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A new requiem from composer Sven Helbig

Petroc Trelawny presents live music in the studio from pianist Antoine Préat and cellist Geirþrúður Guðmundsdóttir ahead of their upcoming tour. Composer Sven Helbig and operatic bass René Pape talk about Requiem A, which merges classical orchestration, choral tradition, and electronics.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg concerto no.2 in F major BWV.1047

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • J.S. Bach: Orchestral Music: Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 4.
  • Ernest Bloch

    Prayer (From Jewish Life)

    Performer: Yevgeny Dokshansky. Performer: Richard Masters.
    • From Jewish Life: The Music of Ernest Bloch.
    • Heritage Records.
    • 1.
  • Hukwe Zawose & Master Musicians of Tanzania

    Lukunzi

    • Mateso (suffering).
    • Triple Earth.
    • 8.
  • Franz Schubert

    Salve Regina, D386

    Choir: Vienna Boys' Choir. Choir: Chorus Viennensis. Director: Peter Marschik.
    • Philips.
  • Robert Schumann

    Fantasiestücke Op 73 No 1: Zart und mit Ausdruck

    Performer: Geirþrúður Guðmundsdóttir. Performer: Antoine Préat.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Polonaise in A flat major, Op 53 "Heroic"

    Performer: Peter Frankl.
    • Andante Media.
  • Max Bruch

    Romance in F major Op.85

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca.
  • Robert Schumann

    Fantasiestücke Op 73, Nos 2 & 3

    Performer: Geirþrúður Guðmundsdóttir. Performer: Antoine Préat.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Aquarium (Carnival of the Animals)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.
    • Sir Charles' Precious Music Box 1, Groves, Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • DENON.
    • 22.
  • James McMillan

    The Gallant Weaver

    Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Gustav Holst

    St Paul's Suite, Op 29 (1st mvt, Jig)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin.
    • Holst: St Paul's Suite: Yehudi Menuhin.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 7.
  • Jón Nordal

    Pictures on a Panel Wall (4th mvt)

    Performer: Geirþrúður Guðmundsdóttir. Performer: Antoine Préat.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Andante Festivo

    Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
  • Sven Helbig

    Meer von Tränen (Requiem A)

    Librettist: Sven Helbig. Singer: René Pape. Choir: Dresdner Kreuzchor. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Martin Lehmann.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Sven Helbig

    Sana et Vola (Requiem A)

    Librettist: Sven Helbig. Choir: Dresdner Kreuzchor. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Martin Lehmann.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • César Franck

    Violin Sonata in A major M.8 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Beethoven, Schumann, Franck.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7.
  • Alan Fernie

    Prismatic Light

    Performer: National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain.
    • The National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor, Op 23 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Simon Trpceski. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • ONYX.
  • Ida Presti

    Danse rythmique

    Performer: Alexandra Whittingham.
    • Presti: Danse rythmique.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Thu 2 Oct 2025 17:00

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