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Eric Whitacre, Sarah Connolly

Katie Derham talks to the American composer and choral conductor Eric Whitacre about a new recording of his work The Sacred Veil, and also introduces a Home Session from mezzo soprano Dame Sarah Connolly, singing and accompanying herself at the piano.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Carl Nielsen

    Maskarade (Overture)

    Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Sch酶nwandt.
    • DaCapo.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in B flat major, Op.3'1

    Orchestra: Academy For Early Music, Berlin. Director: Georg Kallweit.
    • Handel: Concerti grossi, Op. 3.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 1.
  • Eric Whitacre

    Little birds

    Performer: Leslie De'Ath. Choir: Elora Festival Singers. Conductor: Noel Edison.
    • Eric Whitacre, Choral Music: Elora Festival Singers.
    • Naxos.
    • 11.
  • Eric Whitacre

    The Sacred Veil: XII. Child of Wonder

    Performer: Jeffrey Zeigler. Performer: Lisa Edwards. Choir: Los Angeles Master Chorale. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • The Sacred Veil.
    • Signum.
  • Eric Whitacre

    Lux aurumque

    Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Decca.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto no.4 in D major K.218 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Viktoria Mullova. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
    • Mozart: Violin Concertos: Viktoria Mullova.
    • Philips.
    • 6.
  • Madeleine Dring

    Tarantelle

    Performer: Leigh Kaplan. Performer: Robin Paterson.
    • Leigh Kaplan plays Madeleine Dring.
    • Cambria.
    • 16.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture in E minor, 'Tafelmusik' (Gigue)

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Le Concert Spirituel: Le Concert des Nations / Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 20.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Serenade in E for Strings, Op. 22: III. Scherzo. Vivace

    Ensemble: Auvergne Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Roberto For茅s Veses.
    • Dvo艡谩k, Jan谩膷ek, Martin暖: Works for Strings.
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.
    • 3.
  • George Gershwin

    Strike Up the Band (Overture)

    Orchestra: WDR Funkhausorchester. Conductor: Wayne Marshall.
    • Born to play Gershwin.
    • AVI.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Das Lied von der Erde: IV. Von der Sch枚nheit (Live)

    Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (Live).
    • PENTATONE.
    • 104.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Willow Song

    Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, III. Presto - Molto allegro vivace

    Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens. Orchestra: Die K枚lner Akademie.
    • Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos.
    • BIS.
    • 203.
  • George Butterworth

    The Banks of Green Willow

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Decca.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Rakastava, Op 14

    Choir: Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoor. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
    • Baltic Runes.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 002.

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  • Mon 24 Aug 2020 17:00

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