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Handel, Vivaldi and Bach from Arcangelo

Arcangelo and their director, Jonathan Cohen are joined by the vocal soloists Carolyn Sampson and Tim Mead for a programme of sunny Handel, theatrical Vivaldi and haunting Bach.

From Italy to Germany: Arcangelo and their director, Jonathan Cohen are joined by the soprano Carolyn Sampson and the counter tenor Tim Mead as they explore the fruitful links between the musical cultures of Baroque Italy and Germany.

Wigmore Hall's ensemble in residence begin their programme with a luscious and virtuosic sacred motet for soprano and orchestra by Handel, who spent four years in Italy as a young man. Tim Mead sings a theatrical aria by Vivaldi who was a major inspiration on the young Handel and the programme ends with an adaptation by Johan Sebastian Bach of one of the most famous works in all Baroque Europe, Pergolesi's Stabat mater.

Presented by Ian Skelly and recorded at Wigmore Hall.

Handel: Silete venti - motet HWV.242
Handel: Concerto grosso in F major Op.3 No.4
Vivaldi: Cessate omai cessate - cantata RV.684 for alto
Vivaldi: Concerto in A minor RV.522, Op.3 No.8 for 2 violins from 'L'estro armonico'

at c. 8.25pm Interval Music: Imogen Cooper plays . Sposalizio, Il Penseroso, Canzonetta del Salvator Rosa and Sonetto 104 del Petrarca from Liszt's 'Années de Pèlerinage, Italie.'

c. 8.45pm
Bach: Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden (Psalm 51) BWV.1083 [based on Pergolesi's Stabat Mater]

Carolyn Sampson - Soprano
Tim Mead - Counter-tenor
Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen (director)

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Tue 24 May 2022 19:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Silete venti - motet, HWV.242

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Director: Jonathan Cohen.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in F major Op.3`4

    Ensemble: Arcangelo. Director: Jonathan Cohen.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Cessate omai cessate - cantata, RV.684

    Singer: Tim Mead. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Director: Jonathan Cohen.

  • Franz Liszt

    Four pieces from 'Années de Pèlerinage, Italie'

    Performer: Imogen Cooper.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in A minor for 2 violins, RV.522, Op.3

    Performer: Michael Gurevich. Performer: Louise Ayrton. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Director: Jonathan Cohen.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden, BWV1083 (based on Pergolesi's Stabat Mater)

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Singer: Tim Mead. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Director: Jonathan Cohen.

  • Thomas Tallis

    Agnus Dei (Missa Salve intemerata)

    Choir: Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge. Director: Andrew Nethsingha.
    • Hear My Words: Choral Classics from St John's: Choir of St John's College, Cambr.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.

  • Carl Nielsen

    Little Suite in A minor Op.1 (Intermezzo)

    Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra. Director: Iona Brown.
    • The Sound of Scandinavia.
    • EMI Classics.

  • Carl Nielsen

    Strange Evening Breeze (A Score of Danish Songs)

    Choir: Danish National Vocal Ensemble. Conductor: Michael Schønwandt.
    • DACAPO.

Broadcast

  • Tue 24 May 2022 19:30
    BBC Radio 3