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Petroc Trelawny with live music from pianist Melvyn Tan and viola player Simon Rowland-Jones ahead of the North Norwich Music Festival. Plus, mezzo-soprano Susan Bickley performs live in the studio and speaks about singing Kabanicha in Janáček’s Káťa Kabanová at Glyndebourne this summer.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Léo Delibes

    Valse (Coppelia Suite, Act I: No. 2)

    Conductor: Neeme Järvi. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Delibes: Suites from the Ballets.
    • Chandos.
    • 19.
  • Guillaume Dufay

    Ave Maris Stella

    Conductor: Jordi Savall. Orchestra: Hespèrion XXI. Ensemble: La Capella Reial de Catalunya.
    • The Borgia Dynasty.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 9.
  • Grace Williams

    Calm sea in summer (Sea sketches)

    Orchestra: Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Malin Broman.
    • Breaking Waves.
    • BIS.
    • 105.
  • Claude Debussy

    Estampes: No.3 Jardins sous la pluie

    Performer: Melvyn Tan.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 "Emperor": II. Adagio un poco mosso

    Performer: Melvyn Tan. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington. Orchestra: London Classical Players.
    • Beethoven: Choral Fantasy, Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 5 "Emperor".
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Simple symphony Op.4 (Playful pizzicato)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
    • Britten: Young person's guide to the orchestra etc: LSO/ECO/Britten.
    • Decca.
    • 3.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto in D Major, K. 271a/K. 271i: II. Andante

    Performer: Liya Petrova. Orchestra: Sinfonia Varsovia. Conductor: Jean‐Jacques Kantorow.
    • Mozart - Beethoven.
    • Mirare.
    • 5.
  • Simon Rowland-Jones

    Big Birthday

    Performer: Simon Rowland-Jones.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Scottish Waltz (Scottish Dance No. 3, Op. 59)

    Music Arranger: Ray Farr. Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Elgar Howarth.
    • The Malcolm Arnold Edition: Orchestral, brass and piano music.
    • Decca.
    • 14.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No 5

    Music Arranger: Roby Lakatos. Ensemble: Roby Lakatos Ensemble.
    • LAKATOS.
    • DG.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Requiem Op. 48; 5. Agnus Dei

    Choir: Brussels Philharmonic Choir. Orchestra: Le Concert Spirituel. Conductor: Hervé Niquet.
    • EVIL PENGUIN RECORDS CLASSIC.
  • Franz Schubert

    4 Impromptus D.899, Op.90; no.2 in E flat major

    Performer: Melvyn Tan.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Habanera

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Chabrier: Espana: Wiener Philharmoniker, John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto No. 2 in E Major, BWV 1053 (1st mvt.)

    Performer: Beatrice Rana. Orchestra: Amsterdam Sinfonietta.
    • Bach: Keyboard Concertos, BWV 1052, 1053, 1054 & 1056.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.
  • Reynaldo Hahn

    Quand la nuit n'est pas étoilée

    Performer: Susan Bickley. Performer: Iain Burnside.
  • Leos Janáček

    Katya Kabanova (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Sir Charles Mackerras Conducts Janacek.
    • Supraphon.
    • 1.
  • Kurt Weill

    Lonely house (from Street Scene)

    Performer: Susan Bickley. Performer: Iain Burnside.
  • Franz Schubert

    6 Lieder de Franz Schubert III. Ave Maria

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Performer: Irina Zahharenkova.
    • Sony.
  • George Butterworth

    English Idyll No 2

    Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Krišs Russman.
    • Butterworth: Orchestral Works & Works for Voice & Orchestra.
    • BIS.
    • 9.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bagatelles Op.126: No.2 Allegro

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • PHILIPS.

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