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08/12/2009 Claire Booth, Ryan Wigglesworth, Bejun Mehta

Presented by Sean Rafferty. Sean is joined by the group behind Transition_projects, who are involved in a series of experimental mixed media concerts at Kings Place, London.

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world.

He is joined by soprano Claire Booth, conductor/composer Ryan Wigglesworth and others from the high-energy group behind Transition_projects, who are involved in a series of innovative and experimental mixed media concerts at Kings Place, London.

Plus countertenor Bejun Mehta discussing his rising career ahead of his concert at the Wigmore Hall.

2 hours

Last on

Tue 8 Dec 2009 17:00

Music Played

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Danse Russe (Swan Lake)

    Performer: Baiba Skride (violin) Performer: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Performer: Andris Nelsons (conductor)

    • SONY 88697 214232.
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Canite tuba

    Performer: Choir of Westminster Cathedral Performer: Martin Baker (director)

    • HYPERION CDA 67396.
  • LIVE

    • Béla Bartók - Mikrokosmos

      Performer: Ryan Wigglesworth (piano)

  • John Eccles

    Love's but the frailty of the mind

    Performer: Claire Booth (soprano) Performer: Emilia Benjamin (bass viol) Performer: Richard Sweeney (lute) Performer: Christian Curnyn (harpsichord)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 0759.
  • LIVE

    • Luciano Berio

      Sequenza III (excerpt)

      Performer: Claire Booth (soprano)

  • Leonard Bernstein

    3 Dance episodes from 'On the Town'

    Performer: Minnesota Orchestra Performer: Edo de Waart (conductor)

    • VIRGIN VC 791431 2.
  • Franz Schubert

    Danksgung an den Bach (Die Schone Mullerin)

    Performer: Jonas Kaufmann (Tenor) Performer: Helmut Deutsch (Piano)

    • DECCA 478 1528.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Brass quintet no. 1, Op.73: 3rd mvt

    Performer: Stockholm Chamber Brass

    • BIS CD 1438.
  • Robert Schumann

    Manfred overture

    Performer: Swedish Chamber Orchestra Performer: Thomas Dausgaard (conductor)

    • BIS SACD 1619.
  • Henry Purcell

    Strike the viol

    Performer: Bejun Mehta (countertenor) Performer: Julius Drake (piano)

    • Private recording.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Destructive War (Belshazzar)

    Performer: Bejun Mehta (countertenor) Performer: Akademie fur Alte Musik Performer: Rene Jacobs (conductor)

    • Private recording.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Linden Lea

    Performer: Bejun Mehta (countertenor) Performer: Julius Drake (piano)

    • Private recording.
  • George Enescu

    Cantabile e Presto

    Performer: James Galway (flute) Performer: Philip Moll (piano)

    • RCA 09026 68882 2.
  • Morten Lauridsen

    Ave Maria

    Performer: Polyphony Performer: Stephen Layton (conductor)

    • HYPERION CDA 67449.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Kleines Lied in A major & Wedding March

    Performer: Roberto Prosseda (piano)

    • Decca 476 3038.

Broadcast

  • Tue 8 Dec 2009 17:00

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