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28/04/2011 Django Bates, Sophie Koch, Eri Nakamura

Presented by Sean Rafferty. With performances by jazz composer and pianist Django Bates, mezzo-soprano Sophie Koch, and soprano Eri Nakamura.

Jazz pianist and composer Django Bates has been commissioned by Radio 3 and Jazz On 3 to compose a work for the Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2011. Django will perform live in the studio ahead of his appearance at the one of the UK's largest jazz festivals.

Mezzo-soprano Sophie Koch performs the role of Charlotte and soprano Eri Nakamura plays Sophie in the revival of Benoit Jacquot's 2004 production of Jules Massenet's 'Werther'. The opera singers will talk to Sean live in the studio ahead of their performance at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

Presented by Sean Rafferty.
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2 hours

Music Played

  • L茅o Delibes

    Les Chasseresses from Sylvia

    Performer: New Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: Richard Bonynge [conductor]

    • Decca 478 1526.
  • E虅riks Es虒envalds

    Long Road

    Performer: Polyphony (ocarinas and bells played by members of Polyphony) Performer: Stephen Layton

    • Hyperion CDA 67796.
  • LIVE

    • Django Bates

      Sweetie

      Performer: Django Bates [piano]

    • Django Bates

      Ralph's Trip

      Performer: Django Bates [piano]

    • Django Bates

      I Could Write

      Performer: Django Bates [vocals and piano]

  • Charlie Parker

    My Little Suede Shoes

    Performer: Django Bates [piano] Performer: Petter Eldh [bass] Performer: Peter Bruun [drums]

    • Lost Marble LM004.
  • William Walton

    Spitfire, Prelude and Fugue

    Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Performer: Sir Neville Marriner

    • Chan 8870.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Cinq Melodies de Venise Op 58, D'apres Paul Verlaine. I 'Mandoline'

    Performer: Sophie Koch [mezzo soprano] Performer: Quatuor Castagneri

    • LDC 2781117.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin concerto in A minor RV356 transcribed: A Balsom

    Performer: Alison Balsom [trumpet] Performer: Scottish Ensemble Performer: Jonathan Morton [conductor]

    • EMI 4 56094 2 8.
  • Crist贸bal de Morales

    Parce Mihi

    Performer: The Hilliard Ensemble Performer: David James (counter-tenor) Performer: Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor) Performer: John Potter (tenor) Performer: Gordon Jones (baritone)

    • ECM New Series 1525 445369-2.
  • Hubert Parry

    I Was Glad

    Performer: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Performer: Winchester Cathedral Choir Performer: Waynflete Singers Performer: David Hill

    • Argo 430 836-2.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Pr茅lude from Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Performer: Angela Hewitt [piano]

    • Hyperinon CDA 67341/2.
  • Jules Massenet

    Werther - Act 3: Ah! Mon courage m'abandonne

    Performer: Sophie Koch [Charlotte] Performer: Orchestre de l鈥橭p茅ra national de Paris Performer: Michel Plasson [conductor]

    • Decca DVD.
  • Jules Massenet

    Werther: Act 2: Fr猫re, voyez le beau bouquet!

    Performer: Arleen Auger [Sophie] Performer: Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra Performer: Riccardo Chailly [conductor]

    • DG 413 304-2.
  • Charles Gounod

    Romeo and Juliette: Act 1, no.3; Ah! Je veux vivre dans ce reve (Ariette-waltz)

    Performer: Eri Nakamura [soprano] Performer: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales Performer: Paul Daniel [conductor]

    • 大象传媒 Recording from Cardiff Singer of the World.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F major BWV 1047

    Performer: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Performer: Monica Huggett [violin & Director] Performer: Rachel Beckett [recorder] Performer: Paul Goodwin [oboe] Performer: Mark Bennett [trumpet]

    • Virgin 7243 5 62281 2 2.
  • William Byrd

    O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth

    Performer: Choir of Westminster Abbey Performer: Robert Quinney (organ) Performer: James O鈥橠onnell (conductor)

    • Hyperion CDA67533.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Overture: Le Corsaire Op 21

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Thomas BEECHAM [conductor]

    • EMI 9 09933 2.

Broadcast

  • Thu 28 Apr 2011 17:00

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