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Live classical performance and interviews

Katie Derham introduces live music from pianist Margaret Fingerhut, who has a new album out. Plus, mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnston talks to Katie about her upcoming concert with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.

2 hours

Last on

Mon 24 Mar 2025 17:00

Music Played

  • Arturo Márquez

    Conga del fuego nuevo

    Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 12.
  • Belle Chen

    Sakura Sakura

    Performer: Belle Chen.
    • Eito Music.
  • Max Reger

    Nachtlied

    Choir: The King’s Singers.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in A major Op.18 no.5 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • Beethoven: String Quartets, Op. 18 Nos. 4-6.
    • BIS.
    • 204.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker)

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Berliner Philharmoniker/Rattle.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 12.
  • George Butterworth

    A Shropshire Lad - Rhapsody

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Fantasia on Greensleeves.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 13.
  • Viktor Kosenko

    Nocturne-Fantasie Op. 4

    Performer: Margaret Fingerhut.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for cor anglais after BWV 54 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Music Arranger: Andreas N. Tarkmann. Conductor: Albrecht Mayer. Orchestra: Trinity Baroque. Orchestra: The English Concert.
    • Voices Of Bach Albrecht Mayer.
    • Decca.
    • 10.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Simple Symphony (Playful Pizzicato)

    Orchestra: Metamorphosen Berlin. Orchestra: Metamorphosen Berlin. Conductor: Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt. Conductor: Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.
    • Elgar-Britten-Warlock-Jenkins: Very British.
    • SONY.
    • 14.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in G major K.525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Mozart: Night music: The English Concert/Manze.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.
  • Valentin Silvestrov

    Bagatelle Op. 1 No. 3

    Performer: Margaret Fingerhut.
  • Jeremiah Clarke

    Suite in D Major: Prince of Denmark's March "Trumpet Voluntary"

    Performer: Crispian Steele‐Perkins. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • 50 Baroque Masterpieces.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 10.
  • Robert Schumann

    Träumerei (Kinderszenen Op.15)

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Kinderszenen / Kreisleriana.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Simon Boccanegra (1857 Version): Preludio

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Simon Boccanegra (1857 Version).
    • Opera Rara.
    • 1.
  • John Ireland

    Sea Fever

    Performer: Alisdair Hogarth. Lyricist: John Masefield. Singer: Jennifer Johnston.
    • A Love Letter to Liverpool.
    • Rubicon.
    • 7.
  • Joanna Marsh

    A Plastic Theatre: Act V (extract)

    Lyricist: Katie Schaag. Singer: Jennifer Johnston. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Choir: Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choir. Choir: Liverpool Philharmonic Children's Choirs. Conductor: Ellie Slorach.
    • A Plastic Theatre (Choral Works by Joanna Marsh).
    • Signum Records.
    • 15.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 3 in D Minor (4th mvt - extract)

    Singer: Jennifer Johnston. Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor.
    • BIS.
    • 4.
  • Franz Schubert

    4 Impromptus D.899 (no.3 in G flat major)

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Erato.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 104 in D major, 'London' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Haydn, 12 London Symphonies: Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles.
    • Naive.
    • 11.
  • George Gershwin

    S'Wonderful (Funny Face)

    Music Arranger: Julian Bliss. Music Arranger: Neal Thornton. Music Arranger: Lewis Wright. Ensemble: The Julian Bliss Septet.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.

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