Performance on 3 - 22/10/2008

Collegium Vocale, Ghent, conducted by Daniel Reuss, in Handel's The Ways of Zion Do Mourn and Dixit Dominus, performed at the 2008 Saintes Festival, Bordeaux. Hanna Blazikova, Elisabeth Rapp (sopranos) Alex Potter (countertenor) Malcolm Bennett (tenor) Matthias Lutze (bass) Collegium Vocale, Ghent Daniel Reuss (conductor) Handel: The Ways of Zion do Mourn Handel: Dixit Dominus Followed by Play To The Nation, Radio 3's celebration of amateur orchestras across the UK: Jonathan Pitkin: Mesh (premiere) Meadows Chamber Orchestra Stravinsky: Firebird Suite Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra Jonathan Butcher, conductor ...and pianothon, showcasing amateur pianists across the nation: Copland: The Cat and the Nouse Fionnula Ward Joseph Cosma: Autumn Leaves Adrien de Aranjo (piano) Chopin: Etude Op. 10 No. 4 Michael McHale (piano)