Early music on TTN

[doversoul1]

Monday 11 May

3:06 AM
La Rue, Pierre de (c.1460-1518)
Missa Sancto Job (complete)
Orlando Consort (voices only)

…followed by not so early music but a new name to me;

3:42 AM
Jiranek, Frantisek (1698-1778)
Sinfonia in F major
Collegium Marianum

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05tpryf#auto

[Roehre]

Monday 11 May

3:06 AM
La Rue, Pierre de (c.1460-1518)
Missa Sancto Job (complete)
Orlando Consort (voices only)

...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05tpryf#auto

Quite a regular item on TtN

[doversoul1]

Rameau's Grands Motets: Monday 18 May

12:31 AM
Les Arts Florissants and William Christie perform Rameau's Grands Motets at the 2014 BBC Proms. John Shea presents.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05vh3rb

…with the encores left out from the original broadcast (this is a repeat on TTN)

[doversoul1]

Schutz + the Bachs : Monday 25th May

Schutz's Musikalische Exequien performed by Vox Luminis, presented by John Shea.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05w7tdn

This is a repeat but worth listening again (and again…)

[Nick Armstrong]

Rich pickings for the night owls, starting in 3 minutes (and thereafter on t'iPlayer )

Rameau Suites and Airs from Musica Aeterna
Through the Night

John Shea presents a concert by Musica Aeterna directed by Teodor Currentzis with soprano Nadine Koutcher, from this year's Klara Festival in Brussels.

12:31 AM
Rameau, Jean-Philippe [1683-1764]
Suites and Arias from works by Rameau;
La Cupis from " Cinquième concert from " Pièces de clavecin en concerts
Overture from " Zaïs (Opéra-ballet)
" Temple sacré, séjour tranquille (soprano) from " Hippolyte & Aricie (Tragédie en musique)
" Air des Espirits Infernaux from " Zoroastre (Tragédie en musique)
Prélude from " Les Boreades (Tragédie lyrique)
Overture from " Zoroastre (Tragédie en musique)
" Les Sauvages from " Les Indes Galantes (Opéra-ballet)
" Amour, lance tes traits (soprano) from " Les fêtes de l'hymen et de l'Amour ou Les Dieux d'Égypte (ballet-héroique)
Air tendre en Rondeau from " Les Boreades (Tragédie lyrique)
" Les Esclaves Africains from " Les Indes Galantes (Opéra-ballet)
Musica Aeterna, Nadine Koutcher (soprano), Teodor Currentzis (conductor)

1:15 AM
Rameau, Jean-Philippe [1683-1764]
Suites and Arias from works by Rameau;
Musette en Rondeau from " Les fêtes d'Hébé (Opéra-ballet)
Tambourin en Rondeau from " Les fêtes d'Hébé (Opéra-ballet)
Overture from " Naïs (Opéra-ballet)
" Régnez, plaisirs, Régnez (soprano) from " Dardanus (Tragédie en musique)
" La Poule from Suite in G/g from " Nouvelles pièces de clavecin
" La Timide from Troisième Concert from " Pièces de clavecin en concerts
Rigaudons 1 & 2 (Prologue: l'Accord des dieux) from " Naïs (Opéra-ballet)
" Entrée de Polymnie from " Les Boreades (Tragédie lyrique)
" Orage from " Les Indes Galantes (Opéra-ballet)
" Tristes Apprets, pales flambeaux (soprano) from " Castor et Pollux "
Musica Aeterna, Nadine Koutcher (soprano), Teodor Currentzis (conductor)

[doversoul1]

Snap!!

As far as I am concerned, the more Rameau, the better but it does make you wonder how they (the programmers) work. The playlist was left to TTN so you could say that there is some coordination…

Saturday Lunchtime Concert; 30 May

Rameau by Musica Aeterna
"The Triumph of Love": a selection of arias and dance movements from Rameau operas played by Musica Aeterna directed by Teodor Currentzis with soprano Nadine Koutcher

Recorded earlier this year at KlaraFestival, the International Brussels Music Festival.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05wyjr4

[Nick Armstrong]

Ah - yes, I heard the end of that and the announcer said it could be heard again on TTN at some point quite soon, I'd forgotten that.

[doversoul1]

Buxtehude and Zelanka, plus an early piano recital

Saturday 20 June
3:01 AM
Buxtehude, Dietrich (1637-1707)
Membra Jesu nostri - 7 Passion cantatas BuxWV 75
Barbara Schlick (soprano), Monika Frimmer (soprano), Michael Chance (alto), Christophe Prégardien (tenor), Peter Kooy (bass), Hannover Knabenchor, The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman (conductor)

Not exactly early music but this TTN begins with an early piano recital
1.0.1AM
Pianist Tobias Koch gives a recital of music by Chopin and his Polish contemporaries, on historic pianos in Poland. Jonathan Swain presents.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05yl3kt

Monday 22 June

12:31 AM
Zelenka, Jan Dismas (1679-1745)
Te Deum in D major ZWV.146 for chorus and orchestra
Martina Janková (Soprano), Isabel Jantschek (Soprano), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (Contralto), Krystian Adam Krzeszowiak (Tenor), Felix Rumpf (Bass), Dresden Chamber Choir (Choir), Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra, Václav Luks (Conductor)

1:00 AM
Zelenka, Jan Dismas (1679-1745)
Missa Dei filii (Missa ultimarum secunda) ZWV.20 for soloists, chorus and orchestra
Martina Janková (Soprano), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (Contralto), Krystian Adam Krzeszowiak (Tenor), Felix Rumpf (Bass), Dresden Chamber Choir (Choir), Wroc?aw Baroque Orchestra, Václav Luks (Conductor)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05zgkvx

[doversoul1]

Handel's Alessandro: Wednesday 1 July

Has anyone listened to this? I have not listened it through but there are some superb singings. Julia Lezhneva alone is almost worth listening. Armonia Atenea is excellent, too. I personally wouldn’t seek out for the stage production though.

John Shea presents a performance of Handel's opera 'Alessandro'.
12:32 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Alessandro (HWV.21) Act 1
Max Emanuel Cencic (Countertenor) ..... Alessandro
Pavel Kudinov (Bass) ..... Clito
Julia Lezhneva (Soprano) ..... Rossane
Dilyara Idrisova (Soprano) ..... Lisaura
Xavier Sabata Corominas (Countertenor) ..... Tassile
Martin Mitterrutzner (Tenor) ..... Leonato
Vasily Khoroshev (Countertenor) ....... Cleone
Armonia Atenea, George Petrou (Conductor)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b060bs9c

[doversoul1]

Schütz: Monday 6 July

12.31
John Shea presents a concert given by Ars Nova Copenhagen with Concerto Copenhagen conducted by Paul Hillier at the 2014 Copenhagen Renaissance Music Festival

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b060zl0g

[jean]

Has anyone listened to this? I have not listened it through but there are some superb singings. Julia Lezhneva alone is almost worth listening. Armonia Atenea is excellent, too. I personally wouldn’t seek out for the stage production though.

John Shea presents a performance of Handel's opera 'Alessandro'.
12:32 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Alessandro (HWV.21) Act 1
Max Emanuel Cencic (Countertenor) ..... Alessandro
Pavel Kudinov (Bass) ..... Clito
Julia Lezhneva (Soprano) ..... Rossane
Dilyara Idrisova (Soprano) ..... Lisaura
Xavier Sabata Corominas (Countertenor) ..... Tassile
Martin Mitterrutzner (Tenor) ..... Leonato
Vasily Khoroshev (Countertenor) ....... Cleone
Armonia Atenea, George Petrou (Conductor)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b060bs9c

I haven't listened at all yet - but I am just catching up with Hasse's Leucippo

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05xqbq4

(Don't miss it - there's only 19 hours left!) and I see that the wonderful Vasily Khoroshev is singing in both.

[doversoul1]

Zelenka’s Requiem Mass: Monday 19 July

(I think it is a repeat)
12:31 AM
Zelenka, Jan Dismas (1679-1745)
Requiem mass in D major, ZWV.46 - for soloists, chorus and orchestra
Hana Blaziková (soprano), Kamila Mazalová (contralto), Vaclav Cízek (tenor), Tomás Král (bass), Jaromír Nosek (bass), Collegium Vocale 1704, Collegium 1704, Václav Luks (conductor)

Followed by (it is still good to hear it)
1:15 AM
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759)
Dixit Dominus - Psalm 110, HWV.232

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b062hsdl

[doversoul1]

Caldara’s motet and oratorio: Thursday 6 August

I don’t find Caldara’s opera arias terribly interesting but very much enjoy his sacred vocal works.

Jonathan Swain presents a performance from Poland of Antonio Caldara's oratorio 'Morte e sepoltura di Cristo', performed by Europa Galante directed by Fabio Biondi.

12:32 AM
Caldara, Antonio (c.1670-c.1736)
Laboravi in gemitu meo - motet
Martina Belli (contralto), Carlo Allemano (tenor), Ugo Guagliardo (bass), Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (director/violin)
12:34 AM
Caldara, Antonio (c.1670-c.1736)
Morte e sepoltura di Cristo - Oratorio (Part 1)
Maria Maddalena ..... Maria Grazia Schiavo (soprano),
Maria di Giacobbe ..... Monica Piccinini (soprano),
Giuseppe d'Arimatea ...... Martina Belli (contralto),
Nicodemo ..... Carlo Allemano (tenor),
Centurione ...... Ugo Guagliardo (bass),
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (director/violin)
1:35 AM
Caldara, Antonio (c.1670-c.1736)
Transfige, dulcissime Jesu - motet
Martina Belli (contralto), Carlo Allemano (tenor), Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (director/violin)
1:38 AM
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
Sonata Santo Sepolcro (Rv.130)
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (director/violin)
1:42 AM
Caldara, Antonio (c.1670-c.1736)
Morte e sepoltura di Cristo - Oratorio (Part 2)
Maria Maddalena ..... Maria Grazia Schiavo (soprano),
Maria di Giacobbe ..... Monica Piccinini (soprano),
Giuseppe d'Arimatea ...... Martina Belli (contralto),
Nicodemo ..... Carlo Allemano (tenor),
Centurione ...... Ugo Guagliardo (bass),
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (director/violin)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0640447

[doversoul1]

In the unlikely event of anyone slightly interested in Caldara in tomorrow’s Proms Saturday Matinee (), this TTN may be a good reference point.

[doversoul1]

Wednesday: 9 September

3:06 AM
La Rue, Pierre de (c.1460-1518)
Missa Sancto Job (complete)
The Orlando Consort

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b068sjxp