Sarah Walker, Valentina Lisitsa, Tippett Quartet
Sean Rafferty's guests include mezzo-soprano Sarah Walker, pianist Valentina Lisitsa and the Tippett String Quartet. Plus Beastly Baroque for Comic Relief.
Sean Rafferty's guests today include 70th birthday girl mezzo-soprano Sarah Walker CBE, whose stunning voice and sparkling charisma have firmly secured her place among the great British singers of the last half-century. Who can forget her dazzling appearance at the 1989 Last Night of the Proms?
Live music from Ukrainian-born YouTube sensation, pianist Valentina Lisitsa marking the release of her new Rachmaninov recording and the Tippett String Quartet play live in the studio and discuss the new Barnes Music Festival.
As part of Baroque Spring for Comic Relief, Beastly Baroque. Eavesdrop on the extra-musical difficulties encountered by Bach, Lully, Monteverdi, Purcell and Handel, as Simon Russell Beale stars as five of the greatest Baroque composers. Fun family listening, also featuring Felicity Duncan, Philip Pope, and Mitch Benn.
2/5 'Lully the Bully' - No one gets in the way of the Sun King's favourite property-speculating composer until he loses control of his pole.
Main headlines are at 5pm and 6pm.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Suite no. 1 in C major BWV.1066 for orchestra
Performer: Monica Huggett Performer: Ensemble Sonnerie
- AVIE.
- AV-2171.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
13 Preludes Op.32 for piano
Performer: Valentina Lisitsa
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George Frideric Handel
Hercules - a musical drama
Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner Performer: Sarah Walker Performer: English Baroque Soloists Performer: Monteverdi Choir.
- ARCHIVE.
- 423-137 2.
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Interview: Sarah Walker
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Franz Schubert
Erlkonig D.328
Performer: Graham Johnson Performer: Sarah Walker
- HYPERION.
- CDJ-33008.
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Pablo de Sarasate
Gavota de Mignon
Performer: Akira Eguchi Performer: Gil Shaham
- CANARY.
- CC07.
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Johann Christian Schieferdecker
Concerts musicaux for orchestra
Performer: Berlin Academy of Ancient Music
- HARMONIA MUNDI.
- HMC-901852.
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Franz Schubert
Standchen (Hark hark, the Lark", arr. Liszt for piano
Performer: Valentina Lisitsa
Interview: Valentina Lisitsa
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Concerto no. 1 in F sharp minor Op.1 for piano and orchestra
Conductor: Michael Francis Performer: Valentina Lisitsa Performer: London S O.
- DECCA.
- 478 4890.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Dorilla in tempe - opera in 3 acts RV.709
Performer: Elin Manahan Thomas Performer: Orchestra of The Age of Enlightenment
- HELIODOR.
- 4765970.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Divertimento in E flat major K.563 for violin, viola and cello
Performer: Zimmermann Trio
- BIS.
- BIS-SACD-1817.
Beastly Baroque: Lully the Bully
Interview: Daniel Turner
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Jim Parker
Hurdy Gurdy
Performer: Tippett Quartet
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Goldberg variations BWV.988
Performer: Daniel Barenboim
- WARNER.
- 0927 49705 2.
Interview: Jez Nelson
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Louis Couperin
Gigue in F major B`D.76 for harpsichord ["Pieces de clavecin" ed. Brunold rev. Dart]
Performer: Christophe Rousset
- APARTE.
- AP-006.
Interview: Tod Machover
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Joseph Haydn
Quartet in C major Op.20`2 for strings
Performer: Tippett Quartet
Interview: Tippett Quartet
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Gustav Holst
Phantasy String Quartet
Composer: Roderick Swanston Performer: Tippett Quartet
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