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Il Pomo d'Oro from the Edinburgh International Music Festival plus a song recital from London's Wigmore Hall

Elizabeth Alker showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond including Italian music from Il Pomo d'Oro plus a song from James Atkinson at London's Wigmore Hall

Today's Classical Live begins with a recital from London’s Wigmore Hall featuring current ѿý Radio 3 New Generation Artist James Atkinson with pianist Iain Burnside. This is the young British baritone’s first Wigmore Hall lunchtime recital and includes works by Clara and Robert Schumann and Brahms’s reflections on life and death.

Also in today's programme, Elizabeth Alker showcases specially recorded performances from this year's Edinburgh International Music Festival. You are invited to sample life at one of the great courts of 17th-century Italy for a concert extravaganza of early Baroque music with Il Pomo d’Oro and countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński. They perform songs, arias and instrumental numbers from their recent album Beyond.

Italy’s RAI National Symphony Orchestra perform music by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Tchaikovsky.

Live from Wigmore Hall, London:

Robert Schumann
Liederkreis, Op. 39

Clara Schumann
Drei Lieder, Op. 12

Johannes Brahms
Vier ernste Gesänge, Op.121

James Atkinson (baritone)
Iain Burnside (piano)
Introduced by Andrew McGregor

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Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata No. 6, from 'Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248' (for Epiphany)
"Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schauben"
Aco Biščević (tenor)
Ludwig Mittelhammer (baritone)
Tölz Boys' Choir
Concerto Köln
Michael Hofstetter (conductor)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Fatum, Op. 77
Simone Lamsma (violin)
Rai National Symphony Orchestra
Alpesh Chauhan (conductor)

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Overture to Il mercante di Venezia, Op. 76
Rai National Symphony Orchestra
Daniele Rustioni (conductor)

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From the Edinburgh International Music Festival:

Claudio Monteverdi
L’incoronazione di Poppea, ‘E pur io torno qui’

Claudio Monteverdi
Voglio di vita uscir

Biagio Marini
Passacalio from Per ogni sorte di strumento musicale, Op. 22

Giulio Caccini
Le nuove musiche - ‘Amarilli, mia bella’

Girolamo Frescobaldi
Arie musicali, Book I, ‘Cosi mi disprezzate’

Johann Kaspar Kerll Sonata for Two Violins in F 7:24

Il Pomo d’Ooro
Jakub Orlinski (counter tenor)

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2 hours, 58 minutes

Music Played

  • Robert Schumann

    Liederkreis Op. 39 (1840)

    Performer: James Atkinson. Performer: Iain Burnside.
  • Clara Schumann

    Three Lieder Op. 12 (1841)

    Performer: James Atkinson. Performer: Iain Burnside.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Four Serious Songs Op. 121 (1896)

    Performer: James Atkinson. Performer: Iain Burnside.
  • Franz Schubert

    Wandrers Nachtlied II

    Performer: James Atkinson. Performer: Iain Burnside.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christmas Oratorio, Cantata VI

    Performer: Katherine Watson. Performer: Iestyn Davies. Performer: James Gilchrist. Performer: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Performer: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Performer: Matthew Brook. Performer: Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Fatum, Op. 77

    Orchestra: RAI National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan.
  • César Franck

    Piano Quintet in F Minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Michel Dalberto. Ensemble: Novus String Quartet.
    • César Franck: Piano Works & Quintet.
    • 貹é.
    • 8.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    L'incoronazione di Poppea - 'E pur io torno qui'

    Ensemble: Pomo d'Oro.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Voglio di vita uscir

    Ensemble: Pomo d'Oro. Singer: Jakob Orlinski.
  • Biagio Marini

    Passacalio from Per ogni sorte di strumento musicale, Op. 22

    Ensemble: Pomo d'Oro. Singer: Jakob Orlinski.
  • Giulio Caccini

    Le nuove musiche - 'Amarilli, mia bella'

    Ensemble: Pomo d'Oro. Singer: Jakob Orlinski.
  • Girolamo Frescobaldi

    Arie musicali, Book I - 'Cosi mi disprezzate'

    Ensemble: Pomo d'Oro. Singer: Jakob Orlinski.
  • Johann Kaspar Kerll

    Sonata for Two Violins in F

    Ensemble: Pomo d'Oro. Singer: Jakob Orlinski.
  • Mario Castelnuovo‐Tedesco

    Overture to Il mercante di Venezia, Op. 76

    Orchestra: RAI National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniele Rustioni.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    The Arts and the Hours (Les Boreades)

    Music Arranger: Víkingur Ólafsson. Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Debussy & Rameau.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 17.

Broadcast

  • Mon 6 Jan 2025 13:00