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08/11/2010 Aletta Collins, Tobias Picker, Stephan Lade, Hugh Canning

Petroc Trelawny is joined by choreographer Aletta Collins and composer Tobias Picker, journalist Hugh Canning remembers Shirley Verrett, and two members of the Takacs Quartet.

Choreographer Aletta Collins, composer Tobias Picker and pianist Stephan Lade join Petroc Trelawny in the studio ahead of the Rambert Dance Company undertaking a series of performances including a specially-commissioned score. Stephan Lade will play live in the studio.

Journalist Hugh Canning will talk to Petroc about the career of the late mezzo-soprano Shirley Verrett.

Two members of the Takacs Quartet - Viola player Geraldine Walther and cellist Andras Fejer - will also join Petroc in the studio to discuss their upcoming performance at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London.

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2 hours

Music Played

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No.10, 2nd movement

    Performer: Rlpo Performer: Vasily Petrenko (conductor)

    • Naxos 8.572461.
  • Richard Strauss

    Radezky March

    Arranger: Rieu Performer: Johann Strauss Orchestra Performer: Andre Rieu (conductor)

    • Decca 532879.
  • LIVE

    • Tobias Picker

      Awakenings, extract

      Performer: Stephen Lader (piano)

  • Tobias Picker

    Awakenings, slow movement

    Performer: Rambert Orchestra

    • White Label.
  • Tobias Picker

    Awakenings, ending section

    Performer: Rambert Orchestra

    • White Label.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Don Carlo: Ah! più non vedrò la Regina! O don fatale, o don crudel

    Performer: Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano) Performer: Covent Garden Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Performer: Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)

    • EMI 9668502.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Macbeth, Act 2 – Gran scena del sonnambulismo: 'Vegliammo invan due notti'

    Performer: Shirley Verrett (Lady Macbeth) Performer: Carlo Zardo (Doctor) Performer: Stefania Malagú (Lady-in-waiting) Performer: Orchestra del Teatro all Scala Performer: Claudio Abbado (Conductor)

    • DG 449 732-2, 2.
  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker

    Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Performer: Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)

    • EMI Classics 5099964638522.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 34

    Performer: Stephen Hough (piano) Performer: Takacs Quartet

    • Hyperion CDA67551.
  • Johannes Brahms

    String Quartet in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2, last movement

    Performer: Takacs Quartet

    • Hyperion CDA67551.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet No. 14, 'Death and the Maiden', 2nd movement

    Performer: Takacs Quartet

    • Hyperion CDA67585.
  • Matteis

    Balletto

    Performer: Le Musiche Nove Performer: Claudio Osele (conductor)

    • Sony Classical 88697789202.

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  • Mon 8 Nov 2010 17:00

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