
Streetwise Opera, Sakari Oramo, Chi-Chi Nwanoku, Carducci Quartet
Sean Rafferty is joined by Sakari Oramo, who conducts the ѿý Symphony Orchestra at the First Night of the 2015 Proms, and singers from the Streetwise Opera Company.
Sean Rafferty with a lively mix of music, chat and arts news. He is joined by Sakari Oramo who conducts the ѿý Symphony Orchestra at the First Night of the Proms on Friday, along with the orchestra's leader, Stephen Bryant. We also welcome in to the studio cast members of 'People Watch', a brand new opera from the Streetwise Opera charity which uses music to help people suffering from homelessness. They are joined by the opera's composer Stef Conner and librettist Bil Bankes-Jones.
Also this afternoon Sean talks to double-bassist Chi-Chi Nwanoku about her exciting new 'Chineke!' orchestra, and the Carducci Quartet perform more of their ambitious Shostakovich quartet cycle live in the studio.
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Music Played
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Susannah Austin & Stef Conner
Sun on Water (from People Watch)
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Stef Conner
What we see (finale) (from People Watch)
Conductor: Timothy Burke. Choir: Streetwise Opera Explore Group. -
Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto in D, 3rd mvt
Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini.- Warner Classics.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony no.85 in B flat “The Queen of France”: finale
Orchestra: Zürcher Kammerorchester. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.- Sony.
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William Byrd
Miserere mei, Deus
Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Music Arranger: Nico Muhly.- Decca.
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Jean Sibelius
Symphony no.2 in D major Op.43 (1st mvt)
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storgårds.- CHANDOS.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Quartet no.9 mov. 3
Ensemble: Carducci Quartet. -
Dmitry Shostakovich
Quartet no.10 mov 3
Ensemble: Carducci Quartet. -
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
Double Bass Concerto No 2 in D major (1st mvt)
Performer: Chi-Chi Nwanoku. Conductor: Paul Goodwin. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.- HYPERION.
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Scott Joplin
Elite Syncopations
Performer: Matthew Trusler. Performer: Wayne Marshall.- ORCHID CLASSICS.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Finale (Orchestral Suite no.6)
Orchestrator: Henry Wood. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.- CHANDOS.
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Carl Nielsen, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra & Sakari Oramo
Symphony no.4 “the Inextinguishable”: 2nd mvt
- BIS.
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William Walton
Symphony no.1 in B flat minor (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- CHANDOS.
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Giuseppe Verdi
La donna è mobile (Rigoletto)
Singer: José Carreras. Orchestra: London Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Marcello Viotti.- With a Song in my Heart: Jose Carreras.
- Teldec.
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Broadcast
- Wed 15 Jul 2015 16:30ѿý Radio 3