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Unitarian Church
High Street
Swansea
SA1 1NZ
Wales
Programme
Charlie Barber – Radio Amore no.1 (2018)
Antonio Vivaldi – Oboe Concerto in D minor, RV 454
Charlie Barber – Tuning to Radio Station no.2 (2018)
Arcangelo Corelli – Concerto Grosso in G minor 'Christmas concerto', Op.6 no.8
Henry Purcell – King Arthur: Passacaglia
Tomaso Albinoni – Oboe Concerto in B flat major, Op.9 no.11
Charlie Barber – Radio Message for Orpheus no.1 (2018)
Michael Nyman – An Eye for Optical Theory (1982)
Charlie Barber – Piazza Navona (2009)
Charlie Barber – Tuning to Radio Station no.1 (2018)
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi – Stabat Mater: Duet 'Stabat Mater Dolorosa'
Henry Purcell – King Arthur: Grand Dance
Charlie Barber – Electric Mains Hum (2018)
Performers
Michele Batani – oboe
Ashley John Long – double bass
Mavron Quartet
Programme Note
Inspired by live mixes and late-night radio broadcasting, and evocative of the sizzle and crackle that accompanied new musical discoveries on a bakelite tuning dial, Radio Amore is designed as a musical journey – a voyage of wonder, vitality and emotion.
Commissioned by Tŷ Cerdd, and part concert, part imaginary late-night radio broadcast, Radio Amore fuses new work from Barber in a live mix of Baroque and contemporary classics. The eclectic mix includes music by Pergolesi and Handelalongside extracts of oboe concerti by Vivaldi, Corelli and Albinoni as well as theatre music by Purcell, film music by Michael Nyman, transcriptions of Italian music by Sir John Barbirolli and radio-inspired works by Charlie Barber.
The live mix is performed by Italian oboist Michele Batani, alongside British musicians the Mavron String Quartet and bassist Ashley-John Long.
