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13/07/2011 Penelope Thwaites, John Lavender

Presented by Sean Rafferty. With performances in the studio by Australian pianists Penelope Thwaites and John Lavender.

Australian pianists Penelope Thwaites and John Lavender perform a piano duet live in the In Tune studio. They will be performing in a concert of Percy Grainger's World Tour, mirroring Percy Grainger's travels as a solo pianist, collector of folk-music and composer to northern Europe, Britain and the U.S.A, as part of the City of London Festival.

Presented by Sean Rafferty.
With a selection of music and guests from the music world.
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1 hour, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Presto, fourth movement, from the Octet for strings in E-flat major, Op. 20

    Performer: I Solisti Filarmonici Italiani

    • CPO – 777 524-2.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate from Nabucco

    Performer: Choir and Orchestra of the Deutschen Oper Berlin Performer: Giuseppe Sinopoli, conductor

    • DG – 469 217-2.
  • Anon.

    The Willow Song (text by William Shakespeare)

    Performer: Daniel Taylor, countertenor Performer: Elizabeth Kenny, lute

    • RCA RED SEAL – 88697727222.
  • Percy Grainger

    Pritteling Pratteling Pretty Poll Parrot

    Performer: Penelope Thwaites, piano Performer: Percy Grainger, piano

    • PEARL - SHE CD 9623.
  • LIVE

    • [traditional]

      Let's Dance Gay in Green Meadow (arranged by Percy Grainger)

      Performer: Penelope Thwaites (piano) Performer: John Lavender (piano)

  • Percy Grainger

    Fantasy on Themes from George Gershwin's Porgy & Bess

    Performer: Penelope Thwaites (piano) Performer: Percy Grainger (piano)

    • PEARL - SHE CD 9631.
  • Camille Saintâ€Saëns

    Maestoso Allegro, fourth movement, Symphony No. 3 'Organ'

    Performer: Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal Performer: Peter Hurford, organ Performer: Charles Dutoit, conductor

    • LONDON – 410 201-2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Fuor del Mar from Idomeneo, Act 2

    Performer: Jeremy Ovenden, tenor – Idomeneo Performer: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Performer: Jonathan Cohen, conductor

    • SIGNUM – SIGCD251.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Bernardo Gianoncelli, ditto Il Bernardello: Bergamasca (1650)

    Performer: Boston Symphony Orchestra Performer: Seiji Osawa, conductor

    • DG – 419 868-2.
  • Philippe Rogier

    Credo, Missa Domine Dominus Noster

    Performer: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts Performer: Philip Cave, director

    • LINN – CKD 348.
  • Francisco Tárrega

    Recuerdos de la Alhambra (arranged Ruggiero Ricci)

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine, violin

    • CEDILLE RECORDS – CDR 90000 124.

Broadcast

  • Wed 13 Jul 2011 17:00

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