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Saturday - Katie Derham

Katie Derham presents music including one of Grieg's Lyric Pieces for piano, music for guitar by Bellinati, and something from Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance.

Katie Derham presents Breakfast. Pianist Andrei Gavrilov performs Wedding Day at Troldhaugen by Grieg, the Aquarelle Guitar Quartet perform Bellinati's A Furiosa, and baritone Nicholas Folwell together with the Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera under the baton of Sir Charles Mackerras perform something from Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 9 Apr 2011 07:00

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sinfonia from Cantata BWV 174: Ich liebe den Hochsten von ganzem Gemute

    Performer: Taverner Players Performer: Andrew Parrott (director)

    • VIRGIN CLASSICS 5 61304 2.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen from Lyric Pieces, Book VIII, Op.65

    Performer: Andrei Gavrilov (piano)

    • EMI 5 67818 2.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Cruda Amarilli from the Fifth Book of Madrigals (1605)

    Performer: Delitiae Musicae Performer: Marco Longhini (director)

    • NAXOS 8.555311.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Octet for Strings in E flat Major Op.20

    Performer: Soloists of The Chamber Orchestra of Europe Performer: Daniel Hope (violin/director)

    • DG 477 6634.
  • Paulo Bellinati

    A Furiosa

    Performer: Aquarelle Guitar Quartet

    • CHANDOS CHAN 10512.
  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    Aria from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5

    Performer: Renee Fleming (soprano) Performer: New World Symphony Performer: Michael Tilson Tomas (conductor)

    • RCA VICTOR RED SEAL 09026 68538 2.
  • Ernest Bloch

    Prayer

    Performer: Sol Gabetta (cello) Performer: Lauma Skride (piano)

    • 大象传媒 Recording.
  • Conradin Kreutzer

    Fantasie for Bassoon and Orchestra

    Performer: Karen Geoghegan (bassoon) Performer: 大象传媒 Philharmonic Performer: Giandrea Noseda (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN 10613.
  • Claude Debussy

    Feux d'artifice: Preludes Bk2

    Performer: Steven Osborne (piano)

    • HYPERION CDA67530.
  • Alexis Emmanuel Chabrier - Fete Polonaise from The Roi malgre lui (Opera 鈥 The Reluctant

    Performer: Vienna Philharmonic Performer: John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Si, ritrovarla io giuro from La Cenerentola

    Performer: Juan Diego Florez (tenor) Performer: Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Chorus and Orchestra of Milan Performer: Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

    • DECCA 470 024-2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Oboe Concerto No. 3 in G minor

    Performer: Roger Lord (oboe) Performer: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Performer: Neville Marriner (conductor)

    • DECCA 417 688-2.
  • Arthur Sullivan/Tom Lehrer

    The Elements 鈥 words by Tom Lehrer set to the tune of I Am A Very Modern Major General fro

    Performer: Tom Lehrer (vocal and piano)

    • Warner Archives/Rhino R2 79831.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    With cat-like tread from The Pirates of Penzance

    Performer: Nicolas Folwell (baritone) Performer: Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera Performer: Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)

    • TELARC CD 80353.
  • George Gershwin

    Rhapsody in Blue (original jazz band version)

    Performer: Stefano Bollani (piano) Performer: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Performer: Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

    • DECCA 478 2739.
  • Manuel de Falla

    La Vida Breve

    Performer: Simon Bolivar Symphony Chorus & Orchestra of Venezuela Performer: Eduardo Mata (conductor)

    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS 6734.

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