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Penny Gore continues the Handel Opera Cycle with Tolomeo - a tale of marital and fraternal loyalty pitted against deposition, deception and disguise, set in sunny Cyprus. Countertenor Jonathan Peter Kenny joins Penny live in the studio. Plus another quartet from Haydn's ground-breaking Opus 33 set.
Handel Tolomeo: Acts 1 and 2 - Halle Handel Festival Orchestra, conductor Howard Arman
(Act 3 is at 2.30pm tomorrow)
4.25 Haydn String Quartet in G, Op 33 No 5 - Ysaye Quartet
Penny Gore presents Acts 1 and 2 of Handel's Tolomeo, a tale of marital and fraternal loyalty, deception and disguise. Plus the Ysaye Quartet in Haydn: String Quartet in G, Op 33. Show more
Continuing Radio 3's complete Handel opera cycle, Penny Gore presents Acts 1 and 2 of Handel's Tolomeo, a tale of marital and fraternal loyalty, deposition, deception and disguise. Show more
Nicholas Shakespeare's story recalls the stange influence of Tasmania's famous fog, and how it once forced a ship from England dramatically off course. Read by James Laurenson.
From Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, Martin Handley presents the conclusion of the BBC Philharmonic's Haydn programme. Haydn: The Storm; Te Deum; Mass in B flat (Theresien). Show more
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