Afternoon on 3 - Tone Poems - Handel: Admeto (Act 3)

Handel Operas 2009 As part of Radio 3's complete cycle of Handel operas, Louise Fryer presents the conclusion of Admeto. Handel: Admeto (Act 3) Admeto ...... Rene Jacobs (countertenor) Alceste, his wife ...... Rachel Yakar (soprano) Antigona, his former fiancee ...... Jill Gomez (soprano) Trasimede ...... James Bowman (countertenor) Ercole (Hercules) ...... Ulrik Cold (bass) Orindo, Admeto's adviser ...... Rita Dams (mezzo-soprano) Meraspe, Antigon's tutor ...... Max van Egmond (bass) Il Complesso Barocco Alan Curtis (director) 3.05pm Symphonic Poems An exploration of the musical equivalent of poetry - tone poems. With a wide range of music performed by the BBC orchestras. Liszt: Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe, S107 BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) 3.20pm Shostakovich: Romances on verses by British poets, Op 140 Ildar Abdrazakov (bass) BBC Philharmonic Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) 3.35pm David Monrad Johansen: Pan - symphonic poem BBC Symphony Orchestra Eivind Gullberg Jensen (conductor) 3.50pm Nielsen: Flute Concerto Michael Cox (flute) BBC Symphony Orchestra Eivind Gullberg Jensen (conductor) 4.20pm Sibelius: Symphony No 1 BBC Symphony Orchestra Eivind Gullberg Jensen (conductor).