Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20090420 | Penny Gore presents music celebrating the birthdays of Shakespeare and composer John McCabe. McCabe: Horn Concerto (rainforest iv) David Pyatt (horn) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Tadaaki Otaka (conductor) Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet (excerpts) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) 3.30pm Chris de Souza: Bottom's Dream BBC Singers 3.50pm Mozart: Piano Concerto No 9 in E flat, K271 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Shai Wosner (piano/director) Shostakovich: Symphony No 9 Michal Dworzinski (conductor). Penny Gore presents John McCabe's Horn Concerto, and music by Berlioz, Mozart and de Souza | |
| 02 | 20090421 | Penny Gore presents music celebrating the birthdays of Shakespeare and composer John McCabe. Mozart: Piano Concerto No 21 in C, K467 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Shai Wosner (piano/director) Frank Martin: Songs of Ariel BBC Singers James Weeks (conductor) 2.40pm McCabe: Concerto No 1 for piano and orchestra, Op 42 John McCabe (piano) Christopher Austin (conductor) 3.10pm Respighi: Fountains of Rome BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Verdi: Willow Song; Ave Maria (Otello) Desdemona - Kristine Opolais (soprano) Respighi: Pines of Rome 4.05pm Puccini: Scene by the Barriere d'enfer (La boheme) Mimi - Kristine Opolais (soprano) Musetta - Sarah Tynan (soprano) Rodolfo - Tomislav Muzek (tenor) Marcello - Franco Vassallo (baritone) Respighi: Feste romane Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Penny Gore presents John McCabe's Concerto No 1 for piano and orchestra. Plus Respighi. | |
| 03 | 20090422 | Penny Gore presents music celebrating the birthdays of Shakespeare and composer John McCabe. Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) 2.50pm John McCabe: Mangan Triptych BBC Singers David Hill (conductor) 3.20pm Haydn: Symphony No 92 (Oxford) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Nicholas Kraemer (director). Sullivan: Dance of the Nymphs and Reapers; Prelude to Act v and Epilogue from 'The Tempest' Suite Richard Hickox (conductor) Penny Gore presents John McCabe's Mangan Triptych, plus music by Prokofiev and Haydn. | |
| 04 | Handel: Tamerlano, Acts 1 And 2 | 20090423 | Handel Operas 2009 As part of BBC Radio 3's complete cycle of Handel operas, Penny Gore presents the tragic tale of Bajazet and Asteria, a proud Ottoman Sultan and his beautiful daughter, captured by the vicious Tartar Emperor Tamerlano. A work without the 'lieto fine' or happy ending, so beloved of Handel's London opera audiences, it is considered to be Handel's deepest, darkest and most 'Shakespearean' opera. Handel: Tamerlano (Acts 1 and 2) Tamerlano - Monica Bacelli (contralto) Bajazet - Tom Randle (tenor) Asteria - Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz (soprano) Andronico, her lover - Graham Pushee (countertenor) Irene, Princess betrothed to Tamerlano - Anna Bonitatibus (mezzo-soprano) Leone, Andronico's sidekick - Antonio Abete (bass) The English Concert Trevor Pinnock (director) 4.10pm Shakespeare and McCabe Continuing a series to celebrate the birthdays of Shakespeare and composer John McCabe. Mendelssohn: Overture (A Midsummer Night's Dream) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Martyn Brabbins (conductor) Ralph Vaughan Williams: Shakespeare Songs BBC Singers James Weeks (conductor) Tchaikovsky: Hamlet, Op 67 - fantasy overture BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky (conductor). Acts 1 and 2 of Handel's opera Tamerlano. Plus music celebrating Shakespeare's birthday. |
| 05 | Handel: Tamerlano (act 3) | 20090424 | Handel Operas 2009 Tamerlano - Monica Bacelli (contralto) Bajazet - Tom Randle (tenor) Asteria - Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz (soprano) Andronico - Graham Pushee (countertenor) Irene - Anna Bonitatibus (mezzo-soprano) Leone - Antonio Abete (bass) The English Concert Trevor Pinnock (director) Plus Shakespeare and McCabe Penny Gore presents music celebrating the birthdays of Shakespeare and composer John McCabe. 3.10pm Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet - fantasy overture BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) McCabe: Arthur Pendragon - Ballet Suite No 1 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Christopher Austin (conductor) 4.05pm Jaakko Mantyjarvi: Shakespeare Songs BBC Singers James Weeks (conductor) Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No 2 Alina Ibragimova (violin) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Jac van Steen (conductor). Handel: Tamerlano (Act 3). Plus Shakespeare and McCabe: John McCabe: Arthur Pendragon. |