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The classical soundtrack for your evening

Anna Meredith joins Sean Rafferty to chat about her upcoming concert with the Aurora Orchestra at Kings Place. And soprano Ruby Hughes and pianist Huw Watkins perform live.

Anna Meredith joins Sean Rafferty to chat about her upcoming concert with the Aurora Orchestra at Kings Place: Anno, in which they combine ancient and modern sound worlds. Plus there's live music from soprano Ruby Hughes and pianist Huw Watkins ahead of their concert at Hatfield House Chamber Music Festival.

2 hours

Last on

Mon 18 Sep 2023 17:00

Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker (Overture)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 12.
  • Charles Ives

    Songs My Mother Taught Me

    • Songs for New Life and Love.
    • BIS.
    • 14.
  • Albert Roussel

    Bacchus et Ariane - suite no. 2 (Bacchanale)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.
    • Onyx.
  • Irving Berlin

    Anything you can do (Annie Get Your Gun)

    Singer: Kim Criswell. Singer: Thomas Hampson. Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: John McGlinn.
    • EMI.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Ode for St Cecilia's Day HWV.76 (Overture)

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Director: John Butt.
    • LINN.
  • Johan Halvorsen

    Passacaglia on a Theme of Handel

    Performer: Julia Fischer. Performer: Daniel Müller‐Schott.
    • ORFEO: C 902 161 A.
    • Orfeo.
    • 12.
  • Franz Liszt

    Mephisto Waltz no.1

    Performer: Kit Armstrong.
    • Sony.
  • Anna Meredith

    Majolica (Tripotage Miniatures)

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra.
    • Anna Meredith, Alexander Goehr & Colin Matthews: Chamber Works (Live).
    • NMC Recordings.
    • 106.
  • Anna Meredith

    Anno: Chase from "Autumn"

    Performer: Anna Meredith. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.
    • Moshi Moshi Records.
  • Thomas Arne

    Overture No 3 in G major

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.
  • Richard Strauss

    Ein Heldenleben op 40: Der Held (The Hero) (extract)

    Orchestra: NHK Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • RCA.
  • Benjamin Britten

    How sweet the answer

    Singer: Ruby Hughes. Performer: Huw Watkins.
  • Richard Wagner

    Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walküre)

    Conductor: George Szell. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.
    • Wagner Without Words (Cleveland Orchestra feat. conductor: George Szell).
    • CBS.
    • 002.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Peace on earth

    Singer: Ruby Hughes. Performer: Huw Watkins.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Gedenke doch mein Geist zurücke (arr Britten)

    Singer: Ruby Hughes. Performer: Huw Watkins.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Komm süsser Tod (arr. Benjamin Britten)

    Performer: Ruby Hughes (soprano). Performer: Huw Watkins (piano).
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Romance No 2 in F major Op 50 for violin and orchestra

    Performer: Midori. Ensemble: Lucerne Festival Strings. Conductor: Daniel Dodds.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Nonet Op.2 'Gradus ad Parnassum' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Chandos.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.6 in B minor Op.74 'Pathetique' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • DECCA.

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