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Last broadcast on Wed, 22 Oct 2008, 19:00 on BBC Radio 3.

Synopsis

Collegium Vocale, Ghent, conducted by Daniel Reuss, in Handel's The Ways of Zion Do Mourn and Dixit Dominus, performed at the 2008 Saintes Festival, Bordeaux.

Hanna Blazikova, Elisabeth Rapp (sopranos)
Alex Potter (countertenor)
Malcolm Bennett (tenor)
Matthias Lutze (bass)
Collegium Vocale, Ghent
Daniel Reuss (conductor)

Handel: The Ways of Zion do Mourn
Handel: Dixit Dominus

Followed by Play To The Nation, Radio 3's celebration of amateur orchestras across the UK:

Jonathan Pitkin: Mesh (premiere)
Meadows Chamber Orchestra

Stravinsky: Firebird Suite
Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra
Jonathan Butcher, conductor

...and pianothon, showcasing amateur pianists across the nation:

Copland: The Cat and the Nouse
Fionnula Ward

Joseph Cosma: Autumn Leaves
Adrien de Aranjo (piano)

Chopin: Etude Op. 10 No. 4
Michael McHale (piano)

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  1. Wed 22 Oct 2008
    19:00

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