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Pulcinella and Puccini

Nil Venditti conducts the 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic in music by Puccini, Verdi, Rossini and Mascagni. Stravinsky's ballet 'Pulcinella' completes the programme.

Live from the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Presented by Mark Forrest

Nil Venditti joins the 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic, bringing with her a feast of Italian music. The programme opens with the sparkling overture to Rossini's opera 'The Thieving Magpie' and the luxurious silken warmth of Mascagni's Intermezzo from 'Cavalleria rusticana' follows. Shakespeare provides the inspiration for music from Verdi's 'Otello'; soprano Mariangela Sicilia joining the orchestra for the heart-breaking Willow Song and Ave Maria.

Puccini's lush early Preludio sinfonico changes the mood after the interval, and to end, tenor Alessandro Fisher and baritone James Atkinson join the orchestra and Mariangela Sicilia for Stravinsky's ingenious witty ballet 'Pulcinella'. Inspired by Italian baroque music, the beautifully assembled dances are painted in Stravinsky's unmistakable colours.

Rossini: Overture - The Thieving Magpie
Mascagni: Intermezzo - Cavalleria rusticana
Verdi: Willow Song and Ave Maria - Otello

Interval 8.10

Puccini: Preludio sinfonico
Stravinsky: Pulcinella

Mariangela Sicilia (soprano)
Alessandro Fisher (tenor)
James Atkinson (baritone)
蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic
Nil Venditti (conductor)

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Music Played

  • Gioachino Rossini

    La Gazza Ladra - Opera In 2 Acts ; Overture

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nil Venditti.

  • Pietro Mascagni

    Cavalleria Rusticana - Opera In 1 Act ; Intermezzo

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nil Venditti.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Otello - Dramma Lirico In 4 Acts

    Performer: Mariangela Sicilia. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nil Venditti.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Vol 7 Prelude inoffensif

    Performer: Aldo Ciccolini.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Vol 6 Une caresse a ma femme

    Performer: Aldo Ciccolini.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Vol 10 Petit caprice (style Offenbach)

    Performer: Aldo Ciccolini.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Vol 5 Ouf! Les petits pois

    Performer: Aldo Ciccolini.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Pulcinella - Ballet

    Performer: Mariangela Sicilia. Performer: Alessandro Fisher. Performer: James Atkinson. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nil Venditti.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Rhapsody for Clarinet & String Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 23

    Performer: Peter Cigleris. Ensemble: Tippett Quartet.
    • Gipps: Clarinet Chamber Music.
    • SOMM.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Songs of travel for voice and piano: no.3; The Roadside Fire

    Performer: Roger Vignoles. Singer: Christopher Maltman.
    • Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel, Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad: Maltman, Vigno.
    • Hyperion.

Broadcast

  • Thu 3 Apr 2025 19:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3