Episode 3

Verity Sharp introduces performances by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales of Italian music conductor Francesco Angelico with by Rossini, Respighi and Verdi recorded last autumn at Venue Cymru in Llandudno. Soprano Ruby Hughes sings Italian opera arias by Respighi and Mozart, and Richard Hickox conducts Elgar's affectionate orchestral landscape of Italy, 'Alassio'.

Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia - overture
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Francesco Angelico (conductor)

2.10
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro - 'Deh vieni, non tardar'
Ruby Hughes (soprano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Francesco Angelico (conductor)

2.15
Rossini: Otello - 'Assisa a pie d'un salice' (Willow Song)
Ruby Hughes (soprano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Francesco Angelico (conductor)

2.25
Respighi: Gli Ucelli
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Francesco Angelico (conductor)

2.45
Verdi: La forza del destino - overture
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Francesco Angelico (conductor)

2.55
Mozart: Idomeneo - 'Non ho colpa'
Ruby Hughes (soprano)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Francesco Angelico (conductor)

3.0
Elgar: In the South (Alassio)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox (conductor).