimitri Platanias (baritone)
Bersi ..... Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano)
Countess di Coigny ..... Rosalind Plowright (soprano)
Master of the Household ..... John Cunningham (bass baritone)
Pietro Fleville ..... Stephen Gadd (bass)
Abbé ..... Aled Hall (tenor)
Mathieu ..... Adrian Clarke (baritone)
The Incredible ..... Carlo Bosi (tenor)
Roucher ..... David Stout (baritone)
Madelon ..... Elena Zilio (mezzo-soprano)
Dumas ..... German E Alacantara (baritone)
Schmidt ..... Jeremy White (bass)
Royal Opera House Chorus
Royal Opera House Orchestra
Daniel Oren (conductor)

c.4.05pm
John Ireland Fantasy Sonata, orch. Graham Parlett   
Robert Plane (clarinet)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

c.4.20pm
Mozart Concerto in E flat K365 for 2 pianos 
Lucas & Arthur Jussen, pianos  
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbins, conductor

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