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Wednesday - Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, celebrating John Tavener. Plus performances by Artur Pizarro, L'Arpeggiata, Simon Trpceski and Gerald Finley.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, celebrating the life of Sir John Tavener. Also, performances by Gerald Finley, Daniel Barenboim, Werner Gura, Antonio Pappano, Ensemble 360 and the Leipizig Radio Symphony Orchestra.

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2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 13 Nov 2013 06:30

Music Played

  • John Tavener

    As One Who Has Slept

    Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Flute Quartet in D major, K.285 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Guy Eshed. Ensemble: Ensemble 360.
    • Mozart: Flute Quartet No. 1 in D major, K285, etc.: Ensemble 360.
    • ASV.
    • 3.
  • Percy Grainger

    Molly on the Shore 'Stowkoski version'

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.
  • Enrique Granados

    El fandango de candil (Goyescas)

    Performer: Artur Pizarro.
    • Artur Pizarro.
    • Linn Records.
    • 3.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Die Fledermaus (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Franz Welser鈥怣枚st.
    • J. Strauss II: Walzes & Overtures: Welser-Most.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.
  • Giuseppe Torelli

    Sinfonia in D major for trumpet, strings and continuo

    Performer: Thomas Reiner. Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim. Conductor: Sebastian Tewinkel.
    • Baroque Trumpet Concertos.
    • Naxos.
    • 1-3.
  • 脡douard Lalo

    Symphonie espagnole, Op 21 (5th mvt)

    Performer: Vadim Repin. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kent Nagano.
    • Lalo/Chausson/Ravel: Repin/Nagano.
    • Erato.
    • 5.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Laetatus sum (Vespro della Beata Vergine)

    Choir: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • Monteverdi: Vespro Della Beata Vergine: L'Arpeggiata/Pluhar.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 6.
  • John Tavener

    Fragment for the Virgin

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream transc for piano

    Music Arranger: Sergey Rachmaninov. Performer: Simon Trpceski.
    • Simon Trpceski plays Rachmaninov.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 12.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Ein Deutsches requiem Op.45: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen

    Choir: Leipzig Radio Choir. Orchestra: Beijing Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Herbert Kegel.
    • Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem.
    • Brilliant Classics.
    • 4.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony no.3 in G minor Op.36 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Johannes Goritzki.
    • Louise Farrenc: Symphonies 1 and 3.
    • CPO.
    • 7.
  • Charles Dibdin

    Tom Bowling

    Music Arranger: Benjamin Britten. Performer: Julius Drake.
    • Benjamin Britten, Songs and Proverbs of William Blake: Gerald Finley and Julius.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Violin Sonata in A major Op.5 No.6; 5th movement

    Performer: Pavlo Beznosiuk. Ensemble: Avison Ensemble.
    • CKD412.
    • LINN.
    • CD1 T30.
  • John Tavener

    Song for Athene

    Choir: Polyphony. Choir: Holst Singers. Choir: The Choir of Temple Church. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Bacchanale (Samson et Dalila)

    Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥 Philharmonie.
    • Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony/Danse Macabre: Barenboim.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in D minor, K 141

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • D. Scarlatti: Sonatas: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 13.
  • Richard Strauss

    4 Lieder Op.27: no.4; Morgen

    Performer: Philippe Quint. Performer: Lily Maisky.
    • Opera Breve: Quint; Maisky.
    • Avanti Classic.
    • 6.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No 4 in D major, BWV 1069 (Overture)

    Performer: Monica Huggett. Ensemble: Sonnerie. Director: Monica Huggett.
    • J.S.Bach: Orchestral Suites: Ensemble Sonnerie.
    • Avie.
  • Gustav Holst

    March (A Moorside Suite)

    Performer: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Garry Cutt.
    • Brass From The Masters Vol. 2:.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.
  • Franz Schubert

    Heidenr枚slein, D 257

    Performer: Christoph Berner. Singer: Werner G眉ra.
    • Schubert: Willkommen und Abschied: Werner Gura/Christoph Berner.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony no. 9 in E minor Op.95 (From the New World): 3rd movement; Molto vivace

    Orchestra: Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Dvorak: Symphony No.9 - Cello Concerto.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 3.
  • John Tavener

    The Whale (Part 2, extract)

    Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: David Atherton.
    • 7984972.
    • APPLE.
    • 2.

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