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Katie Derham introduces live music from cellist Mats Lidström, who has written a new concerto. Plus the Artistic Director of Garsington Opera, Douglas Boyd, talks about a new production of Tchaikovsky’s Queen of Spades.

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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
  • Philip Glass

    Etude No 1

    Performer: Roxane Elfasci. Performer: Baptiste Erard.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90: III. Poco allegretto

    Orchestra: Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg. Conductor: Kent Nagano.
    • Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90: III. Poco allegretto.
    • BIS.
    • 101.
  • Mats Lidström

    The Chase

    Performer: Mats Lidström. Performer: Victor Lim.
  • Lera Auerbach

    24 Preludes for violin & piano, Op 46, No 15

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Leif Kaner‐Lidström. Music Arranger: Alistair Vennart.
    • PRISM, Vol. 1.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    William Tell (Overture)

    Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Rossini: 10 Overtures - Chailly.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Mats Lidström

    RFK Concerto for cello and orchestra: 2nd mvt (extract)

    Performer: Mats Lidström.
  • Mats Lidström

    RFK Concerto for cello and orchestra: 3rd mvt (extract)

    Performer: Mats Lidström. Performer: Victor Lim.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Stabat mater, RV 621

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Ensemble: Ensemble 415. Director: Chiara Banchini.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • John Ireland

    A Downland Suite (3rd mvt, Minuet)

    Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.
  • Mats Lidström

    The Battle of the Wootten Lair

    Performer: Mats Lidström. Performer: Victor Lim.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No 2 in E flat major, K 417 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Anthony Halstead. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Mozart: The Horn Concertos - Halstead, The Academy of Ancient Music.
    • Decca.
    • 6.
  • Scott Joplin

    Solace [A Mexican serenade]

    Performer: Marvin Hamlisch.
    • The Sting.
    • Geffen.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto No. 2 in E Major, BWV 1053; I. Allegro (Arr. Brüggen / Horsch)

    Performer: Lucie Horsch. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century.
    • The Frans Brüggen Project.
    • Decca.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Andante Cantabile (Op.11) arr for cello and orchestra from String Quartet No. 1

    Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris. Conductor: Douglas Boyd.
    • Erato.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Queen of Spades (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich.
    • Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Tomás Luis de Victoria

    Tenebrae Responsories: Tenebrae factae sunt - Et inclinato capite - Exclamans

    Conductor: Nigel Short. Choir: Tenebrae.
    • Victoria: Tenebrae Responsories.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 108.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Le Tombeau de Couperin, M.68: 4. Rigaudon

    Performer: Yeol Eum Son.
    • Modern Times.
    • Universal Music Ltd..
    • 9.

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