WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23

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Evening at the Opera: Mel Siegel: Gertrude Grob-Prandl
Once a month, we program a complete opera, selecting a different recording for each act, and we welcome additional listener suggestions from the discography. During each program, we welcome listener calls at 203-268-9667 for requests and comments (4 hrs.)

Olivier Gourdy (bas), Julie Goussot (sopraan), Sreten Manojlovic (bas),
Yevhen Rakhmanin (bas), Flore Van Meerssche (sopraan),
Alice Lackner (mezzosopraan), Eric Price (tenor), Joan Folqué (tenor),
Andrea Marchiol (dirigent), Theresia Orchestra. (2 hrs., 29 min.)

Wigmore Hall Lunchtime Concerts 2024 - Iestyn Davies Sergio Buceli

PURCELL: Strike the Viol, from Come Ye Sons of Art

PURCELL: By beauteous softness

PURCELL: Lord, what is man

Hark! How all things,

KAPSBERGER: Toccata No 6

PURCELL: O Solitude, from The Theatre of Music

PURCELL: Sweeter than Roses, from Pausanias, the Betrayer of his Country

DOWLAND: Frog Galliard

DOWLAND: Behold a wonder here

DOWLAND: Flow my Tears

DOWLAND: Tremolo Fancy

MUHLY: 3 songs, from 4 Traditional Songs

HANDEL: O Lord Whose Mercies Numberless, from Saul

PURCELL: An Evening Hymn

Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Sergio Bucheli (lute)

Wigmore Hall, London 16/09/24 (BBC)

Young, Kenneth: Euphonium Concerto - Riki McDonnell (Euphonium), New Zealand SO/Kenneth Young (RNZ )

Panufnik, Andrzej: Piano Trio Op 1 - NZTrio (RNZ )

Lilburn, Douglas: Overture: Aotearoa - New Zealand SO/Hamish McKeich (RNZ 2017)

Cowan, Claire: The Clock Maker, from Fit 4 Piano Etudes - Madeleine Xiao (piano) (RNZ ) (2 hrs.)
[Source: Radio New Zealand Limited]

SPECIAL PROGRAM: Composer of the Week

Success
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Episode 3 of 5

Donald Macleod sees Verdi make his mark on Milan with his first real operatic success at La Scala, and a work which would make his name throughout Italy.

As the hearse carrying the coffin of the composer Giuseppe Verdi travelled through Milan, more than half of the city’s population lined the streets to pay their respects and catch a final glimpse of their hero. Few musicians have made such an indelible impression on the population of a country, or become so linked to a nation's sense of identity. Fewer still have become as ingrained in the fabric of a city as Verdi is in Milan. Today, as well as a statue to the composer, both the Conservatoire and a major theatre are named after him. So how was this relationship, between the city of Milan and Verdi forged? After all, this was a man born in Le Roncole, which was then French territory, and yet he would rise to become the most successful Italian composer of his generation. Over the course of this week, Donald Macleod explores the twists and turns of Verdi’s relationship with Milan -where Verdi would see his first iconic successes, and where he would breathe his last, but also a city where, for a time, he tried to ban performances of his music.

In Wednesday’s episode, Donald sees Verdi making his mark on Milan with his first real operatic triumph at La Scala - Nabucco. The work’s wild popularity would make his name throughout Italy, and its music would go on to become the symbol of the Italian Risorgimento. It set Verdi up for nation-wide success, with performances in, and commissions from, other opera houses in Italy and throughout Europe. But as Verdi labours under increasing pressure to write more and more works and replicate Nabucco’s acclaim, he becomes desperately overworked and is forced to take on an assistant.

La Battaglia di Legnano - Cavatina “La pia materna mano”
Andrew Richards (Arrigo), tenor
Trieste Teatro Giuseppe Verdi Orchestra
Boris Brott, conductor

Nabucco - “Va, pensiero, sull’ali dorate”
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

Nabucco – Overture
Filarmonica della Scala
Riccardo Chailly, conductor

I Lombardi alla prima crociata – “Oh belle, a questa misera”; “Qual voluttà trascorrere”; “Qual prodigio”; “O signore, dal tetto natio”
Plácido Domingo (Oronte), tenor
Cristina Deutekom (Giselda), soprano
Ruggero Raimondi (Pagano/hermit), bass
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Ambrosian Singers
Lamberto Gardelli, conductor

Ernani – “Ernani Involami”
Aleksandra Kurzak (Elvira), soprano
Morphing Chamber Orchestra
Frédéric Chaslin, conductor

I due foscari – “Si lo sento, iddio mi chiama”
Luciano Pavarotti (Jacopo), tenor
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Claudio Abbado, conductor (1 hr.)

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Carl Heinrich Graun: Adriano in Siria, Oper in drei Akten (Querschnitt) Ensemble 1700, Blockflöte und Leitung: Dorothee Oberlinger; Valer Sabadus (Adriano), Roberta Mameli (Emirena), Bruno de Sá (Farnaspe), David Tricou (Osroa), Keri Fuge (Sabina), Federico Fiorio (Aquilio). (aufgenommen am 9. Juni 2024 im Schlosstheater im Neuen Palais im Rahmen der Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci)

Carl Heinrich Graun gehört zur Riege jener Komponisten, deren Werke heute auf den Opernbühnen kaum noch Beachtung finden. Dabei war Carl Heinrich Graun in der Mitte des 18. Jahrhunderts für seine Opern weit über die Grenzen Preußens hinaus berühmt. Dank seiner rund 30 Bühnenwerke, die er ab 1741 in den Diensten des preußischen Königs Friedrich des Großen in Berlin als erster Kapellmeister der Königlichen Oper komponiert hatte, vermehrte sich sein Ruhm so sehr, dass der englische Musikhistoriker Charles Burney in dem Tagebuch seiner musikalischen Reisen über Graun schrieb: "Und dennoch sind die Namen Graun und Quantz zu Berlin heilig, und wird mehr darauf geschworen, als auf Luther und Calvin." Auf ein Libretto von Pietro Metastasio komponierte Carl Heinrich anno 1749 die Oper "Adriano in Siria" ("Hadrian in Syrien"), uraufgeführt an der Königlichen Oper in Berlin. Erstmals nach der Zeit Friedrichs des Großen war das Werk im Sommer des Vorjahres bei den Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci wieder zu sehen gewesen, auf den Spielplan gesetzt von Festivalchefin Dorothee Oberlinger.

Alte Musik - neu interpretiert

Gestaltung
Gerhard Hafner

Playlist

Komponist/Komponistin: Carl Heinrich Graun (1703/04-1759)
Textdichter/Textdichterin, Textquelle: Pietro Metastasio (1698-1782
Titel: ADRIANO IN SIRIA / Oper in drei Akten / Querschnitt
Solist/Solistin: Valer Sabadus /Adriano
Solist/Solistin: Bruno de Sa /Farnaspe
Solist/Solistin: Federico Fiorio /Aquilio
Solist/Solistin: Roberta Mameli /Emirena
Solist/Solistin: Keri Fuge /Sabina
Solist/Solistin: David Tricou /Osroa
Ausführende: Ensemble 1700
Leitung: Dorothee Oberlinger /Blockflöte und Leitung
Länge: 79:12 min
Label: IPS/DEDKU (1 hr., 30 min.)

Festiwal Actus Humanus Ressurectio 2025, koncert zespołu Cohaere Ensemble, Jan Jakub Monowid – kontratenor (Gdańsk, Ratusz Głównego Miasta, 16.04.2025)

Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber Mensa Sonora – Pars I D-dur C 69, Pars II F-dur C 70, Pars III a-moll C 71, Pars IV B-dur C 72, Pars V E-dur C 73, Pars VI g-moll C 74;
Johann Sebastian Bach Bekennen will ich seinen Namen BWV 200
Krzysztof KNITTEL: Sonata AH200, world premiere. (2 hrs.)

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Opera: Antonio Salieri: La fiera di Venezia (Benátský trh) Commedia per musica o 3 dějstvích, libreto Giovanni Gastone Boccherini
Osoby a obsazení:
Falsirena, dcera Grifagnova (soprán) Francesca Lombardi di Mazzulli
Grifagno, její otec (baryton) Furio Zanasi
Calloandra, markýza z Vicenzy, snoubenka Ostrogotova (soprán) Dilyara Idrisova
Ostrogoto, bohatý a marnotratný vévoda (tenor) Krystian Adam
Cristallina, prodavačka a dohazovačka (soprán) Natalia Rubiś
Rasojo, hostinský U černého vola (tenor) Emanuele D´Aguanno
Belfuso, falešný bratranec Falsirenin (baryton) Giorgio Caoduro
Zpívá a hraje sbor a orchestr L´Arte del Mondo, řídí Werner Ehrhardt

Franz Schubert: Oktet F dur pro klarinet, fagot, lesní roh, dvoje housle, violu, violoncello a kontrabas, op. posth. 166 / D. 803
W. A. Mozart: Sonáta pro klavír B dur K 570
Připavil a uvádí Libor Dřevikovský (4 hrs., 1 min.)

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SPECIAL PROGRAM: Wolf: Vanhoja lauluja
(Benita Valente, sopraano, ja Cynthia Raim, piano).

Chopin: Masurkka n:o 16 As-duuri
(Gergely Bogányi, piano).

Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock edge (Wenlockin reunalla)
(Steve Davislim, tenori, Benjamin Martin, piano, ja Hamer-kvartetti).

Verdi: Requiem
(Susan Dunn, sopraano, Diane Curry, mezzosopraano, Jerry Hadley, tenori, ja Paul Plishka, basso, sekä Atlantan sinfoniakuoro ja ork./Robert Shaw). (2 hrs., 2 min.)

SPECIAL PROGRAM: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Die Zauberflöte

Metropolitan Opera Choir and Orchestra. Conductor: Evan Rogister;
Pamina: Golda Schultz. Queen of the Night: Kathryn Lewek. Tamino: Ben Bliss. Monostatos: Thomas Ebenstein. Papageno: Thomas Oliemans. Narrator: Shenyang. Sarastro: Stephen Milling (approx. 3 hrs., 20 min.)