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In session with stellar classical artists

Joan Armatrading joins Sean Rafferty to talk about the upcoming world premiere of her first symphony, and pianist Alexandra Dariescu performs live.

Joan Armatrading joins Sean to speak about the upcoming world premiere of her first symphony, to be given by Chineke! Orchestra. Plus, pianist Alexandra Dariescu performs live in the studio ahead of her concert with the ѿý Philharmonic where she gives the UK premiere of James Lee III’s piano concerto which marks the 60th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s historic ‘I Have a Dream’ speech.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Fireworks Op.4

    Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano sonata No 8 in C minor (Pathetique) - 3rd mvt

    Performer: Sunwook Kim.
    • Accentus.
  • Edward Elgar

    Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 in D major

    Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra.
    • Elgar: Enigma variations/Pomp and circumstance marches: ѿý SO/Bernstein.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden BWV.230

    Choir: VOCES8. Ensemble: Senesino Players. Director: Barnaby Smith.
    • Bach Motets.
    • Signum.
    • 3.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Scherzo in A minor Op.81`2

    Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet.
    • Mendelssohn: String Quartets Opp.80 and 81; Octet.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony no.9 'From the New World' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei.
    • Dvořák:Symphony No. 9, From the New world - Sibelius: Finlandia.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 204.
  • Joan Armatrading

    Love And Affection

    • Love And Affection: The Essential Joan Armatrading.
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 1.
  • Henry Purcell

    Thy hand, Belinda... When I am laid (Dido and Aeneas)

    Singer: Janet Baker. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Lewis.
    • DECCA.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita no.1 in B flat major BWV.825 (Praeludium)

    Performer: Sir András Schiff.
    • Decca.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.5 in C minor Op.67 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Musica Aeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.
    • Sony.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

    Performer: Alexandra Dariescu. Music Arranger: Mikhail Pletnev.
  • David Del Tredici

    Farewell

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Performer: Cory Smythe.
    • In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 9.
  • James Lee III

    Humble Birth

    Performer: Alexandra Dariescu.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker - Intermezzo

    Performer: Alexandra Dariescu.
  • Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev

    Islamey

    Orchestrator: Sergei Mikhailovich Lyapunov. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.
    • PHILIPS.
  • John Taverner

    Western wynde - Mass for 4 voices (Gloria)

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • GIMELL.
  • Gustav Holst

    Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (The Planets)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Holst: The Planets, Op. 32 - Elgar: Enigma Variations, Op. 36.
    • BIS.
    • 204.

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  • Mon 20 Nov 2023 17:00

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