The Consolation Of Philosophy [Afternoon Concert]

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Handel: Orlando (acts 1 And 2)

20090917

Handel Operas 2009

Radio 3's complete Handel opera cycle continues with a performance of Orlando, which has been described as one of the greatest operas he ever wrote.

The hero Orlando goes mad with jealousy as his beloved Angelica canoodles with Medoro; the philosopher-cum-magician Zoroastro helps Orlando find the right path through life; and the shepherdess Dorinda - who's also fallen for Medoro - faces up to it with courage and generosity. The moral? Love makes you selfish.

Presented by Penny Gore, with contributions from Handel expert Ruth Smith and the conductor of this recording, William Christie.

Orlando - Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano)

Angelica - Rosemary Joshua (soprano)

Medoro - Hilary Summers (contralto)

Dorinda - Rosa Mannion (soprano)

Zoroastro - Harry van der Kamp (bass)

Les Arts Florissants

William Christie (conductor)

4.45pm

Another selection of highlights from Radio 3's Leeds Pianothon, a celebration of amateur piano playing which took place at the Clothworkers Concert Hall at the University of Leeds.

Martin Dodson from Otley, Leeds

Debussy: Serenade for the Doll from Children's Corner

Gillian Butcher from Leicester

Chaminade: L'Ondine (The Water Sprite) Op. 101

Will Hutchinson from Weymouth

Will Hutchinson: Final Variation from the collaborative piece Dorset Sightings

Penny Gore presents Acts 1 and 2 of Handel's Orlando. Plus Leeds Pianothon 2009 highlights

20090914

Penny Gore presents music inspired by philosophers and philosophical ideas, with a programme running the gamut from pessimism to optimism. Featuring songs by Finzi and Britten to words by one of the most philosophical of all poets, Thomas Hardy, alongside Beethoven's famous Schiller setting - the Ode to Joy in his great Ninth Symphony.

Finzi: Before and After Summer

Jonathan Lemalu (baritone)

Michael Hampton (piano)

2.30pm

Haydn: Symphony No 22 (The Philosopher)

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Ilan Volkov (conductor)

Britten: Winter Words

Andrew Kennedy (tenor)

Simon Lepper (piano)

3.30pm

Beethoven: Symphony No 9

4.45pm

A selection of highlights from Radio 3's 2009 Leeds Pianothon, a celebration of amateur piano playing which took place at the Clothworkers Concert Hall at the University of Leeds. Today:

Robin Wade from Leeds

Rachmaninov: Prelude in G# minor, Op. 32 no. 12

Peter Duckworth from London

Scriabin: Piano Sonata no. 2 (also called Fantasy-Sonata) in G# minor, Op. 19: first movement

Penny Gore with music from Finzi, Haydn, Britten, Beethoven. Plus the 2009 Leeds Pianothon

20090915

Penny Gore presents music inspired by philosophy, with a programme focusing on the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. A friend and later enemy of Wagner, Nietzsche developed astonishingly radical and controversial ideas before eventually going mad. He was even an amateur composer himself - and his philosophy was a huge influence on far greater composers including Mahler, Delius, Richard Strauss and Szymanowski.

Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod (Tristan and Isolde)

Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra

Paavo Jarvi (conductor)

Mahler: Symphony No 3 (4th mvt)

Alexandra Petersama (mezzo-soprano)

NDR Symphony Orchestra

Alan Gilbert (conductor)

Delius: A Mass of Life (final section)

Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)

Pamela Bowden (mezzo-soprano)

Ronald Dowd (tenor)

John Shirley-Quirk (baritone)

BBC Chorus and Choral Society

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Norman Del Mar (conductor)

2.40pm

Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Juanjo Mena (conductor)

3.15pm

Szymanowski: King Roger

King Roger II of Sicily - Mariusz Kwiecien (baritone)

Shepherd - Eric Cutler (tenor)

Queen Roxana - Olga Pasichnyk (soprano)

Edrisi, Arabian sage - Stefan Margita (tenor)

Archbishop - Wojtek Smilek (bass)

Deaconess - Jadwiga Rappe (contralto)

Paris National Opera Chorus

Paris National Opera Orchestra

Kazushi Ono (conductor)

4.45pm

More highlights from Radio 3's 2009 Leeds Pianothon, the celebration of amateur piano-playing which took place at the Clothworkers Concert Hall, at the University of Leeds.

Andrew Travis & Patrick Thacker from Chesterfield:

BIZET: Petit mari, petite femme from Jeux d ??Enfants

Dellal McDonald from Staffordshire:

SIBELIUS: Romance, Op. 24

Jonathan Welsh:

LISZT: Polonaise no.1

Penny Gore presents music focusing on Nietzsche, from Wagner, Mahler, Delius and Strauss.

20090916

Penny Gore presents music inspired by philosophy and philosophers.

Monteverdi uses the death of the philosopher Seneca as the model against which to judge the Roman Emperor Nero, while Elisabeth Lutyens' remarkable setting of Ludwig Wittgenstein's masterpiece of logical philosophy contrasts with Michael Tippett's moving and uplifting oratorio A Child of Our Time.

Monteverdi: Seneca's death (The Coronation of Poppea)

Liberto - Lars Johansson Brissman (baritone)

Seneca - Lars Arvidson (bass)

Nero - Charlotte Hellekant (mezzo-soprano)

Lucano - Thomas Walker (tenor)

Drottningholm Court Orchestra

Mark Tatlow (conductor)

Lutyens: Excerpta tractatus-logico philosophici (Wittgenstein Motet)

BBC Singers

James Wood (conductor)

2.30pm

Tippett: A Child of Our Time

Jill Gomez (soprano)

Helen Watts (contralto)

Kenneth Woollam (tenor)

John Shirley-Quirk (baritone)

BBC Symphony Chorus

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor)

3.45pm

Highlights from Radio 3's 2009 Leeds Pianothon, a celebration of amateur piano playing which took place at the Clothworkers Concert Hall at the University of Leeds.

Mary Ann from Preston

JS Bach: Fantasia in C minor (from Fantasia and Fugue, BWV 906)

Peter Foster from Weatley, Oxfordshire

Messiaen: Premier Communion de la Vierge (no. 11 of Vingt Regards sur l'enfant J退sus)

Penny Gore presents music inspired by philosophy. Works by Monteverdi, Lutyens and Tipett.

Handel: Orlando (act 3)

20090918

Handel Operas 2009

Penny Gore presents the final part of Orlando, a work about love and jealousy, and considered to be one of Handel's greatest operas.

Orlando - Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano)

Angelica - Rosemary Joshua (soprano)

Medoro - Hilary Summers (contralto)

Dorinda - Rosa Mannion (soprano)

Zoroastro - Harry van der Kamp (bass)

Les Arts Florissants

William Christie (conductor)

Plus more music inspired by philosophy - including Finzi's setting of Wordsworth's great poem Intimations of Immortality.

3.00pm

Bernstein: Serenade (after Plato's Symposium)

Svetlin Roussef (violin)

Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra

Myung-Whun Chung (conductor)

Rubbra: Symphony No 8 (Hommage a Teilhard de Chardin)

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Richard Hickox (conductor)

4.00pm

Finzi: Intimations of Immortality

Andrew Kennedy (tenor)

BBC Symphony Chorus

BBC Concert Orchestra

Paul Daniel (conductor)

4.45pm

A final selection of highlights from Radio 3's 2009 Leeds Pianothon, a celebration of amateur piano playing which took place at the Clothworkers Concert Hall at the University of Leeds.

Peter Duffy from Silsden, Yorkshire

Howells: Jackanapes, Op. 14 no. 3

Noriko Moffat from near Carlisle

Szymanowski: Prelude in C minor, Op. 1 no. 7

James Bumstead from Nottingham

Paul Harvey (adapted J. Bumstead): Rumba Toccata

Penny Gore presents Act 3 of Handel's Orlando. Plus music by Bernstein, Rubbra and Finzi.

Episodes

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Comments
	Handel: Orlando (acts 1 And 2)	20090917	Handel Operas 2009 Radio 3's complete Handel opera cycle continues with a performance of Orlando, which has been described as one of the greatest operas he ever wrote. The hero Orlando goes mad with jealousy as his beloved Angelica canoodles with Medoro; the philosopher-cum-magician Zoroastro helps Orlando find the right path through life; and the shepherdess Dorinda - who's also fallen for Medoro - faces up to it with courage and generosity. The moral? Love makes you selfish. Presented by Penny Gore, with contributions from Handel expert Ruth Smith and the conductor of this recording, William Christie. Orlando - Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano) Angelica - Rosemary Joshua (soprano) Medoro - Hilary Summers (contralto) Dorinda - Rosa Mannion (soprano) Zoroastro - Harry van der Kamp (bass) Les Arts Florissants William Christie (conductor) 4.45pm Another selection of highlights from Radio 3's Leeds Pianothon, a celebration of amateur piano playing which took place at the Clothworkers Concert Hall at the University of Leeds. Martin Dodson from Otley, Leeds Debussy: Serenade for the Doll from Children's Corner Gillian Butcher from Leicester Chaminade: L'Ondine (The Water Sprite) Op. 101 Will Hutchinson from Weymouth Will Hutchinson: Final Variation from the collaborative piece Dorset Sightings Penny Gore presents Acts 1 and 2 of Handel's Orlando. Plus Leeds Pianothon 2009 highlights
01		20090914	Penny Gore presents music inspired by philosophers and philosophical ideas, with a programme running the gamut from pessimism to optimism. Featuring songs by Finzi and Britten to words by one of the most philosophical of all poets, Thomas Hardy, alongside Beethoven's famous Schiller setting - the Ode to Joy in his great Ninth Symphony. Finzi: Before and After Summer Jonathan Lemalu (baritone) Michael Hampton (piano) 2.30pm Haydn: Symphony No 22 (The Philosopher) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Ilan Volkov (conductor) Britten: Winter Words Andrew Kennedy (tenor) Simon Lepper (piano) 3.30pm Beethoven: Symphony No 9 4.45pm A selection of highlights from Radio 3's 2009 Leeds Pianothon, a celebration of amateur piano playing which took place at the Clothworkers Concert Hall at the University of Leeds. Today: Robin Wade from Leeds Rachmaninov: Prelude in G# minor, Op. 32 no. 12 Peter Duckworth from London Scriabin: Piano Sonata no. 2 (also called Fantasy-Sonata) in G# minor, Op. 19: first movement Penny Gore with music from Finzi, Haydn, Britten, Beethoven. Plus the 2009 Leeds Pianothon
02		20090915	Penny Gore presents music inspired by philosophy, with a programme focusing on the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. A friend and later enemy of Wagner, Nietzsche developed astonishingly radical and controversial ideas before eventually going mad. He was even an amateur composer himself - and his philosophy was a huge influence on far greater composers including Mahler, Delius, Richard Strauss and Szymanowski. Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod (Tristan and Isolde) Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra Paavo Jarvi (conductor) Mahler: Symphony No 3 (4th mvt) Alexandra Petersama (mezzo-soprano) NDR Symphony Orchestra Alan Gilbert (conductor) Delius: A Mass of Life (final section) Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) Pamela Bowden (mezzo-soprano) Ronald Dowd (tenor) John Shirley-Quirk (baritone) BBC Chorus and Choral Society BBC Symphony Orchestra Norman Del Mar (conductor) 2.40pm Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra Juanjo Mena (conductor) 3.15pm Szymanowski: King Roger King Roger II of Sicily - Mariusz Kwiecien (baritone) Shepherd - Eric Cutler (tenor) Queen Roxana - Olga Pasichnyk (soprano) Edrisi, Arabian sage - Stefan Margita (tenor) Archbishop - Wojtek Smilek (bass) Deaconess - Jadwiga Rappe (contralto) Paris National Opera Chorus Paris National Opera Orchestra Kazushi Ono (conductor) 4.45pm More highlights from Radio 3's 2009 Leeds Pianothon, the celebration of amateur piano-playing which took place at the Clothworkers Concert Hall, at the University of Leeds. Andrew Travis & Patrick Thacker from Chesterfield: BIZET: Petit mari, petite femme from Jeux d ??Enfants Dellal McDonald from Staffordshire: SIBELIUS: Romance, Op. 24 Jonathan Welsh: LISZT: Polonaise no.1 Penny Gore presents music focusing on Nietzsche, from Wagner, Mahler, Delius and Strauss.
03		20090916	Penny Gore presents music inspired by philosophy and philosophers. Monteverdi uses the death of the philosopher Seneca as the model against which to judge the Roman Emperor Nero, while Elisabeth Lutyens' remarkable setting of Ludwig Wittgenstein's masterpiece of logical philosophy contrasts with Michael Tippett's moving and uplifting oratorio A Child of Our Time. Monteverdi: Seneca's death (The Coronation of Poppea) Liberto - Lars Johansson Brissman (baritone) Seneca - Lars Arvidson (bass) Nero - Charlotte Hellekant (mezzo-soprano) Lucano - Thomas Walker (tenor) Drottningholm Court Orchestra Mark Tatlow (conductor) Lutyens: Excerpta tractatus-logico philosophici (Wittgenstein Motet) BBC Singers James Wood (conductor) 2.30pm Tippett: A Child of Our Time Jill Gomez (soprano) Helen Watts (contralto) Kenneth Woollam (tenor) John Shirley-Quirk (baritone) BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Symphony Orchestra Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor) 3.45pm Highlights from Radio 3's 2009 Leeds Pianothon, a celebration of amateur piano playing which took place at the Clothworkers Concert Hall at the University of Leeds. Mary Ann from Preston JS Bach: Fantasia in C minor (from Fantasia and Fugue, BWV 906) Peter Foster from Weatley, Oxfordshire Messiaen: Premier Communion de la Vierge (no. 11 of Vingt Regards sur l'enfant J退sus) Penny Gore presents music inspired by philosophy. Works by Monteverdi, Lutyens and Tipett.
05	Handel: Orlando (act 3)	20090918	Handel Operas 2009 Penny Gore presents the final part of Orlando, a work about love and jealousy, and considered to be one of Handel's greatest operas. Orlando - Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano) Angelica - Rosemary Joshua (soprano) Medoro - Hilary Summers (contralto) Dorinda - Rosa Mannion (soprano) Zoroastro - Harry van der Kamp (bass) Les Arts Florissants William Christie (conductor) Plus more music inspired by philosophy - including Finzi's setting of Wordsworth's great poem Intimations of Immortality. 3.00pm Bernstein: Serenade (after Plato's Symposium) Svetlin Roussef (violin) Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra Myung-Whun Chung (conductor) Rubbra: Symphony No 8 (Hommage a Teilhard de Chardin) BBC National Orchestra of Wales Richard Hickox (conductor) 4.00pm Finzi: Intimations of Immortality Andrew Kennedy (tenor) BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Concert Orchestra Paul Daniel (conductor) 4.45pm A final selection of highlights from Radio 3's 2009 Leeds Pianothon, a celebration of amateur piano playing which took place at the Clothworkers Concert Hall at the University of Leeds. Peter Duffy from Silsden, Yorkshire Howells: Jackanapes, Op. 14 no. 3 Noriko Moffat from near Carlisle Szymanowski: Prelude in C minor, Op. 1 no. 7 James Bumstead from Nottingham Paul Harvey (adapted J. Bumstead): Rumba Toccata Penny Gore presents Act 3 of Handel's Orlando. Plus music by Bernstein, Rubbra and Finzi.