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Elizabeth Watts, Anthony Bolton and Kit Hesketh-Harvey, Foyle-Stsura Duo

Sean Rafferty is joined by soprano Elizabeth Watts, composer Anthony Bolton and writer Kit Hesketh-Harvey, and the Foyle-Stsura Duo.

Sean Rafferty is joined by soprano Elizabeth Watts, who will be singing with The English Concert at Buxton International Festival later this month. Composer Anthony Bolton and librettist Kit Hesketh-Harvey also join Sean to talk about their new opera, 'The Life and Death of Alexander Litvinenko', which receives its world premiere at Grange Park Opera this week. And violin and piano duo Michael Foyle and Maksim Stsura play live in the studio.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen Suite No 1 (Les toréadors)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de l'Opera Bastille. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.
    • 111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 1.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    Sorry Her Lot

    Lyricist: William Gilbert. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Scottish Opera. Conductor: Richard Egarr. Singer: Elizabeth Watts. Narrator: Tim Brooke-Taylor.
    • Gilbert & Sullivan: HMS Pinafore.
    • Linn Records.
    • 108.
  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Erminia: Aria "Torbido, irato, e nero"

    Singer: Elizabeth Watts. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Laurence Cummings.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Franz Schubert

    Im Abendrot, D.799

    Performer: Elizabeth Watts. Performer: Roger Vignoles.
    • RCA.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Boris Godunov; Prologue Scene 2: People's Chorus - Slava! Slava! Slava!

    Choir: Choeurs Russes de Paris. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Исай Добровейн.
    • Historical, Great Opera.
    • Naxos.
  • Gerald Finzi

    God is gone up (3 Anthems Op.27)

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Ensemble: Trinity Brass Ensemble. Performer: Asher Oliver. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    La scala di seta: Overture

    Conductor: Marc Andreae. Orchestra: I Virtuosi Italiani.
    • Gioachino Rossini: The Best Overtures.
    • CPO.
    • 401.
  • Richard Rodgers

    I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair (South Pacific)

    Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II. Singer: Nellie Forbush. Choir: Ken Darby Singers. Orchestra: Alfred Newman and His Orchestra. Conductor: Alfred Newman.
    • South Pacific original soundtrack.
    • RCA.
  • Aaron Jay Kernis

    Concerto de 'Dance Hits' for guitar (3rd mvt)

    Performer: David Tanenbaum. Orchestra: New Century Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Aaron Jay Kernis.
    • Double Echo: New Guitar Concertos from the Americas.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 40 in G minor, K 550 (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart.
    • Mozart; Symphonie Nos. 39 & 40: Orchestra Mozart/Claudio Abbado.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 5.
  • Anthony Bolton

    The life and death of Alexander Litvinenko; Act 1: Scene 2 (extract)

    Singer: Rebecca Bottone. Singer: Adrian Dwyer. Orchestra: Grange Park Opera. Conductor: Stephen Barlow.
  • Anthony Bolton

    The life and death of Alexander Litvinenko; Act 1: Scene 7 (extract)

    Librettist: Kit Hesketh-Harvey. Singer: Rebecca Bottone. Singer: Adrian Dwyer. Orchestra: Grange Park Opera. Conductor: Stephen Barlow.
  • Trad.

    Dark Eyes

    Music Arranger: John Harle. Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Andee Birkett. Ensemble: Tippett Quartet. Performer: John Harle. Performer: Zeynep Özsuca.
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Agnus Dei I & II

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.
    • Gimell.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659

    Music Arranger: Ferruccio Busoni. Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • SONY.

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  • Wed 14 Jul 2021 17:00

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