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The biggest names in classical music

Ian Skelly is joined by violinist Aisha Syed Castro who performs live in the In Tune studio, ahead of her Wigmore Hall concert. Ian talks to the artistic director of London Soundtrack Festival Tommy Pearson, and Charlie Draper gives a demonstration of the theremin.

2 hours

Last on

Fri 14 Mar 2025 17:00

Music Played

  • Eric Coates

    Knightsbridge (March - 3rd mvmt of London Every Day Suite)

    Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Coates: Orchestra Works, Vol. 1.
    • Chandos.
    • 15.
  • Turlough O'Carolan

    Carolan's Quarrel with the Landlady

    Music Arranger: Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen. Music Arranger: Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen. Music Arranger: Frederik Øland. Music Arranger: Frederik Øland. Music Arranger: Asbjørn Nørgaard. Music Arranger: Asbjørn Nørgaard. Music Arranger: Fredrik Sjölin. Music Arranger: Fredrik Sjölin. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Keel Road.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 7.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Wedding-cake Op.76

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Hyperion.
  • William Grant Still

    Suite for violin and piano: III. Gamin

    Performer: Aisha Syed Castro. Performer: Sergey Rybin.
  • Richard Strauss

    Capriccio: Intermezzo (Moonlight Music)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • New Year's Concert 2014.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Darius Milhaud

    Brazileira (Scaramouche)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Andee Birkett. Performer: Zeynep Özsuca. Ensemble: Tippett Quartet.
    • Decca Classics.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    Vysehrad (Má Vlast)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • Smetana: Má Vlast.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Wynton Marsalis

    Fiddle Dance Suite: 4. Nicola's Strathspey

    Performer: Aisha Syed Castro.
  • Enrique Granados

    La Maja de Goya 

    Performer: John Williams.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No 3 in E flat major, K 447 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Radovan Vlatković. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Director: Jeffrey Tate.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 8.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • The World of Vaughan Williams.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in A Minor, RV 356 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Avi Avital. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra.
    • Vivaldi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Florence Price

    Adoration

    Performer: Aisha Syed Castro. Performer: Sergey Rybin.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker Suite (March)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet, Nutcracker Suite; Maazel, the Cleveland Orchestra.
    • Telarc.
    • 3.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonata for Viola da Gamba, No.3, in G minor, BMV 1029 (1st movement)

    Performer: Anner Bylsma. Performer: Bob van Asperen.
    • Bach: Sonatas for Viola da Gamba.
    • Sony.
    • 1.
  • Howard Shore

    The Fellowship (The Lord of the Rings)

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Evan Jolly. Conductor: Nic Raine.
    • Silva Screen.
  • Natalie Holt

    TVA (Loki OST)

    • Loki: Vol. 1 (Episodes 1-3) (Original Soundtrack).
    • Hollywood Records.
    • 1.
  • Christopher Gunning

    Lament

    Performer: Richard Harwood. Performer: Dave Arch.
  • François-Joseph Gossec

    Tambourin (Le Triomphe de la Republique)

    Performer: James Galway. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Gerhardt.
    • James Galway - Celebrating 70 - A collection of Personal Favourites.
    • RCA.
    • 3.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne No 2 in F Sharp Major, Op 15

    Performer: Jan Lisiecki.
    • Chopin: Complete Nocturnes.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 5.
  • Hugo Alfvén

    Aftonen

    Choir: The King’s Singers.
    • Such Stuff as Dreams are Made on.
    • Signum Records.
    • 21.

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