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Valentine's Day Special - Sean Rafferty

Sean Rafferty presents a Valentine's Day special with a romantic-themed mix of music, guests and live music. Plus The Story of Music in 50 Pieces: Chopin: Barcorolle, Op 60.

Sean Rafferty presents a Valentine's Day special with a romantic-themed mix of music and arts news, guests and live music.
Also today, another instalment in The Story of Music in 50 pieces. Composer Howard Goodall, in conversation with Suzy Klein, explores his personal choice of 50 compositions that changed the course of music history, every weekday at 5.30pm. The Story of Music continues in Essential Classics weekdays at 11am, and each episode is available as a download.
Today: Chopin's Barcarolle for piano Op.60.

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2 hours

Music Played

  • LIVE

    • Franz Schubert

      Licht und Liebe

      Performer: Sophie Daneman (soprano) Performer: Ian Bostridge (tenor) Performer: Julius Drake (piano)

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    The Gadfly - suite (Op.97a): Romance

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti (violin) Performer: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Performer: Kirill Karabits (conductor)

    • Decca 478 3529.
  • Poem

    • Dorothy Parker - One Perfect Rose

      read by Lindsay Duncan

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La Traviata: 'E Strano!..Ah fors'e lui che l'anima'

    Performer: Angela Gheorgiu (soprano) Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Marco Armiliato (conductor)

    • EMI 6315092.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Semele: Where'er you walk

    Performer: Ian Bostridge (tenor) Performer: Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment Performer: Harry Bicket (conductor)

    • EMI 3822432.
  • Interview

    • Ian Bostridge

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto in A major BWV1055: 1st mvt

    Performer: Andras Schiff (piano) Performer: Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    • Decca 478 2363.
  • LIVE

    • Hugo Wolf

      Fr眉hling 眉bers Jahr

      Performer: Sophie Daneman (soprano) Performer: Julius Drake (piano)

  • Interview

    • Ian Bostridge, Sophie Daneman, Julius Drake

  • LIVE

    • Hugo Wolf

      Heimweh

      Performer: Ian Bostridge (tenor) Performer: Julius Drake (piano)

  • Poem

    • Shakespeare - Sonnet 116

      read by Jamie Glover

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream Incidental music, Op 61 No. 1: Scherzo

    Performer: Judi Dench (narrator) Performer: Boston Symphony Orchestra Performer: Seiji Ozawa (conductor)

    • DG 439 8972.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Symphony No. 1 in E flat major: III Andante

    Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor)

    • Decca 436 6512.
  • Interview

    • Victoria Hamilton Barritt

      A Chorus Line

  • LIVE

    • Hamlisch聽/ Kleban

      A Chorus Line: Nothing

      Performer: Victoria Hamilton Barritt (Diana) Performer: Alun Williams (piano)

  • Radio 3 Story of Music in 50 pieces

    • Chopin - Barcarolle in F sharp major Op. 60

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Barcarolle for piano Op. 60 in F sharp major [EXTRACT]

    Performer: Stephen Hough (piano)

    • Hyperion CDA67764.
  • Interview

    • Bob Avian

      A Chorus Line

  • LIVE

    • Hamlisch聽/ Kleban

      A Chorus Line: At the Ballet

      Performer: Leigh Zimmerman (Sheila) Performer: Daisy Maywood (Bebe) Performer: Vicki Lee Taylor (Maggie) Performer: Alun Williams (piano)

  • Interview

    • Bob Avian, Baayork Lee, Vicki Lee Taylor

      A Chorus Line

  • LIVE

    • Hamlisch聽/ Kleban

      A Chorus Line: What I did for Love

      Performer: Victoria Hamilton Barritt (Diana) Performer: Alun Williams (piano)

  • Benjamin Britten

    Cabaret Songs: Tell me the truth about love

    Performer: Amanda Roocroft (soprano) Performer: Joseph Middleton (piano)

    • CHRCD040.
  • Jules Massenet

    Werther: Overture [extract]

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Antonio Pappano (conductor)

    • EMI 7243556820247.
  • Interview

    • Pia Furtado (director) & Jonathan Boyd (tenor)

      Scottish Opera - Massenet's Werther

  • Jules Massenet

    Werther: Ha! Bien souvent..Toute mon ame est la!.. Pourquoi me reveiller, o souffl茅 du pri

    Performer: Roberto Alagna (tenor) Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Antonio Pappano (conductor)

    • EMI 7243556820247.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Concerto for piano and orchestra no. 2 (Op.18) in C minor: III Allegro scherzando

    Performer: Stephen Hough (piano) Performer: Dallas Symphony Orchestra Performer: Andrew Litton (conductor)

    • Hyperion CDA67501/2.

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  • Thu 14 Feb 2013 16:30

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