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The Akademie für alte Musik Berlin at 40

Hannah French is in Germany to mark the 40th anniversary of one of Europe’s most successful early music ensembles - the Akademie für alte Musik Berlin.

Hannah French is in Germany to mark the 40th anniversary of one of Europe’s most successful early music ensembles - the Akademie für alte Musik Berlin. Founded in 1982 in what was then East Berlin, the Akademie has blossomed into a Grammy award-winning outfit that tours worldwide and enjoys a reputation to match.

Hannah will be talking to the ensemble’s general manager Uwe Schneider, long-standing oboist Xenia Löffler, founder member and concert master Bernhard Forck and one of the ensemble’s eminent regular guest conductors – René Jacobs.

Music includes the Akademie’s recordings of JS Bach, CPE Bach, Handel, Mozart, Gluck, Telemann, Keiser and Vivaldi.

Plus, there'll be the usual round-up of Early Music News with Mark Seow.

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Sun 4 Dec 2022 14:00
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg concerto no. 1 in F major BWV.1046: 1st movement

    Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in C major Wq.182 No.3: Allegro assai

    Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Viola Concerto in G major, TWV.51:G9: Allegro

    Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Bernhard Forck.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Di questa cetro in seno (Il Parnaso confuso)

    Singer: Cecilia Bartoli. Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Bernhard Forck.
    • Decca.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in B flat major K.361: Rondo

    Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for violin & oboe in B flat, RV.Anh.18 (after RV.364)

    Performer: Xenia Löffler. Performer: Georg Kallweit. Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wir setzen uns mit Tränen (St. Matthew Passion, BWV.244)

    Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: René Jacobs.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Reinhard Keiser

    Sinfonia: Croesus

    Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: René Jacobs.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music: Allegro

    Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: René Jacobs.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

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  • Sun 4 Dec 2022 14:00
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

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