Afternoon on 3 - Ancient Greece - Episode 3

Louise Fryer presents music inspired by ancient Greek myths, with a focus on stories of Pan and Syrinx, and Ariadne lamenting her abandonment by Theseus in music by Monteverdi and Haydn. Plus music based on the few fragments that survive from ancient Greece itself. Beethoven: Overture (The Creatures of Prometheus) French National Orchestra Kurt Masur (conductor) Monteverdi: Lasciatemi morire (Ariadne's Lament) Olissipo Vocal Group Armando Possante (director) Mozart: Idomeneo - Ballet Music, K367 Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Patrick Gallois (conductor) Szymanowski: Demeter Jadwiga Rappe (contralto) Polish Radio Chorus Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Lukasz Borowicz (conductor) Satie: Gymnopedies (arr. for orchestra - Nos 1, 3 by Debussy; No 2 by Lukasz Borowski) Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Lukasz Borowicz (conductor) Haydn: Arianna a Naxos Vesselina Kasarova (mezzo-soprano) Charles Spencer (piano) Roussel: Pan (Joueurs de flute) Debussy: Syrinx Nikos Nikolopoulos (flute) Christos Sakellaridis (piano) Nielsen: Pan and Syrinx Danish National Symphony Orchestra Thomas Dausgaard (conductor) Music from ancient Greece Shannon Mercer (soprano) Lori Freedman (clarinets) Constantinople ensemble Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus (highlights) MDR Men's Chorus MDR Symphony Orchestra Jun Markl (conductor).