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: Concerto Italiano

Concerto Italiano

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Concerto Italiano

Live from Wigmore Hall, the thrilling Baroque ensemble perform Scarlatti and Handel.

Live from Wigmore Hall, the thrilling Baroque ensemble, Concerto Italiano, perform Alessandro Scarlatti, Handel and the lesser-known Francesco Mancini.

Founded in 1984 and receiving accolade after accolade since then, the brilliant Baroque ensemble, Concerto Italiano, perform works by Alessandro Scarlatti and Handel, as well as the lesser-known Neapolitan composer Francesco Mancini, whose 'Dal fatale momento' was formerly attributed to Handel.

Live from Wigmore Hall, London
Presented by Andrew McGregor

Alessandro Scarlatti: Clori, Dorino e Amore - Clori mia - Dorino caro
Alessandro Scarlatti: Cello Sonata No. 1 in D minor
Alessandro Scarlatti: Per un momento solo
George Frideric Handel: Che vai pensando, HWV184
George Frideric Handel: Suite in E minor HWV438
Francesco Mancini: Dal fatale momento, HWV101b (attributed to Handel)
George Frideric Handel: Tacete, ohimè, tacete, HWV196

Concerto Italiano:
Sonia Tedla (soprano)
Gabriele Lombardi (bass)
Marco Frezzato (cello)
Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord/director)

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