EBU Handel Day - Part 1

Presented by Andrew McGregor. Part of a day of music from around Europe and beyond to conclude BBC Radio 3's week celebrating the music of George Frideric Handel - marking the 250th anniversary of his death. Plus Handel expert Suzanne Aspden on the streets of London with a handful of Handel Calling Cards - uncovering the places associated with Handel in the capital and the music he wrote there. 10.00am Concert from the Market Church in Halle, where Handel was baptised in 1685. Zadok the Priest Overture (Esther) The ways of Zion do mourn March (Saul) Utrecht Jubilate (excerpt) Israel in Egypt (excerpts) MDR Chorus Handel Festival Chorus Halle Madrigalists Handel Festival Orchestra of the Halle Staatskapelle The English Consort Howard Arman (conductor) 11.00am Concert from the Quirinale Palace in Rome, featuring music Handel wrote in the city as a young man in his twenties. Saeviat tellus inter rigores Dixit Dominus Andrea Arrivabene (contralto) Raffaella Milanesi, Paola Cigna (soprano) Collegium Apollineum Marco Feruglio (conductor) 12.00pm Handel arias and orchestral music from both sides of the Atlantic: Nicholas McGegan conducts the St Paul Chamber Orchestra at the Ordway Centre, St Paul, Minnesota, and soprano Ruby Hughes joins the RTE National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andreas Spering at the National Concert Hall in one of Handel's favourite cities, Dublin. 1.00pm The Ferenc Erkel Chamber Orchestra perform Handel's Concerti grossi, Op 3, at the Marble Hall in Budapest. 2.00pm Concert of organ and vocal music from St Michael's Church, Leuven. Organ Concerto in F, Op 4 No 4 Foundling Hospital Anthem (Blessed are they that considereth the poor) Liesbeth Devos (soprano) Annelies Dille (mezzo-soprano) Bart Naessens (organ) Flemish Radio Chorus Collegium Instrumentale Brugense Bo Holten (conductor) 3.00pm Catherine Bott presents a concert from Handel House museum in London, reflecting chamber music in the home in Handel's day. Domestic music-making was an important part of 18th-century life and publishers were keen to cash in on Handel's popularity. Many arrangements of his music - often pirated - appeared in versions to suit the kind of instruments found in some of the grander homes of the day. Overture (Semele) Recorder Sonata in D minor Messiah (excerpts) Suite (Rinaldo) Recorder Sonata in B flat Chacona (Concerto a due cori in F) Pamela Thorby (recorder) Gary Cooper (harpsichord) Andrew Lawrence-King (harp).