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Ren茅e Fleming, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, perform in the studio, and we speak to soprano Ren茅e Fleming and composer Kevin Puts about the world premiere of Puts's opera The Hours.

The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, perform live in the studio for presenter Katie Derham ahead of their concerts in Suffolk and Wiltshire, and we're joined by soprano Ren茅e Fleming and composer Kevin Puts to hear about the world premiere production of his opera, The Hours, which will be screened live from The Met this weekend. We hear, too, from the violinist Lisa Batiashvili as she prepares for a performance of Sibelius's Violin Concerto with the Philharmonia.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    From the Oratorio "Christus"; When Jesus Our Lord/There shall a star"

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Graham Ross.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons; Winter (cpte)

    Performer: Jacob Reuven. Performer: Omer Meir Wellber. Orchestra: Sinfonietta Leipzig.
    • The Mandolin Seasons.
    • HYPERION.
    • 01.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker (Closing Waltz; Grand Finale)

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Berliner Philharmoniker/Rattle.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 14.
  • Lucy Walker

    There is no rose

    Conductor: Graham Ross. Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge.
  • Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Cello Sonata Op.17 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Connie Shih.
    • HYPERION.
  • Cecilia McDowall

    The Magi

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge.
  • Gustav Holst

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Music Arranger: Graham Ross. Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Graham Ross.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 46 in B major, Hob.I.46 (4th mvt)

    Music Arranger: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • LSO Live.
  • Frederic Curzon

    Le Boulevardier - characteristic intermezzo

    Performer: Julian Leaper. Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • British Light Music Classics - 1.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto No 6 in F major, BWV 1057 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff. Performer: Catherine Touraire-Stutz. Performer: Thierry Fischer. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Director: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
    • Piano Masterworks The World's Favourite Piano Classics.
    • Decca.
    • 9.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (with fanfare)

    Composer: John Rutter. Composer: Sir David Willcocks. Performer: John Birch. Performer: John Rutter. Music Arranger: Sir David Willcocks. Choir: The Bach Choir. Director: David Hill. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • The Colours of Christmas.
    • Decca Records.
    • 023.
  • Kevin Puts

    Flute Concerto - 1st mvt

    Orchestra: Peabody Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Kevin Puts: Symphony No. 2, Flute Concerto & River's Rush.
    • Naxos.
    • 301.
  • Kevin Puts

    Act 1, Scene 9 "On the Street" from "The Hours"

    Singer: Ren茅e Fleming. Orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
  • Richard Rodgers

    You'll Never Walk Alone

    Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II. Singer: Ren茅e Fleming. Orchestra: Members of the Cast.
    • Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel.
    • Concord Theatricals.
    • 11.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Claude Debussy

    Beau soir, L. 6 (L. 84) (Arr. Heifetz for Violin and Piano)

    Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Performer: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin. Lyricist: Paul Joseph Charles Bourget. Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz.
    • Secret Love Letters.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 10.
  • Johann Strauss

    Furioso Galopp, Op. 114 (Adapt. by Nikoloz Rachveli for Violin and

    Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Lyricist: Nikoloz Rachveli. Conductor: Nikoloz Rachveli. Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin.
    • City Lights.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 6.

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  • Tue 6 Dec 2022 17:00

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