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The Early Opera Company

Hannah French chats to harpsichordist and director of The Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn.

Producer: Ben Collingwood.

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59 minutes

Last on

Sun 23 Nov 202517:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Overture to Serse

    Orchestra: Early Opera Company. Director: Christian Curnyn.
    • CHACONNE.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Endless Pleasure, Endless Love from Semele

    Singer: Rosemary Joshua. Orchestra: Early Opera Company. Director: Christian Curnyn.
    • CHANDOS.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Chorus: O Terror and Astonishment, from Semele

    Orchestra: Early Opera Company. Choir: Chorus of the Early Opera Company. Director: Christian Curnyn.
    • CHANDOS.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Sinfonia, from Acis and Galatea

    Orchestra: Early Opera Company. Director: Christian Curnyn.
    • CHANDOS.

  • George Frideric Handel

    O ruddier than the cherry, from Acis and Galatea

    Singer: Neal Davies. Orchestra: Early Opera Company. Director: Christian Curnyn.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Maurice Greene

    The foes of Gilead are no more, from Jephtha

    Choir: Chorus of the Early Opera Company. Orchestra: Early Opera Company. Director: Christian Curnyn.
    • CHANDOS.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Vanne lungi dal mio petto, from Amadigi di Gaula

    Singer: Mary Bevan. Orchestra: Early Opera Company. Director: Christian Curnyn.
    • CHANDOS.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Pena tiranna, from Amadigi di Gaula

    Singer: Hilary Summers. Orchestra: Early Opera Company. Director: Christian Curnyn.
    • CHANDOS.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Gentle Morpheus, from Alceste

    Singer: Lucy Crowe. Orchestra: Early Opera Company. Director: Christian Curnyn.
    • CHANDOS.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Voglio tempo, from Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (Wigmore Live)

    Singer: Hilary Summers. Singer: Anna Stéphany. Singer: Andrew Staples. Singer: Lucy Crowe. Orchestra: Early Opera Company. Director: Christian Curnyn.
    • Wigmore Hall.

Broadcast

  • Sun 23 Nov 202517:00
    BBC Radio 3

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