Venice: Baroque and modern works
Friday 6 June 2008 13:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
Presented by Louise Fryer.
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
The final chamber performance of the week from the Bath International Music Festival, featuring one of the most feted young pianists to have emerged from the Russian tradition in recent years.
Playlist:
Haydn: Sonata B minor; Sonata in C
Chopin Mazurkas (Op 33, No 2 in D; Op 33, No 4 in B minor)
Scriabin: Mazurkas Op 3 (G minor; C sharp minor; B minor; E)
Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit
Yevgeny Sudbin (piano)
2.30pm Venice
To conclude a week of Venetian recordings, the programme features baroque music as well as 20th century pieces by composers with Venetian connections.
Monteverdi: Dixit Dominus
Cavalli: Sonata a tre (Musiche sacre)
Monteverdi: Beatus vir
Monteverdi: Cantate Domino
Cappella Gregoriana di Venezia
Venice Baroque Orchestra
Andrea Marcon (director)
Britten: Sacred and Profane
Danish National Vocal Ensemble
Soren K Hansen (director)
3.00pm
Vivaldi: Concerto in G minor for strings and continuo, RV 157; Concerto in C for strings and continuo, RV 114
Venice Baroque Orchestra
Andrea Marcon (harpsichord/director)
Pergolesi: Salve Regina in F minor
Sara Mingardo (mezzo-soprano)
Danish Radio Sinfonietta
Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor)
Stravinsky: Petrushka
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Charles Dutoit (conductor)
4.15pm
Petrassi: Nonsense Songs
RTVE Chorus
Josep Vila (conductor)
Vivaldi: In furore iustissima irae - motet for soprano, strings and continuo, RV 626; Concerto in G minor for strings and continuo, RV 156
Maria Espada (soprano)
Venice Baroque Orchestra
Andrea Marcon (harpsichord/director)
