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Wind down from work with classical music

Sean Rafferty hears from violinist Pekka Kuusisto about his tour with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. There’s also live music from countertenor Christopher Lowrey and pianist Julius Drake.

2 hours

Last on

Tue 20 Feb 2024 17:00

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Allegro in F major (Water Music)

    Ensemble: Brandenburg Consort. Conductor: Roy Goodman.
    • Rondeaux Royaux: The Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.
  • Richard Addinsell

    Warsaw Concerto

    Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Wolff.
    • Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto: Jean-Yves Thibaudet, ѿýSO, Hugh Wolff.
    • Decca.
  • George Butterworth

    The Banks of Green Willow

    Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Krišs Russman.
    • BIS.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Symphonic Dances, Op. 64; No.3 Allegro giocoso

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in D minor, K 64

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • D. Scarlatti: Sonatas: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 11.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quintet in E flat major K.452 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alfred Brendel. Performer: Heinz Holliger. Performer: Eduard Brunner. Performer: Klaus Thunemann. Performer: Hermann Baumann.
    • Philips.
  • Magnus Lindberg

    Violin Concerto No 1 (extract from 1st Mvt)

    Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta.
    • Ondine: ODE1175-2.
    • Ondine.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Humoresque in G minor, Op.89 no.3

    Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Performer: Pekka Kuusisto.
    • Works for Violin and Orchestra.
    • ONDINE.
    • 3.
  • Grace Williams

    When the green woods laugh

    Choir: ѿý Singers. Conductor: Ellie Slorach.
  • Arthur Bliss

    Things to come (March)

    Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Chandos Movies.
  • Edward Elgar

    Pomp and Circumstance March No 4 in G major

    Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Chandos.
  • Trad.

    Salley Gardens

    Performer: Christopher Lowrey. Performer: Julius Drake. Music Arranger: Benjamin Britten.
  • Richard Wagner

    From Walhalla to Nibelheim and Back

    Music Arranger: Timothy Higgins. Ensemble: National Brass Ensemble. Conductor: Eun Sun Kim.
    • Pentatone.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.2 in D major Op.36 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9: Harnoncourt, Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • Teldec.
    • 4.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Petra Müllejans. Performer: Gottfried von der Goltz. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Henry Purcell

    Music for a While

    Performer: Christopher Lowrey. Performer: Julius Drake. Music Arranger: Michael Tippett.
  • Franz Liszt

    Freudvoll und leidvoll, S.280

    Performer: Julius Drake. Singer: Allan Clayton.
    • Hyperion.
  • Richard Strauss

    Horn Concerto No 1 in E flat major, Op 11 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: David Pyatt. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.
    • Richard Strauss: Horn Concertos.
    • EMI Eminence.
    • 3.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance in F major, Op 46 No 4

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • Dvorák: Slavonic Dances Opp. 46 & 72.
    • DECCA.
    • 4.

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  • Tue 20 Feb 2024 17:00

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