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Cecilia String Quartet, Francois-Xavier Roth, Camilla Tilling, Saimir Pirgu

Sean Rafferty presents live music from the Cecilia String Quartet and Albanian tenor Saimir Pirgu. Plus conductor Francois-Xavier Roth and soprano Camilla Tilling in conversation.

Sean Rafferty presents a lively mix of music, chat and arts news with guests including the Cecilia String Quartet ahead of their return to the Wigmore Hall in London to perform music by Mozart and Mendelssohn. There's more live music from Albanian tenor Saimir Pirgu ahead of the release of his solo album 'Il Mio Canto'. He is currently singing the role of Alfredo in Verdi's La Traviata at the Royal Opera House in London. Plus Sean talks to the conductor Francois-Xavier Roth and soprano Camilla Tilling, ahead of their concert with the LSO at the Barbican this week.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Astor Piazzolla

    La muerte del ángel

    Performer: Martin Fröst. Music Arranger: Göran Fröst. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Sony.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E minor, Op 44 No 2 - 2nd movt

    Ensemble: Cecilia String Quartet.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet in F major, K590 (Andante)

  • Aaron Copland

    Hoe-Down from Rodeo

    Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane pour une infante défunte

    Ensemble: Ensemble Wien-Berlin.
    • DG.
  • Johann Hermann Schein

    Banchetto musicale No. 2 Suite a 5 in D minor (Allemande)

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • EMI.
  • George Butterworth

    Is my team ploughing? (6 Songs from 'A Shropshire Lad')

    Singer: Roderick Williams. Performer: Iain Burnside.
    • George Butterworth, Songs from A Shropshire Lad: Williams / Burnside.
    • Naxos.
    • 6.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E minor, Op 44 No 2 - 1st movt

    Ensemble: Cecilia String Quartet.
  • Franz Schubert

    Nacht und Träume, D 827

    Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Det far ett skepp - from Visor och stamningar

    Performer: Paul Rivinius. Singer: Camilla Tilling.
    • BIS.
  • Richard Strauss

    Morgen, Op.27 no.4

    Singer: Camilla Tilling. Performer: Ulf Wallin. Performer: Paul Rivinius.
    • BIS.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no.1 in D major (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Haenssler.
  • Maurice Duruflé

    Requiem, Op 9 (Introit; Kyrie)

    Performer: David Goode. Choir: Eton College Chapel Choir. Conductor: Tim Johnson.
    • Herald.
  • Robert Schumann

    Traumerei

    Performer: Pavel Koleshnikov (piano).
  • Mel Bonis

    Invocation (Scenes de la foret, Op 123)

    Performer: Anthony Robb. Performer: Richard Dilley. Performer: Diana Ambache.
    • Ambache.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La donna è mobile (Rigoletto)

    Singer: Saimir Pirgu. Orchestra: Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Conductor: Speranza Scappucci.
    • Il Mio Canto.
    • Opus Arte.
    • 15.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La donna è mobile (Rigoletto)

    Singer: Saimir Pirgu. Orchestra: Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Conductor: Speranza Scappucci.
    • Il Mio Canto.
    • Opus Arte.
    • 15.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La donna è mobile (Rigoletto)

    Singer: Saimir Pirgu. Orchestra: Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Conductor: Speranza Scappucci.
    • Il Mio Canto.
    • Opus Arte.
    • 15.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La donna è mobile (Rigoletto)

    Singer: Saimir Pirgu. Orchestra: Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Conductor: Speranza Scappucci.
    • Il Mio Canto.
    • Opus Arte.
    • 15.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La traviata - De miei bollenti spiriti)

    Performer: Saimir Pirgu (tenor). Performer: Richard Hetherington (piano).
  • Charles Gounod

    Faust (Salut! Demeure chaste et pure)

    Singer: Saimir Pirgu. Orchestra: Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Conductor: Speranza Scappucci.
    • Il Mio Canto.
    • Opus Arte.
    • 3.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata K141

    Performer: Angela Hewitt (piano).

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  • Wed 20 Jan 2016 16:30

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