December 2006 - Meeting

Programme for Wednesday, December 6th 2006

Guest presenter: Ethna Tinney

1. Monteverdi: La favola d'Orfeo, opera, SV 318


2. Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea, opera in 3 acts, SV 308


3. Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone


4. Handel: Ariodante, opera, HWV 33 - Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano


5. Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D major ("Prague"), K.504 (iii. Finale, Presto)


6. Haydn: Symphony No. 82 in C major ("The Bear"), H.1/82


7. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor ("Choral"), Op.125 (ii. Molto vivace) - Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; cond. Claudio Abbado


8. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (The Hut on Fowl's Legs, The Great Gate of Kiev) - Vladimir Horowitz, piano


9. Verdi: Falstaff


10. Puccini: Madama Butterfly - Margaret Burke-Sheridan, soprano

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