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Wednesday - Handel's Israel in Egypt, Part 1

Penny Gore introduces the first part of Handel's Israel in Egypt, performed by the Zürcher Sing-Akademie and Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, conducted by René Jacobs.

Penny Gore presents a week of Afternoon Concert, which over the next three afternoons features Handel's Israel in Egypt performed by the Zürcher Sing-Akademie and Freiburg Baroque Orchestra conducted by René Jacobs. Plus Dejan Lazić peforms Mozart, and there's more from the BBC Singers' recent recording of French choral music.

Presented by Penny Gore

2pm
Maurice Ravel: Soupir (from Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé) (arranged for a cappella choir by Clytus Gottwald)
BBC Singers
Robert Hollingworth (conductor)

Mozart Piano Sonata no.13 in B flat major, K.333
Dejan Lazić (piano)

Stravinsky Divertimento, from 'Le Baiser de la fée'
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Francois-Xavier Roth (conductor)

3pm
Handel Israel in Egypt, HWV54 – Part 1: The Lamentation of the Israelites for the Death of Joseph
Robin Johannsen (soprano)
Emmanuel de Negri (soprano)
Alberto Miguélez Rouco (counter-tenor)
Jeremy Ovenden (tenor)
Neal Davies (bass)
Yannick Debus (bass)
Zürcher Sing-Akademie
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
René Jacobs (conductor)

Ibert Escales, symphonic poem
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Alain Altinoglu (conductor)

2 hours, 1 minute

Last on

Wed 2 Nov 2022 14:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Maurice Ravel

    Soupir (Trois poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé) arr. Clytus Gottwald

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Robert Hollingworth.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No. 13 in B flat, K. 333

    Performer: Dejan Lazić.

  • Sally Beamish

    Song of the Birds

    Performer: Steven Isserlis.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Divertimento, from 'Le Baiser de la fée'

    Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.

  • Niccolò Paganini

    Caprice No. 17 in E flat, op. 1

    Performer: Julia Fischer.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Israel in Egypt, oratorio, HWV 54 - Part I: The Lamentation of the Israelites...

    Singer: Robin Johannsen. Singer: Emmanuelle de Negri. Singer: Alberto Miguélez Rouco. Singer: Julian Ovenden. Singer: Neal Davies. Singer: Christian Immler. Choir: Zürcher Sing-Akademie. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: René Jacobs.

  • Jacques Ibert

    Escales, symphonic poem

    Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alain Altinoglu.

Broadcast

  • Wed 2 Nov 2022 14:00
    BBC Radio 3