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Saturday Matinee - 7 February 2026

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Saturday Matinee

Operetta, Oratorio and major Symphonic music featured in special programs to entertain on Saturday afternoons
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13:00 WRITTEN IN THE WIND
Prepared by Elaine Siversen
With Stephen Gard

Butterworth, G. Love blows as the wind blows, op 59 (1912).    Robert Tear, ten; City of Birmingham SO/Vernon Handley.
EMI 7 64731 2 [10:00]

Janácek, L. Overture: Jealousy (1894).    Vienna PO/Charles Mackerras.
Decca 414 482-2 [05:37]

Lawes, H. In that cold heart; A despairing lover.    Consort of Musicke/Anthony Rooley.
Hyperion CDA66135 [07:13]

Purcell, H. Dido’s lament: Thy hand, Belinda ... When I am laid in earth, from Dido and Aeneas (1689).    Janet Baker, mezz; English CO/Anthony Lewis.
Philips 475 156-2 [05:03]

Tartini, G. Sonata in G minor for violin and continuo, op 1 no 10, Didone abbandonata (1714).    Fabio Biondi, vn; Antonio Fantinuoli, vc; Giangiacomo Pinardi, theorbo; Paola Poncet, hpd.
Glossa GCD 923412 [14:39]

Beethoven, L. Ah! Perfido, scene and aria, op 65 (1795-96).    Cheryl Studer, sop; Berlin PO/Claudio Abbado.
DG 435617-2 [13:33]

Villa-Lobos, H. Sonata (Fantasy) no 1, Despair (1912).    Emmanuele Baldini, vn; Pablo Rossi, pf.
Naxos 8.574310 [09:25]

Arriaga, J. Erminia.    Rosamund Illing, sop; Melbourne SO/Heribert Esser.
ABC 434 898-2 [13:50]

14:30 SATURDAY MATINÉE
Orchestral grandeur
Prepared by Chis Blower
With Brian Drummond

Halffter, R. Suite: Don Lindo de Almería, op 7b (1936).    Madrid Comunidad O/José Ramón Encinar.
Naxos 8.557623 [19:18]

Falla, M. de Nights in the gardens of Spain (1909-15).    Alicia de Larrocha, pf; Suisse Romande O/Sergiu Comissiona.
Decca 417 771-2 [24:29]

Rodrigo, J. Sones en la Giralda (1963).    Gwyneth Wentink, hp; Asturias SO/Maximiano Valdés.
Naxos 8.555843 [09:21]

Albéniz, I. Rapsodia española, op 70 (1911; arr. C. Halffter).    Alicia de Larrocha, pf; London PO/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos.
Decca 433 905-2 [17:57]

Halffter, E. Soundtrack: Carmen (1926).    Frankfurt RSO/Mark Fitz-Gerald.
Naxos 8.572260 [01:06:56]

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