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Harry Bicket

Catherine Bott profiles harpsichordist and conductor Harry Bicket, a regular performer at Glyndebourne and the New York Met. Including works by Handel, Bach, Pergolesi and Gluck.

Catherine Bott profiles harpsichordist & conductor Harry Bicket - regular at Glyndebourne & the New York Metropolitan Opera, and current musical director of The English Concert - about his career and his recordings. Music includes works by Handel, Bach, Pergolesi and Gluck in performances by RenΓ©e Fleming, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Susan Graham, Andreas Scholl and Elizabeth Watts.

58 minutes

Last on

Sun 2 Sep 2012 13:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Sonata for 2 violins & continuo "Tu fedel? tu costante?", HWV.171

    Performers: The English Concert, Harry Bicket (director)

    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • HMU 907559.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Great victor, at your feet I bow [from 'Belshazzar']

    Performers: Rosemary Joshua (soprano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), The English Concert, Harry Bicket (director)

    • CHACONNE.
    • CHAN 0767.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    J'ai perdu mon Eurydice [from 'OrphΓ©e et Eurydice']

    Performers: Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket (director)

    • ERATO.
    • 8573 85768-2.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Bane of virtue, nurse of passions [from 'Theodora']

    Performers: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket (director)

    • AVIE.
    • AV 0030.

  • Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

    Stabat Mater [from Stabat Mater]

    Performers: Danielle de Niese (soprano), Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor), The English Concert, Harry Bicket (director)

    • DECCA.
    • 478 2260.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Ritorna, oh caro e dolce mio tesoro [from 'Rodelinda']

    Performers: RenΓ©e Fleming (soprano), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket (director)

    • DECCA.
    • 475 618-6.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wie zittern und wanken [from Cantata No.105]

    Performers: Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Katharina Spreckelsen (oboe), The English Concert, Harry Bicket (director)

    • HARMONIA MUNDA.
    • HMU 807550.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Sonata for 2 violins & continuo "Tu fedel? tu costante?"

  • George Frideric Handel

    "Great victor, at your feet I bow" from "Belshazzar"

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    "J'ai perdu mon Eurydice" from "Orphee et Eurydice"

  • George Frideric Handel

    "Bane of virtue, nurse of passions" from "Theodora"

  • Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

    Stabat Mater (from Stabat Mater)

  • George Frideric Handel

    "Ritorna, oh caro e dolce mio tesoro" from "Rodelinda"

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    "Wie zittern und wanken" from Cantata BWV.105

Broadcast

  • Sun 2 Sep 2012 13:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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