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Carlos 脕lvarez, Ann Wroe, Parker Quartet

Sean Rafferty presents, with live music from baritone Carlos 脕lvarez, who is singing the title role in Simon Boccanegra at the Royal Opera House, and the Parker Quartet.

Sean Rafferty presents a lively mix of music, conversation and arts news. Live music today comes from baritone Carlos 脕lvarez, who is singing the title role in Simon Boccanegra at the Royal Opera House, and the Grammy Award-winning American ensemble the Parker Quartet. Plus poet Ann Wroe talks to Sean about her new book, which recounts the life of St Francis of Assisi in poems.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto in G major TWV.50:1 'Grillen-Symphonie' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Apollo鈥檚 Fire. Director: Jeannette Sorrell.
    • AVIE.
  • Miquel Ortega

    Mi corazon no puede con la carga

    Performer: Pello El Afrok谩n. Performer: Mark Packwood.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    M茅lodie (Souvenir d'un lieu cher)

    Music Arranger: Alexander Glazunov. Performer: Baiba Skride. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Tchikovsky: Souvenir Russe: Baiba Skride.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Monior d'Arras

    Ce fu en mai (Once in the month of May)

    Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing. Singer: Paul Hillier.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Four Short Prayers of St Francis

    Ensemble: Danish National Vocal Ensemble. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • OUR RECORDS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    No, che non sei capace, K 419

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Music Arranger: Julian Bliss. Ensemble: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Mario Venzago.
    • Signum.
  • Carlos Gardel

    Por Una Caneza (Tango)

    Performer: Pello El Afrok谩n. Performer: Mark Packwood.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Plebe! Patrizi! (Simon Boccanegra)

    Singer: Mirella Freni. Singer: Piero Cappuccilli. Singer: Jos茅 van Dam. Singer: Nicola茂 Ghiaurov. Singer: Jos茅 Carreras. Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Coriolan Overture, Op 62

    Orchestra: Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Brahms: Symphony 4; Gardiner.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.
    • 1.
  • Pablo de Sarasate

    'Carmen' Fantasy (5th mvt)

    Performer: Sarah Chang. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Pl谩cido Domingo.
    • EMI.
  • Florence Price

    Symphony in E minor (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: New Black Music Repertory Ensemble. Conductor: Leslie B.Dunner.
    • Albany records.
  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op 47 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad. Ensemble: Amatis Piano Trio.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No 5 in E flat major, Op 82 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.
    • Sibelius: Orchestral Works: Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet in E flat, K428 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Parker Quartet.
  • Gy枚rgy Kurt谩g

    Moment musical No 3, Capriccio

    Ensemble: Parker Quartet.
  • Pietro Locatelli

    Introduttione teatrale in D major, Op 4 No 1

    Ensemble: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Hengelbrock.
    • Locatelli: Introduttioni Teatrali - Chamber Music.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.
  • Maurice Ravel

    String Quartet (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Parker Quartet.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No 21 in E minor orch Dvor谩k

    Orchestrator: Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Decca.

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  • Fri 16 Nov 2018 17:00

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