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Francesca Chiejina, Beatrice Rana

Joining Sean Rafferty in the studio and performing live tonight are soprano Francesca Chiejina and pianist Beatrice Rana.

Noticed for her performances as Puccini's Mimi and Melissa in Handel last season, Francesca Chiejina has just performed Lauretta in the Scottish Opera's new production of Il trittico. For her upcoming solo recital at Wigmore Hall in London, the 30-year-old soprano, who wants to make classical music accessible to everyone, has chosen Coult, Berg and Strauss. She joins Sean Rafferty and performs live in the studio.

Also in the studio is acclaimed pianist Beatrice Rana. On her latest album, she chose the music of the Schumanns, performing their two piano concertos with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and pairing the ever-so-famous piece by Robert, with the much lesser known one by Clara: a concerto the composer wrote when she was only 14 and performed herself as the soloist at age 16 with Mendelssohn conducting...

2 hours

Last on

Tue 28 Mar 2023 17:00

Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream transc for piano

    Music Arranger: Sergey Rachmaninov. Performer: Simon Trpceski.
    • Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata no.2/Preludes: Simon Trpceski.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 12.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi - opera in 1 act [no.3 of "Il trittico"])

    Performer: Francesca Chiejina. Performer: Dylan Perez.
  • George Butterworth

    2 English Idylls

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Halle.
  • Alf Hurum

    Miniature (Aquarelles, Op 5)

    Performer: Håvard Gimse.
    • NORWEGIAN PIANO MUSIC.
    • NAXOS.
    • 009.
  • Max Bruch

    Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26; III. Finale

    Performer: Sonoko Miriam Shimano Welde. Conductor: Tabita Berglund. Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • LAWO.
  • Alban Berg

    Schilflied (from 7 early songs)

    Performer: Francesca Chiejina. Performer: Dylan Perez.
  • Alban Berg

    Die Nachtigall (from 7 early songs)

    Performer: Francesca Chiejina. Performer: Dylan Perez.
  • Georg Eduard Goltermann

    Symphony in A Minor, Op. 20: III. Scherzo. Presto

    Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Cello Concerto No. 1; Symphony Op. 20; Ballad; Romance.
    • CapriccioNR.
    • 503.
  • Benjamin Britten

    A Midsummer Night's Dream; Welcome wanderer...I know a bank

    Singer: James Bowman. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Erato.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    French Suite No 6 in E major, BWV 817 (Allemande)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • J.S. Bach, The French Suites: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 29.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in E flat major (3rd mvt, Presto)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.
    • Signum.
  • Arvo Pärt

    Bogoroditsye Dyevo

    Ensemble: The King’s Singers.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Messiah; But who may abide

    Singer: James Bowman. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.
    • Warner.
  • Christopher Gunning

    Poirot variations

    Performer: Martin Robertson. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Chandos.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Le Cygne

    Music Arranger: Leopold Godowsky. Performer: Beatrice Rana.
  • Alexander Scriabin

    Study in C sharp minor, Op 42'5

    Performer: Beatrice Rana.
  • Alexander Scriabin

    Study in C sharp minor, Op 2'1

    Performer: Beatrice Rana.
  • Claude Debussy

    Study for 8 fingers (from 12 studies)

    Performer: Beatrice Rana.
  • Franz Schubert

    An die untergehende Sonne, D. 457: "Sonne du sinkst!" (Langsam)

    Performer: Gerald Moore. Singer: Janet Baker.
    • Warner.
  • Antonio Lotti

    Crucifixus à 8

    Choir: Armonico Consort. Director: Christopher Monks.

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  • Tue 28 Mar 2023 17:00

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