Afternoon on 3 - Looking East - Handel: Alessandro - Act 3

Handel Operas 2009 Handel: Alessandro (Act 3) Alessandro (the Great) ...... Rene Jacobs (countertenor) Rossane, captive princess ...... Sophie Boulin (soprano) Lisaura, captive princess ...... Isabelle Poulenard (soprano) Tassile, Indian King ...... Jean Nirouet (countertenor) Clito, Alexander's sidekick ...... Stephen Varcoe (baritone) Leonato, Alexander's sidekick ...... Guy de Mey (tenor) Cleone, Alexander's sidekick ...... Ria Bollen (mezzo-soprano) La Petite Bande Sigiswald Kuijken (conductor) 2.55pm Looking East The concluding act of Handel's Indian-set opera is complemented by another work taking inspiration from the subcontinent - Messaien's Turangalila. Plus the a Western evocation of the Balinese gamelan and Jonas Kaufmann singing Britten's settings of Michelangelo. Colin McPhee: Tabuh-Tabuhan Esprit Orchestra Alex Pauk (conductor) 3.15pm Britten: Seven sonnets of Michelangelo Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Helmut Deutsch (piano) 3.30pm Messiaen: Turangalila Symphony Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra Myung-Whun Chung (conductor).