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The Elements - Water

Hannah French concludes her series of four programmes associated with the elements. Today focuses on H2O, with music by Gibbons, Handel, Vivaldi and Rebel.

Hannah French concludes her series of four 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: air, earth, fire, and today, water.

Today's programme focuses on H2O in its many guises, with music by Gibbons, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau and Rebel.

59 minutes

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Sun 24 Sep 2023 14:00
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Music Played

  • Orlando Gibbons

    Drop, drop, slow tears

    Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Franz Tunder

    An Wasserflussen Babylons

    Singer: Iestyn Davies. Ensemble: Fretwork. Conductor: Silas Wollston.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata Bwv.206 (Schleicht, spielende Wellen): Schleicht, spielende Wellen

    Performer: Masaaki Suzuki. Singer: Hana BlaΕΎΓ­kovΓ‘. Ensemble: Japan Bach Collegium.
    • BIS-2231 SACD.
    • BIS.
    • 14.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    In turbato mare - motet RV.627

    Ensemble: Bach Consort Wien. Singer: Vivica Genaux. Conductor: RubΓ©n Dubrovsky.
    • Sony.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Convey me to some peaceful shore (Alexander Balus)

    Singer: Sandrine Piau. Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Stefano Montanari.
    • NAIVE.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water music - suite in F major HWV.348: Hornpipe

    Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Georg Kallweit.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Hamburger Ebb und Fluth

    Performer: Alfredo Bernardini. Ensemble: Ensemble Zefiro.
    • Handel: Water Musick; Telemann: Wassermusik.
    • Ambroisie.
    • 11-20.

  • Trad. English

    News from the River Thames

    Ensemble: The Oxford Waits. Ensemble: The Mellstock Band.
    • BEAUTIFUL JO RECORDS.

  • Henry Purcell

    King Arthur Z.628: Frost scene

    Singer: Ashley Riches. Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in F minor RV.297, Op.8`4 (Winter): Allegro non molto

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Farnace - opera RV.711: Gelido in ogni vena

    Singer: Nathalie Stutzmann. Ensemble: Orfeo 55.
    • ERATO.

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Platee: RΓ©cit "Pour un amant qui sait plaire", Quatuor "Dis donc", Orage

    Singer: Marcel Beekman. Singer: Jeanine De Bique. Singer: Cyril Auvity. Singer: Marc Mauillon. Singer: Edwin Crossley-Mercer. Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Choir: Arnold Schoenberg Chor. Conductor: William Christie.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Acis and Galatea: Heart, the seat of soft delight

    Singer: Lucy Crowe. Ensemble: Early Opera Company. Conductor: Christian Curnyn.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Anon.

    Vidi Aquam

    Choir: The Concordia Choir.
    • Evocations.
    • Concordia Recordings.
    • 4.

  • Luca Marenzio

    Tribus miraculis

    Ensemble: Progetto Musica. Conductor: Giulio Monaco.
    • TACTUS.

  • Jean‐FΓ©ry Rebel

    Les Elemens: Loure

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

  • John Dowland

    Can she excuse my wrongs

    Performer: Thomas Dunford. Singer: Alain Buet. Singer: Paul Agnew. Singer: Reinoud Van Mechelen. Singer: Ruby Hughes.
    • ALPHA.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 28 Nov 2021 14:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
  • Sun 24 Sep 2023 14:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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