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Early Music Day 2025: Earning a Living on the Stage

This concert in the Making a Living series from the Fundación Juan March in Madrid showcases Baroque composers who, attentive to public demand, focused on works for the stage.

This concert in the Making a Living series from the Fundación Juan March in Madrid showcases Baroque composers who, attentive to satisfying public demand, focused on creating works for the stage. Jonathan Swain presents.

12:31 AM
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
E pur io torno qui - 'L’incoronazione di Poppea' Act 1
Xavier Sabata (counter tenor), Dani Espasa (harpsichord)

12:39 AM
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Preludium in F Minor; 'Cor ingrato' - Rinaldo Act 1
Dani Espasa (harpsichord), Xavier Sabata (counter tenor)

12:46 AM
Johann Adolf Hasse (1699-1783)
Harpsichord Sonata in D minor, Op 7 no 5
Dani Espasa (harpsichord)

12:52 AM
Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676)
Erme e solinghe cime - Endimione's aria from 'La Calisto'
Xavier Sabata (counter tenor), Dani Espasa (harpsichord)

12:58 AM
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Passacaille from Suite no 7 in G minor, HWV 432
Dani Espasa (harpsichord)

01:03 AM
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Minacciami non ho timor - Amadigi's aria from 'Amadigi di Gaula' HWV 11
Xavier Sabata (counter tenor), Dani Espasa (harpsichord)

01:12 AM
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Excerpts from Admeto, HWV 22
Xavier Sabata (counter tenor), Dani Espasa (harpsichord)

01:22 AM
Agostino Steffani (1654-1728)
Excerpts from Orlando generoso
Xavier Sabata (counter tenor), Dani Espasa (harpsichord)

01:32 AM
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)
Toccata no 2 in A minor, from Primo e Secondo Libro di Toccate per Cembalo
Dani Espasa (harpsichord)

01:36 AM
Francesco Gasparini (1668-1727)
Qui ti scrivo o nome amato - Cefalo's aria from L’oracolo del fato
Xavier Sabata (counter tenor), Dani Espasa (harpsichord)

01:40 AM
Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676)
Misero Apollo, from Gli amori di Apollo e di Dafne
Xavier Sabata (counter tenor), Dani Espasa (harpsichord)

01:45 AM
Michelangelo Rossi (c.1601-1656)
Toccata Settima
Dani Espasa (harpsichord)

01:50 AM
Benedetto Ferrari (1603/4-1681)
Amanti, io vi so dire, from Musiche e poesie varie à voce solo, Libro III
Xavier Sabata (counter tenor), Dani Espasa (harpsichord)

01:56 AM
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Fammi combattere, from Orlando HWV 31 (encore)
Xavier Sabata (counter tenor), Dani Espasa (harpsichord)

02:00 AM
Francesca Caccini (1587-1640)
Maria, dolce Maria - from Il primo libro delle musiche a una, e due voci
Suzie Le Blanc (soprano), Tragicomedia, Stephen Stubbs (director)

02:04 AM
Carl Luython (1557-1620)
Lamentationes Hieremiae Prophetae a 6
Huelgas Ensemble, Paul van Nevel (conductor)

02:24 AM
Dario Castello (1602-1631)
Sonata decimaquinta
La Scintilla Orchestra, Riccardo Minasi (conductor)

02:31 AM
Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Symphony no 2 in E minor, Op 27
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin (conductor)

03:19 AM
Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Sonata no. 6 in A major Op.82 for piano
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)

03:45 AM
Jacques Ibert (1890-1962)
Flute Concerto
Yuri Shut'ko (flute), NRCU Symphony Orchestra, Vyacheslav Blinov (conductor)

04:05 AM
Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613), arr. Peter Maxwell Davies
2 Motets arr. Maxwell Davies for brass quintet
Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble

04:14 AM
Pancho Vladigerov (1899-1978)
Aquarelles, for clarinet and piano, Op 37
Dancho Radevski (clarinet), Mario Angelov (piano)

04:22 AM
Le Concert Brise
Improvisation on 'La Monica'
Le Concert Brise, William Dongois (director)

04:31 AM
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Romance for strings in C major, Op 42
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Hannu Koivula (conductor)

04:36 AM
Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-2016)
One star, at last
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor)

04:39 AM
Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983)
Sonata for harp
Godelieve Schrama (harp)

04:50 AM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Quartet for strings in D minor, K.421
Young Danish String Quartet, Rune Sorensen (violin), Frederick Oland (violin), Asbjorn Norgaard (viola), Carl-Oscar Osterlind (cello)

05:17 AM
Thea Musgrave (b.1928)
Loch Ness - a postcard from Scotland for orchestra
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles (conductor)

05:28 AM
Marijan Lipovsek (1910-1995)
Second Suite for Strings
Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, Samo Hubad (conductor)

05:48 AM
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Sonata for clarinet and piano in E flat major, Op 120 no 2
Hans Christian Braein (clarinet), Havard Gimse (piano)

06:09 AM
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Three Psalms, Op 78
Chamber Choir AVE, Andraz Hauptman (conductor)

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  • Mon 25 Aug 2025 00:30