24/11/2011 Blossom Street Singers, Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society
Presented by Sean Rafferty. With music from the Blossom Street Singers and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and My Essential Symphony with broadcaster Stuart Maconie.
As they prepare to launch their new album, the Blossom Street Singers perform live in the In Tune studio with conductor and composer Hilary Campbell. The 20-piece choir perform works from their new release 'Sleep, Holy Babe - A Collection of Christmas Lullabies', including a new piece written by Hilary.
Recently named 2012 Musicians of the Year by the Musical America newspaper, co-artistic directors of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Wu Han and David Finckel visit the In Tune studio. Along with pianist Anne-Marie McDermott, violinists Ani Kavafian and Arnaud Sussmann, viola player Paul Neubauer and cellist Nicolas Altstaedt, they will perform works by Schumann and Barber live in the studio as they continue their residency at Wigmore Hall.
Also including "My Essential Symphony" with broadcaster Stuart Maconie.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartet No. 19 in C, 'Les Disonnances' K465: 3rd mov 鈥� Menuetto, Allegro
Performer: Chiaroscuro Quartet
- Aparte AP022.
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Cl茅ment Janequin
Le Chant des Oylseaulx
Performer: The Janequin Ensemble
- Harmonia Mundi HMC 901099.
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Modest Mussorgsky
Night on Bald Mountain
Performer: Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo Performer: Yakov Kreisberg, conductor
- OPMC Classics 鈥� 003.
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Franz Schubert
Erstarrung from Winterreise
Performer: Florian Boesch Performer: Malcolm Martineau
- ONYX 4077.
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Percy Grainger
A Reel 鈥� the last of Four Irish Dances
Performer: Piers Lane, piano
- Helios CDH55454.
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Hilary Campbell
Sleep my dreaming one
Performer: The Blossom Street Singers
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Daniel Burges
Coventry Carol
Performer: The Blossom Street Singers
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Gerald Finzi
Lullaby
Performer: The Blossom Street Singers
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Felix Mendelssohn
Variations concertantes, Op. 17
Performer: Paul Watkins, cello Performer: Huw Watkins, piano
- Chandos CHAN 10701.
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Edward Elgar
The Swimmer 鈥� from the Sea Pictures, Op. 37
Performer: Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Sir John Barbirolli, conductor
- EMI CDC 7 47329 2.
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Franz Liszt
Benedetto Sia'l Giorno
Performer: Diana Damrau, soprano Performer: Helmut Deutsch, piano
- Virgin Classics 0709282 4.
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Samuel Barber
Waltz (Opening movt) from 'Souvenirs', Op. 28
Performer: Wu Han, piano Performer: Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
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Robert Schumann
Quintet in E-flat major for Piano, Two Violins, Viola and Cello, Op. 44 鈥� 1st movement
Performer: Wu Han, piano Performer: Ani Kavafian, violin Performer: Arnaud Sussmann, violin Performer: Paul Neubauer, viola Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt, cello
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Samuel Barber
Hesitation Tango from 'Souvenirs'
Performer: Wu Han, piano Performer: Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
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Broadcast
- Thu 24 Nov 2011 16:30大象传媒 Radio 3
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