Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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BBC Radio 3 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Third Programme.

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Live and recorded concerts from all over the UK. Includes the Wigmore chamber music series

Live and recorded concerts from all over the United Kingdom. Also includes the flagship Wigmore chamber music series.

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Glenarm Festival of Voice 2022 - Celebrating Opera Composers

Glenarm Festival of Voice 2022 - Celebrating Opera Composers

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Glenarm Festival of Voice 2022 - Celebrating Opera Composers

Performances of songs by Mozart, Verdi, Puccini and Balfe.

Tenor Alessandro Fisher, baritone James Newby and soprano Soraya Mafi, accompanied by pianist Simon Lepper, perform songs by Mozart, Verdi, Puccini and Balfe.

Recitals from Northern Ireland Opera's Festival of Voice 2022, recorded at St Patrick's Church of Ireland in Glenarm, Co Antrim.

John Toal introduces accompanist Simon Lepper with tenor and former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Alessandro Fisher, baritone James Newby and British soprano Soraya Mafi in a programme celebrating operatic composers including songs by Mozart, Verdi, Puccini and Balfe.


Mozart: An Chloe; Wie Unglücklich bin ich nit; Abendempfindung; Das Veilchen 
Soraya Mafi (soprano); Simon Lepper (piano)

Bellini: Malinconia, ninfa gentile; Per pietà bell’ idol mil; Ma rendi pur content 
Verdi: Il Poveretto 
Puccini: Sole e amore; Storiella d’amore 
Alessandro Fisher (tenor); Simon Lepper (piano)

Donzietti: Il pescatore 		 				
Soraya Mafi (soprano); Simon Lepper (piano)

Julius Benedict: Farewell 
William Balfe: The Day is Done 		
William Wallace: Good Night 
Arthur Sullivan: The Lost Chord			
James Newby (baritone); Simon Lepper (piano)

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