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07/11/2011 The Vasari Singers, Howard Skempton, Hassadna Youth Chamber Orchestra, Antonia Fraser

Presented by Sean Rafferty. With performances by the Vasari Singers, members of the Hassadna Youth Chamber Orchestra and an interview with composer Howard Skempton.

The Vasari Singers are in the In Tune studio ahead of their concert with the Southbank Sinfonia at St Martin in the Fields. The group, who celebrated their 30th anniversary last year, will be singing works by Orlando Gibbons and Bruckner live in the studio.

Sean Rafferty talks to composer Howard Skempton ahead of 'Only The Sound Remains: The Music of Howard Skempton' - a series of concerts celebrating the composer's works, at the Royal Northern College of Music and Media City, Salford Quays with the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic.

The Jerusalem Foundation are bringing the Hassadna Youth Chamber Orchestra on a tour of the United Kingdom. A piano trio from the orchestra will perform works by Mendelssohn live on In Tune and their director Lena Nemirovsky and Peter Sheldon, former chairman of the Jerusalem Foundation, join Sean Rafferty in the studio.

"My Essential Symphony" continues, with an interview with the author Lady Antonia Fraser.

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2 hours

Music Played

  • Henry Purcell

    Symphony (from Act IV of The Fairy Queen)

    Performer: The Sixteen Performer: Conducted by Harry Christophers

    • COLLINS CLASSICS 70132.
  • LIVE

    • Felix Mendelssohn

      Trio in D minor: Andante

      Performer: Members of Hassadna Youth Chamber Orchestra: Elisha Krawitz, piano Performer: Tamar Grinstein, violin Performer: Talia Erdal, cello

    • Felix Mendelssohn

      Trio in D minor: Scherzo

      Performer: Members of Hassadna Youth Chamber Orchestra: Elisha Krawitz, piano Performer: Tamar Grinstein, violin Performer: Talia Erdal, cello

  • Benjamin Britten

    Noye's Fludde – Sir here are lions, leopards…(Kyrie)

    Performer: Wandsworth Boys Choir Performer: English Chamber Orchestra Performer: Conducted by Norman Del Mar

    • LONDON 4251612.
  • Johann Friedrich Fasch

    Sinfonia in G minor

    Performer: Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra Performer: Emlyn Ngai, concertmaster

    • CHANDOS CHAN0783.
  • LIVE

    • Orlando Gibbons

      O Clap Your Hands

      Performer: Vasari Singers (a cappella)

    • Anton Bruckner

      Os Justi

      Performer: Vasari Singers (a cappella)

    • Anton Bruckner

      Kyrie (Mass in E minor)

      Performer: Vasari Singers Performer: William Nicholson (piano)

  • Howard Skempton

    Lento

    Performer: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra Performer: Conducted by Mark Wigglesworth

    • NMC CD005.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Eighth Symphony, second movement: Allegretto Scherzando

    Performer: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Performer: Riccardo Chailly

    • DECCA 478 2721.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano Concerto in A minor: third movement

    Performer: Stephen Hough (piano) Performer: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Conducted by Andrew Litton

    • HYPERION CDA67824.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento K334 first movement: Allegro

    Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Performer: Alexander Janiczek (director/violin)

    • LINN CKD 376.

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  • Mon 7 Nov 2011 16:30

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