TALES FROM OVID
The fifteen books of Ovid’s famous Metamorphoses have provided extensive material and inspiration for composers from Cavalli and Monteverdi to Britten and beyond. In this fascinating programme, one of Dittersdorf’s descriptive Symphonies after the Metamorphoses of Ovid is followed by enchanting transformation scenes from operas by the three greatest composers of the Classical era.
| Sample Programme | |
| Dittersdorf | Symphony in F, ‘The Rescue of Andromeda by Perseus’ |
| Gluck | Scene from Orfeo ed Euridice |
| Haydn | Scene from Philemon und Baucis |
| Mozart | Scene from Apollo et Hyacinthus |
Forces: 3 soloists (soprano, countertenor, tenor), 0.2.0.2. – 2.0.0.0. strings, harpsichord
