Saturday
Catherine Bott presents a concert of Giovanni Gabrieli's glorious music for brass ensemble, given by His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts and Concerto Palatino as part of the 2012 Edinburgh International Festival
Sunday
Lucie Skeaping presents a profile of one of the earliest and best-known English operas - Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas", the love story of the Queen of Carthage and her Trojan hero. Set to a libretto by Nahum Tate, Dido and Aeneas was first performed in Chelsea in July 1688, and although it wasn't staged again in the composer's lifetime, it received a brief revival in 1700 and then disappeared completely as a staged work, with only sporadic concert performances until 1895 when the first staged version in modern times was performed by students of the Royal College of Music at London's Lyceum Theatre to mark the bicentenary of Purcell's death. It has since become one of the most frequently staged operas all over the world
Note (
):
But ere we this perform’…Echo Dance of Furies from ‘Dido and Aeneas’, Act 2
Performers: Kate Eckersley, Lucie Skeaping, Taverner Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott (director)
SONY CLASSICAL, SK 62993, Tracks 22-24
CD Review
9.05
Zelenka’s sonatas performed by Monica Huggett and Ensemble Marsyas
Simone Kermes sings arias by Porpora, Leo, Hasse, Pergolegi and Handel.
FYI:
10.20am Newly Released includes:
Vivaldi - Missae & Vesperae performed by Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallin Chamber Orchestra, and
Scarlatti (Domenico) - Geistliche Chorwerke
Plus
11:05am
Jessica Duchen joins Andrew to discuss recent releases of music by J. S. Bach
Catherine Bott presents a concert of Giovanni Gabrieli's glorious music for brass ensemble, given by His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts and Concerto Palatino as part of the 2012 Edinburgh International Festival
Sunday
Lucie Skeaping presents a profile of one of the earliest and best-known English operas - Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas", the love story of the Queen of Carthage and her Trojan hero. Set to a libretto by Nahum Tate, Dido and Aeneas was first performed in Chelsea in July 1688, and although it wasn't staged again in the composer's lifetime, it received a brief revival in 1700 and then disappeared completely as a staged work, with only sporadic concert performances until 1895 when the first staged version in modern times was performed by students of the Royal College of Music at London's Lyceum Theatre to mark the bicentenary of Purcell's death. It has since become one of the most frequently staged operas all over the world
Note (
): But ere we this perform’…Echo Dance of Furies from ‘Dido and Aeneas’, Act 2
Performers: Kate Eckersley, Lucie Skeaping, Taverner Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott (director)
SONY CLASSICAL, SK 62993, Tracks 22-24
CD Review
9.05
Zelenka’s sonatas performed by Monica Huggett and Ensemble Marsyas
Simone Kermes sings arias by Porpora, Leo, Hasse, Pergolegi and Handel.
FYI:
10.20am Newly Released includes:
Vivaldi - Missae & Vesperae performed by Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallin Chamber Orchestra, and
Scarlatti (Domenico) - Geistliche Chorwerke
Plus
11:05am
Jessica Duchen joins Andrew to discuss recent releases of music by J. S. Bach
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