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Sat 26 Apr 2025 06:30
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Music Played

  • Ulysses Kay

    Pietà (version for cor anglais & orchestra)

    Performer: Anna Mattix. Orchestra: National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Copland, Creston & Others: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 7.

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Missa Papae Marcelli: Agnus Dei

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • The Golden Renaissance: Palestrina.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Nocturne, Op.165

    Performer: Emmanuel Despax.
    • Signum.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in G Major, Op 76 No 1 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets Op. 76 Nos. 1-3.
    • BIS.
    • 2.

  • John Tavener

    Song for Athene

    Lyricist: William Shakespeare. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Enchanted Isle.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 9.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for strings in C major, RV.114

    Ensemble: Taverner Players. Conductor: Andrew Parrott.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53, II. Adagio ma non troppo

    Conductor: Andrés Orozco‐Estrada. Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony.
    • Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53, B. 108: II. Adagio ma non troppo.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Waltz in A flat major for piano duet, Op 39 No 15

    Performer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Waltz in D flat major

    Performer: Stephen Coombs.
    • Helios.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Waltz in G flat major, Op.70 No.1

    Performer: Ingrid Fliter.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Amy Beach

    Symphony in E minor, Op.32 "Gaelic" (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Munich Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Joseph Bastian.
    • Solo Musica.

  • Agustín Barrios Mangoré

    3 Danzas Paraguayas

    Performer: David Russell.
    • TELARC.

  • Anoushka Shankar

    Stolen Moments (from Chapter 1: Forever, For Now)

  • George Frideric Handel

    Sarabande from Keyboard suite in D minor, HWV 437

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Music Arranger: Olivier Fourés. Ensemble: Daniel Hope Ensemble.
    • DG.

  • Béla Bartók

    Romanian Folk Dances for orchestra

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.

  • Robert Schumann

    Abegg variations Op.1 for piano

    Performer: Alexandra Dariescu.
    • Champs Hill Records.

  • Giuseppe Torelli

    Trumpet Concerto in D major

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Alison Balsom.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 7.

  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Dance of the Paper Umbrellas

    Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Northey.
    • The Elena Kats-Chernin Collection.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 84.

  • Charles Gounod

    Mors et Vita: Judex

    Orchestra: Richard Hickox Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Decca.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quintet No.2 in B flat major, Op.87 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Bartholdy Quintett.
    • Mendelssohn: String Quintets.
    • Cavi-Music.
    • 9.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Cantique de Jean Racine, Op 11

    Performer: John Scott. Choir: Corydon Singers. Conductor: Matthew Best.
    • Hyperion.

  • Antonio José

    Guitar Sonata: III. Pavana triste

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Camino - Spanish and French repertoire for guitar.
    • Pentatone.
    • 2.

  • Carl Nielsen

    Dance of the Cockerels (Maskarade)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Nielsen: Aladdin-Suite, Helios U.A.: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.

Broadcast

  • Sat 26 Apr 2025 06:30
    BBC Radio 3