Afternoon on 3 - Norway and Sweden - Episode 5

Penny Gore presents a programme in a series celebrating the musical life of Norway and Sweden. Featuring the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra marking their city's reign as European Capital Culture with the great Symphony No 5 by Nielsen, and a staging at the Drottningholm opera festival in Sweden of Monteverdi's work telling the story of Ulysses's return to his homeland after 20 years of wandering. Stenhammar: If I Had... (Three Choral Songs) Swedish Radio Chorus Peter Dijkstra (conductor) Nielsen: Symphony No 5 Stavanger Symphony Orchestra John Storgards (conductor) Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria Ulisse ...... Petteri Salomaa (tenor) Penelope ...... Ann Hallenberg (soprano) Telemaco ...... Anders J Dahlin (tenor) Minerva, Fortuna ...... Susanne Ryden (soprano) Melanto, Amore ...... Tuva Semmingsen (mezzo-soprano) Ericlea, Giunone ...... Miriam Treichl (soprano) Eumete, Giove ...... Niklas Bjorling Rygert (tenor) Eurimaco, Feacio primo ...... Fredrik Strid (tenor) Iro, Feacio secondo ...... Johan Christensson (tenor) Pisandro, l'Humana Fragilita ...... Martin Vanberg (tenor) Antinoo, Nettuno, Tempo ...... Lukas Jakobski (bass) Drottingholm Court Orchestra Mark Tatlow (conductor).