Afternoon on 3 - Looking East
Music by Western composers taking Asia as their inspiration
Afternoon on 3 - Looking East - Episode 1
Music by composers looking to Asia, plus pieces inspired by poetry. With Kreisler: Tambourin chinois, plus works by Dvorak, Szymanowski, Sibelius, Sollima and Mahler.
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Afternoon on 3 - Looking East - Episode 2
Asian-influenced music plus pieces inspired by poetry. With Debussy: Pagodes (Estampes). Roussel: Padmavati. Trojahn: Ariosi. Plus works by Vicentino and Monteverdi.
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Afternoon on 3 - Looking East - Episode 3
Asian-influenced music plus pieces inspired by poetry. With Jensen: Japanese Spring. Messiaen: Sept Haikai. Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin. Plus Ravel, Rameau and Dalbavie.
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Afternoon on 3 - Looking East - Handel: Alessandro - Act 3
Handel's opera Alessandro, plus Looking East: With McPhee: Tabuh-Tabuhan. Britten: Seven sonnets of Michelangelo. Messiaen: Turangalila Symphony.
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Afternoon on 3 - Looking East - Handel: Alessandro - Acts 1 and 2
Handel's story of the love triangle between Alexander the Great and two captive princesses in India. Plus Liszt: Petrarch Sonnet No 123 (Annees de pelerinage).
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