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Francois-Xavier Roth, Isata Kanneh-Mason

Sean Rafferty is joined by conductor Francois-Xavier Roth, ahead of his French-inspired concert in London, and by pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason, who is releasing a new album.

Founder of the emblematic orchestra Les Siècles, conductor Francois-Xavier Roth joins Sean Rafferty ahead of his concert 'La Belle Epoque' in London, including music by Boulanger and Ravel.

Also in the studio is star pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason, as her new album 'Childhood Tales' has just been released, which features music by Mozart, Dohnányi, Schumann and Debussy. She talks to Sean and performs live.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Maurice Ravel

    Daphnis et Chloé (Finale)

    Orchestra: Les Siècles. Choir: Ensemble Vocal Aedes. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Silent Woods, Op.68 no.5

    Performer: Jacqueline du Pré. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Jacqueline du Pre: The Complete EMI Recordings.
    • EMI.
    • 4.
  • Andrea Gabrieli

    Gloria à 16

    Singer: Robert Harre-Jones. Singer: Robert Wilson. Singer: Charles Pott. Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Director: Paul McCreesh.
    • Gabrieli: A Venetian Coronation 1595: Gabrieli Consort and Players/Paul McCreesh.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 11.
  • William Walton

    Crown Imperial

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Walton: The Centenary Edition: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Litton.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 41 in C major, K 551, 'Jupiter' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • Mozart: Essential Symphonies Vol. I: Norrington.
    • Hanssler Classics.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Violin Concerto: 4) Capriccio

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Bolero

    Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto in C major, Hob.VIIb:1

    Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Director: Petra Müllejans.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Claude Debussy

    Children's Corner: The Little Shepherd

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
  • Edward MacDowell

    To a wild rose (Woodland Sketches, Op 51 No 1)

    Performer: Peter Dickinson.
    • Lockdown Blues.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 201.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Messe des pêcheurs de Villerville (Gloria)

    Choir: Balthasar‐Neumann‐Chor. Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra Basel. Conductor: Ivor Bolton.
    • SONY.
  • Robert Schumann

    Scenes from Childhood: Of foreign lands and peoples

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
  • Claude Debussy

    Dr Gradus ad Parnassum (Children's corner)

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    3 Shakespeare Songs

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Music of the Spheres.
    • Signum.
    • 6.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Spartacus)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Aram Khachaturian.
    • Legends - Khachaturian: Spartacus: Wiener Philharmoniker.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Dialogues des Carmelites (Finale scene)

    Singer: Sally Matthews. Choir: Arnold Schoenberg Chor. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bertrand de Billy.
    • OEHMS.
  • Jean Sibelius

    At the castle gate (Pelleas and Melisande)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • DG.

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  • Mon 19 Jun 2023 17:00

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