Radio 3 in 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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The best concerts from across the UK and Europe. Available to listen online for 30 days

Experience the best concerts from across the UK and Europe. Available to listen online for 30 days

Radio 3 in Concert: Iestyn Davies & Friends

Iestyn Davies & Friends

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 in Concert, Iestyn Davies & Friends

Live from Wigmore Hall, countertenors Iestyn Davies and Hugh Cutting perform Baroque duos

Live from Wigmore Hall London, countertenors Iestyn Davies & Hugh Cutting perform Baroque duos from Italy & England accompanied by Ensemble Guadagni. Presented by Linton Stephens.

Together with his fellow-countertenor Hugh Cutting, the Wigmore Hall Artist in Residence Iestyn Davies explores the riches of duo writing in the Baroque period, featuring composers from Italy and England. 

Live from Wigmore Hall in London.

Presented by Linton Stephens.

Claudio Monteverdi: Interrotte speranze SV132; Vorrei baciarti SV123
Antonio Lotti: Crudeltà rimproverata Op. 1 No. 6
Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger: Toccata No. 6
Alessandro Grandi: O quam tu pulchra es
Claudio Monteverdi: Ego flos campi SV301; Sì dolce è'l tormento SV332
Girolamo Frescobaldi: Se l'aura spira tutta vezzosa
Giovanni Bononcini: Pietoso nume arcier
Giovanni Felice Sances: Lagrimosa beltà

8.20 Interval

8.40 Part Two
Benedetto Marcello: Felice chi vi mira
George Frideric Handel: Suite in D minor HWV437; Saraband; Caro autor di mia doglia HWV182b
Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger: Toccata No. 1
Giovanni Bononcini: Sempre piango e dir non so
George Frideric Handel: Tamerlano HWV18; Coronata di gigli e di rose


Iestyn Davies, countertenor
Hugh Cutting, countertenor
Ensemble Guadagni:
   Tom Foster organ, harpsichord
   Thomas Dunford lute
   Jonathan Byers cello
   Siobhán Armstrong harp

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