Afternoon on 3 - Ancient Greece - Episode 1

Louise Fryer presents music inspired by ancient Greece, focusing on the stories of Theseus, Ariadne and the Minotaur and featuring one of the most famous musicians ever - Orpheus. Vaughan Williams: Orpheus with his lute Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano) Julius Drake (piano) Gluck: Dance of the Furies (Orpheus and Eurydice) Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic John Nelson (conductor) Charpentier: Orphee descendant aux enfers, H471 Matthew White (alto) Colin Balzer (tenor) Tyler Duncan (baritone) Early Music Vancouver's Baroque Festival Orchestra Alexander Weimann (conductor) Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 4 Ronald Brautigam (piano) Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic John Nelson (conductor) Giovanni Maria Nanino: Orfeo cantando Sigismondo d'India: Su, su, prendi la cetra Il Trionfo del Tempo Jan Van Elsacker (director/tenor) Szymanowski: Mythes Raphael Oleg (violin) Emmanuel Strosser (piano) Pergolesi: Orpheus Cantata (Nel chiuso centro) Christine Schafer (soprano) Berliner Barockisten Rainer Kussmaul (conductor) Liszt: Orpheus Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic John Nelson (conductor) Sigismondo d'India: Che veggio Jacopo Peri: Funeste piagge Il Trionfo del Tempo Jan Van Elsacker (director/tenor) Elliott Carter: The Minotaur - ballet suite Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic Peter Eotvos (conductor).