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BBC Radio 3 Live in Concert: 18th & 21st to 25th May 2012

Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 4:09 pm
by Seán
Tonight I will listen to the Jordi Savall concert on Radio 3, people here speak very well of Savall but I only have his disappointing Brandenburg Concertos so I am looking forward to this broadcast:
Friday 18th May 2012 � Live from St John�s Smith Square, London
Presented by Catherine Bott

LULLY: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme � suite
BIBER: Battalia
CORELLI: Concerto grosso in D major, Op.6 No.4
GEMINIANI: Concerto grosso no.12 in D minor, �La Follia�
HANDEL: Concerto grosso in G major, Op.6 No.1
AVISON: Concerto no.9 in C major (after Domenico Scarlatti)
BOCCHERINI: La musica notturna delle strade di Madrid

Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall (viola da gamba/director)



Here is next week's BBC Radio 3 concert schdule. I am particularly interested in Tuesday's concert.
Monday 21 st May 2012 – Live from St Paul’s Church, Knightsbridge, London
Presented by Catherine Bott

HANDEL: Israel in Egypt

BBC Singers
St James Baroque
David Hill (conductor)


Tuesday 22 nd May 2012 – Live from St John’s Smith Square, London
Presented by Catherine Bott

J.S.BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No.3 BWV 1048
J.S.BACH: Cantata No.207 Vereinigte Zwietracht der wechselnden Saiten BWV 207
J.S.BACH: Cantata No.201 Geschwinde, ihr wirbelnden Winde (The Contest of Phoebus and Pan) BWV 201

Susan Hamilton (soprano)
Clare Wilkinson (mezzo)
Thomas Hobbs (tenor)
Nicholas Mulroy (tenor)
Robert Davies (baritone)
Matthew Brook (bass)
The Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt (director)


Wednesday 23 rd May 2012 – Live from St John’s Smith Square, London
Presented by Martin Handley

MUFFAT: Sonata No.2 in G minor (Armonico tributo)
LULLY: Chaconne from Phaëton
PASQUINI: Passacaglia in G
CORELLI: Sonata da camera a 3 in G op.2 no.12
SCHMELZER: Harmonia a 5 in Bb
BERTALI: Sonata a 5 (Tausend Gülden)
MUFFAT: Violin Sonata in D;
MUFFAT Sonata No.5 in G (Armonico tributo)

Harmonie Universelle
Florian Deuter (violin/director)


Thursday 24 th May 2012 – Live from the Barbican Centre, London
Presented by Martin Handley

BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D Op.77
SUK: The Ripening, Op.34

Isabelle Faust (violin)
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)


Friday 25 th May 2012 – Live from St David’s Hall, Cardiff
Presented by Nicola Heywood Thomas

MANOURY: Sound and Fury
SHOSTAKOVICH: Violin Concerto No.1
DEBUSSY: Images

Daniel Hope (violin)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Francois-Xavier Roth (conductor)

Re: BBC Radio 3 Live in Concert: 18th & 21st to 25th May 201

Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 7:33 pm
by fergus
Cheers for that Seán....The Dunedin Consort is one that I would like to hear (not having had the pleasure before) and Isabelle Faust is most definitely always worth a listen.

Re: BBC Radio 3 Live in Concert: 18th & 21st to 25th May 201

Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 9:31 pm
by Jared
fergus wrote:Cheers for that Seán....The Dunedin Consort is one that I would like to hear (not having had the pleasure before) and Isabelle Faust is most definitely always worth a listen.
Faust and Hope are two of the finest violinists performing today, in my opinion.