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Melvyn Tan, Andrew Litton

Presented by Suzy Klein. With guests including conductor Andrew Litton, plus live music from Melvyn Tan ahead of his premiere performances of a new set of variations for piano.

Suzy Klein, with live music from charismatic pianist Melvyn Tan ahead of upcoming appearances at the Spitalfields and Cheltenham festivals, where he will premiere Variations for Judith - reflections on Bach by a starry line-up of distinguished British composers: Richard Rodney Bennett, Michael Berkeley, Diana Burrell, Anthony Burton, Peter Maxwell Davies, Jonathan Dove, Stephen Johns, Thea Musgrave, Tarik O'Regan, Anthony Payne and Judith Weir.
Suzy will also be joined by American conductor Andrew Litton, who conducts the Royal Philharmonic at the Royal Festival Hall, and John Eliot Gardiner will be on the phone to talk about the Monteverdi Choir's upcoming performance at the Aldeburgh Festival.

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Mon 11 Jun 2012 16:30
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bagatelle in B minor Op.126 No.4

    Performer: Melvyn Tan (Beethoven鈥檚 Broadwood fortepiano)

    • EMI CDC7545262.

  • Interview

    • Melvyn Tan

  • LIVE

    • David Titterington

      Bist du bei mir theme (realisation for piano)

      Performer: Melvyn Tan (piano)

    • Judith Weir

      To Judith, from Judith

      Performer: Melvyn Tan (piano)

    • Francis Pott

      Remembering CMP, who loved Bist du bei mir

      Performer: Melvyn Tan (piano)

    • Jonathan Dove

      Ist Bach bei mir

      Performer: Melvyn Tan (piano)

  • Interview

    • Melvyn Tan

  • LIVE

    • Robert Schumann

      Fantasiest眉cke Nos.1 & 2: Des Abends und Aufschwung

      Performer: Melvyn Tan (piano)

  • Lodovico Grossi da Viadana

    Lauda, Ierusalem

    Performer: I Fagiolini Performer: Robert Hollingworth (director)

    • DECCA 4783506.

  • Interview

    • Alyn Shipton

  • Abram Wilson

    Soul Train

    Performer: Abram Wilson Quartet

    • 大象传媒 In Tune Recording (Dec 2011).

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Dance of Kastchei's Retinue & Infernal Dance (The Firebird 1910 Ballet Score)

    Performer: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Andrew Litton (conductor)

    • BIS SACD1874.

  • Interview

    • Andrew Litton

  • Edward Elgar

    Enigma Variations Op.36 鈥� Variation 14 Finale

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Andrew Litton (conductor)

    • VIRGIN VC7907272.

  • Interview

    • Andrew Litton

  • George Gershwin

    Second Rhapsody for piano and orchestra

    Performer: Freddy Kempf (piano) Performer: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Andrew Litton (conductor)

    • BIS SACD1940.

  • John Addison

    Reach for the Sky

    Performer: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra Performer: Rumon Gamba (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN10418.

  • LIVE

    • George Gershwin

      Summertime (Porgy & Bess)

      Performer: Philisa Sibeko (soprano - Clara) Performer: Este Viller (piano)

  • Interview

    • Philisa Sibeko and Aubrey Lodewyk from Cape Town Opera

  • LIVE

    • P茅ter Louis van Dijk

      Dream Duet (from Mandela Trilogy)

      Performer: Aubrey Lodewyk (baritone - Mandela) Performer: Philisa Sibeko (soprano - Winnie) Performer: Este Viller (piano)

  • Interview

    • Cape Town Opera

      Singers Philisa Sibeko and Aubrey Lodewyk, plus Christine Krauss, Artistic Director of Cape Town Opera.

  • LIVE

    • George Gershwin

      A Woman is a Sometime Thing (Porgy & Bess)

      Performer: Aubrey Lodewyk (baritone - Jake) Performer: Este Viller (piano)

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Furchte dich nicht BWV 228

    Performer: La Chapelle Royale Performer: Collegium Vocale Performer: Philippe Herreweghe

    • Harmonia Mundi HMX 2981231.

  • Claude Debussy

    Page d'album

    Performer: Pascal Roge (piano)

    • Onyx 4095.

Broadcast

  • Mon 11 Jun 2012 16:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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