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Afternoon Concert: Thursday - Handel's Israel in Egypt, Part 2

Penny Gore - Afternoon Concert

Thursday - Handel's Israel in Egypt, Part 2

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Thursday - Handel's Israel in Egypt, Part 2

Music by Respighi, Handel and Stravinsky.

Penny Gore introduces the second part of Handel's Israel in Egypt, performed by the Zürcher Sing-Akademie and Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.

Penny Gore presents a week of Afternoon Concert, featuring today the second part of Handel's Israel in Egypt performed by the Zürcher Sing-Akademie and Freiburg Baroque Orchestra conducted by René Jacobs. Plus highlights of a concert accordian player Martynas Levickis gave with his ensemble Mikroorkéstra, and newly recorded Jean Francaix from the BBC Singers.

Presented by Penny Gore.

2pm
Vivaldi Presto from Summer, The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G minor, RV315 
Martynas Levickis (accordian)
Mikroorkéstra

Jean Francaix Deux Motets: i) Qui me donnera des ailes;  ii) Les âmes des justes sont dans les mains de Dieu 
BBC Singers
Francesca Massey (organ)
Robert Hollingworth (conductor)

Ravel Rapsodie espagnole
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Pavel Snajdr (conductor)

Piazzolla Excerpts from ‘Five Tango Sensations
(2.Loving, 3.Anxiety, 4.Fear)
Martynas Levickis (accordian)
Mikroorkéstra
 
Respighi Fountains of Rome (Fontane di Roma), symphonic poem
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Juraj Valčuha (conductor)

3pm
Handel Israel in Egypt, HWV54 – Part 2: Exodus
Robin Johannsen (soprano)
Emmanuel de Negri (soprano)
Alberto Miguélez Rouco (counter-tenor)
Jeremy Ovenden (tenor)
Neal Davies (bass)
Yannick Debus (bass)
Zürcher Sing-Akademie
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
René Jacobs (conductor)

Levickis Lithuanian folk song arrangements
(Leliumoj; Šiu namo tpru namo; Palinko Liepa šalia Kelio; Beauštanti aušrele Ruta Žalioj) 
Martynas Levickis (accordian)
Mikroorkéstra

Francaix Ode à la gastronomie 
BBC Singers
Robert Hollingworth (conductor)

Stravinsky The Firebird, concert suite from the ballet (1948)
City of Granada Orchestra
Josep Pons (conductor)

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