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Two's company with pairs of pianos, oboes and opera characters, charting an A to Z of composers - John Adams to Jan Zelenka, and dropping in on Mozart's opera of universal balance - yin and yang - with Papageno and Papagena from the Magic Flute.

30 minutes

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Wed 25 Sep 2019 19:00

Music Played

  • John Adams

    Hallelujah Junction (Part One)

    Performer: Rolf Hind. Performer: Nicolas Hodges.
    • Nonesuch Records.
  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Transylvanian Dances for orchestra (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Choir: Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Bartok: Orchestral Works Vol.1: Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer.
    • Philips.
    • 17.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Songs my mother taught me, Op 55 No 4

    Ensemble: The Schubert Ensemble.
    • Dvorak: Piano quintet/Piano quartet: Schubert Ensemble.
    • Chandos.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Jesus Christ is risen, Op.74, No.3 (Jesus kristen er opfaren)

    Performer: Oslo Philharmonic Choir. Conductor: Stefan Sk枚ld.
  • Jacques Ibert

    Sarabande pour Dulcin茅e

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Neeme Jarvi conducts Ibert.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 004.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Pa.. pa.. pa.. (The Magic Flute)

    Singer: Dietrich Fischer鈥怐ieskau. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Singer: Lisa Otto. Conductor: Karl Bohm.
    • The Mastersinger: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    Barcarolle (from The Tales of Hoffmann)

    Performer: Frankie Carle. Music Arranger: Frankie Carle. Ensemble: Frankie Carle & His Sunrise Serenaders.
    • Jazzing The Classics Vintage Style.
    • ASV.
    • 021.
  • Henry Purcell

    Rondeau (Abdelazer)

    Ensemble: The Brandenburg Consort. Conductor: Roy Goodman.
    • Rondeaux Royaux: The Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman.
    • Hyperion.
    • 11.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Prelude (Le tombeau de Couperin)

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music: Steven Osborne, Piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Franz Schubert

    Die Nacht (Wie schon bist du) D.983c

    Choir: Baccholian Singers of London.
    • PEARL.
  • Jan Dismas Zelenka

    Trio sonata no.4 in G minor (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Zefiro.
    • Zelenka: Sonatas 1,3 & 4.
    • ASTREE.
    • 10.

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