Afternoon on 3 - Mainly Mancunian - Acis and Galatea/Mainly Mancunian

Handel Operas 2009 Ian Skelly introduces the first English-language work by Handel, and talks to the conductor of this new recording, John Butt. They debate whether it is actually an opera. Part of Radio 3's complete Handel opera cycle. Handel: Acis and Galatea Galatea ...... Susan Hamilton (soprano) Acis ...... Nicholas Mulroy (tenor) Damon ...... Thomas Hobbs (tenor) Coridon ...... Nicholas Hurndall Smith (tenor) Polyphemus ...... Matthew Brook (bass) Dunedin Consort and Players John Butt (conductor) Plus Mainly Mancunian: Continuing a focus on the BBC Philharmonic and the Royal Northern College of Music's brass band festival. 3.45pm Hindemith: Trauermusik Maxim Rysanov (viola) BBC Philharmonic Grant Llewellyn (conductor) Liszt: Hamlet BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) 4.05pm Mozart: Misera, dove son, K369; March in D (Idomeneo - Act 1); Fra cento affanni, K88 Simona Houda-Saturova (soprano) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) Wolf-Ferrari: Intermezzo (Susanna's secret) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) 4.30pm RNCM Festival of Brass Edward Gregson: Rococo Variations Black Dyke Band Nicholas Childs (conductor).