Somewhat inappropriate to have a Passion on Easter Day.
Somewhat inappropriate to have a Passion on Easter Day.
Going to record this tonight. Fasolis can be a magician
12:31 AM
Sammartini, Giovanni Battista (1700-1775)
Beatus vir
Solisti e Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera, I Barocchisti, Fiorenza de Donatis (violin), Diego Fasolis (conductor)
12:55 AM
Bernasconi, Andrea (1706-1784)
Miserere
Solisti e Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera, I Barocchisti, Fiorenza de Donatis (violin), Diego Fasolis (conductor)
"The isle is full of noises... Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not"
The Tempest, Act III scene 2 ll 148-9
Saturday 2 June 1:00am-
Susan Sharpe presents a recital of early organ music Lübeck, Frescobaldi and Pasquini. Performed by Andrea Marcon and recorded at the 2009 Ansbach Bach Week
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01j29g1
Jonathan Swain presents a concert by period ensemble Harmonie Universelle, featuring works by Vivaldi, Handel and JS Bach.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01jqm0n
I very much enjoyed their performance on Radio 3 Live not long ago.
Off topic (being not TtN):
don't miss the evening concerts of coming Tuesday June 12 (Gesualdo) and Thursday June 14 (DesPrez, Willaert and Stravinsky [Mass])
Wonderful performance of Biber 36-part mass at about 2.30 this morning.
While the Proms rage day and night with mighty symphonies, and Early Music Show has been pushed aside this weekend, here is something to calm and console us (me).
Susan Sharpe presents a performance of Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 recorded in Barcelona in 2010 with early music specialists L'Arpeggiata
Núria Rial (soprano), Raquel Andueza (soprano), Miriam Allan (soprano), Luciana Mancini (mezzo-soprano), Pascal Bertin (countertenor), Emiliano Gonzales Toro (tenor), Markus Brutscher (tenor), Jan van Elsacker (tenor), Fernando Guimaraes (tenor), Fulvio Bettini (baritone), Hubert Claessens (bass), Joao Fernandes (bass), L'Arpeggiata
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01l0mxh
Back from a week-long domestic duty which included sitting by the TV and watching the Olympics day and night (so it felt to me). No R3. What a relief and delight therefore to find this (it is a repeat but so what):
Jonathan Swain presents a selection of music from the European Union Baroque Orchestra including Fux, Schmelzer and Vivaldi.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01l8qzw
Hidden behind familiar works by Mozart and Haydn:
Hellendaal, Pieter (1721-1799), Buxtehude, Frederick the Great (1712-1786), and Giovanni Picchi, (f.l1612)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01lt0rw