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The Elements - Air

Hannah French continues her series associated with the elements. Today's focus is air, with music by Rameau, Monteverdi, Boyce, Marenzio, Rebel and Hildegard of Bingen.

Hannah French continues her series of programmes associated with the ancient Greek concept of the four elements - symbolic forces that inspired Renaissance and Baroque composers with the essences of creation out of chaos: earth, water, fire, and today air.

Today's programme focuses on all things to do with the air and the wind, with music by Bach, Rameau, Monteverdi, Boyce, Marenzio, Rebel, Palestrina, Handel, Lully and Hildegard of Bingen.

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27 minutes

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Sun 10 Sep 2023 14:00
麻豆约拍 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Les Boreades: Entr'acte (Suite de vents)

    Performer: Frans Br眉ggen. Ensemble: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century.
    • Philips Digital Classics.

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Overture to Za茂s

    Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • ARCHIV.

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Zais: Act 2, scene 4 - Tonnere and Air

    Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques. Director: Christophe Rousset.
    • APARTE.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Come dolce hoggi l'auretta spira

    Singer: Emma Kirkby. Singer: Judith Nelson. Singer: Poppy Holden. Ensemble: Consort of Musicke. Director: Anthony Rooley.
    • L'OISEAU-LYRE.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Come dolce oggi l'auretta (Madrigals, Book 9)

    Singer: Emma Kirkby. Singer: Judith Nelson. Singer: Poppy Holden. Ensemble: Consort of Musicke. Conductor: Anthony Rooley.
    • Decca.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O virtus Sapientie

    Performer: Geoffrey Webber. Singer: Rebecca Ramsey. Choir: Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge. Ensemble: Armonico Consort. Conductor: Christopher Monks.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O Virtus Sapientiae

    Ensemble: Armonico Consort. Director: Christopher Monks.
    • Naked Byrd Two.
    • SIGNUM.
    • 9.

  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Alceste: Act I, Scenes 8 and 9

    Singer: Judith van Wanroij. Singer: Emiliano Gonzales Toro. Singer: Etienne Bazola. Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques. Director: Christophe Rousset.
    • APARTE.

  • William Boyce

    Solomon: Softly Rise O southern Breeze

    Performer: Philip Turbett. Singer: Allan Clayton. Ensemble: The Mozartists. Conductor: Ian Page.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Pacified Aeolus, BWV.205: Zur眉cke, Zur眉cke, Gefl眉gelten Winde

    Singer: Klaus H盲ger. Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Traditional Scottish

    Eagle Bone

    Performer: Rod Cameron.
    • The Kilmartin Sessions The Sounds Of Ancient Scotland.
    • KILMARTIN HOUSE TRUST.
    • 3.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Silete venti HWV.242: Sinfonia e recitativo

    Singer: Grace Davidson. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Joseph Crouch.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Luca Marenzio

    Qual mormorio soave

    Choir: Gli Erranti. Director: Alessandro Casari.
    • STRADIVARI.

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Dum complerentur

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

  • Jean鈥怓茅ry Rebel

    Les Elemens: Caprice

    Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Midori Seiler.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 26 Sep 2021 14:00
    麻豆约拍 Radio 3
  • Sun 10 Sep 2023 14:00
    麻豆约拍 Radio 3

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