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Thursday - Dido and Aeneas

Purcell's opera from the Confidencen festival in Sweden. Jacob Hrusa conducts Brahms's First Symphony.

Penny Gore introduces another afternoon of the best classical music, from the 蜜芽传媒's orchestras and from ensembles and festivals around Europe.

Today, from this year's Confidencen Opera Festival in Sweden, Purcell's first opera based on the story of Dido, Queen of Carthage, and the Prince of Troy, Aeneas. Jacob Hrusa conducts Brahms and Dvorak in Frankfurt, and Chloe Hanslip joins the 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales in Samuel Barber's Violin Concerto.

Including:

Barber: Violin concerto, Op 14
Chloe Hanslip (violin)
蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales
Douglas Boyd (conductor)

Dvorak: Biblical Songs, op.99
Gerhild Romberger (contralto)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jacob Hrusa (conductor)

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Brahms: Symphony No.1 in C minor, Op.68
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jacob Hrusa (conductor)

Grieg: How Fair is Thy Face, from 'Four Psalms' Op.74
Bavarian Radio Chorus
Christian Immler (soloist)
Julia Selina Blank (conductor)

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Ida R盲nzl枚v, mezzo (Dido)
Bernt Ola Volungholen, baritone (Aeneas)
Rupert Enticknap, countertenor (Sorcerer)
Christina Larsson Malmberg, soprano (Belinda)
Confidencen Opera & Music Festival Orchestra
Olof Boman (conductor)

3 hours, 1 minute

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Thu 2 Dec 2021 14:00
蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    8 Humoresques, Op 101; (No 7 in G flat major)

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Michael Seal.

  • Samuel Barber

    Violin concerto, Op 14

    Performer: Chlo毛 Hanslip. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Douglas Boyd.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Biblical Songs, op. 99

    Singer: Gerhild Romberger. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jakub Hr暖拧a.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 1 in C minor, op. 68

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jakub Hr暖拧a.

  • Edvard Grieg

    How Fair is Thy Face, op. 74/1 from 'Four Psalms (Fire salmer)'

    Performer: Christian Immler. Choir: Bavarian Radio Chorus. Conductor: Julia Selina Blank.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Suite No 2 in F, HWV427

    Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland.

  • Henry Purcell

    Dido and Aeneas, opera, Z. 626

    Librettist: Nahum Tate. Singer: Ida R盲nzl枚v. Singer: Bernt Ola Volungholen. Singer: Rupert Enticknap. Singer: Christina Larsson Malmberg. Singer: Lisa Carlioth. Singer: Mathilda Sid茅n Silfver. Singer: Mikael Stenbaek. Singer: Arash Azarbad. Orchestra: Confidencen Opera & Music Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Olof Boman.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Quia respexit (Vespro della Beata Vergine)

    Director: Christina Pluhar. Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata.
    • C. Monteverdi : Vespro della Beata Vergine - 1610: Christina Pluhar/L'Arpeggiata.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 15.

Broadcast

  • Thu 2 Dec 2021 14:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3