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Virtuosity is to the fore in Ian Skelly's selection of music for this afternoon, including items from Liszt, Handel, Mozart, Rachmaninov and Vladimir Horowitz.

Virtuosity is to the fore in Ian Skelly's selection of music for this afternoon, including items from Liszt, Handel, Mozart, Rachmaninov, Vladimir Horowitz, and by default, Paganini. The 3.00 spot features a performance from Ukrainian pianist Vadym Kholodenko playing the Rachmaninov Paganini Rhapsody.

Bizet/Horowitz: Carmen Variations
Vadym Kholodenko (piano)

Kodaly: Dances of Marosszek
´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra
Yan Pascal Tortellier (conductor)

Liszt: Symphonic Poem - Orpheus
´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

Handel: Organ Concerto in Bb Op7/1 HWV306
Magnus Kjellson (organ)
Göteborg Baroque

3.00
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini
Vadym Kholodenko (piano)
SWR Symphony Orchestra
Dima Slobodiouk (conductor)

Florence Price: Concert Overture No 2
´óÏó´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra
Jane Glover (conductor)

Beethoven: Sextet in Eb Op81b for two horns and string quartet
Freiburg Baroque

Grieg: Symphonic Dances
Ulster Orchestra
Pablo Urbina (conductor)

Trad: Two traditional songs from Italy and Syria
Katerina Papadopoulou (vocals)
Hesperion XXI
Jordi Savall

3 hours, 1 minute

Music Played

  • Vladimir Horowitz

    Variations on a Theme from Bizet's Carmen

    Performer: Vadym Kholodenko.
  • Zoltán Kodály

    Dances of Marosszek

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
  • Franz Liszt

    Orpheus, Symphonic Poem No. 4, S. 98

    • Liszt: Symphonic Poems, Vol. 1.
    • Chandos.
    • 13.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Organ Concerto in B flat, op. 7/1, HWV 306

    Ensemble: Göteborg Baroque. Director: Magnus Kjellson.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail - Aria: Martern aller Arten

    Singer: Ľuba Orgonášová. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Archiv.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43

    Performer: Vadym Kholodenko. Orchestra: SWR Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart. Conductor: Dima Slobodeniouk.
  • Charles-Valentin Alkan

    Grande Sonate "Les Quatre Ages", 20 Ans (Très Vite)

    • Piano Classics.
  • Franz Waxman

    Taras Bulba - music for the film [1962]: The Ride to Dubno (Ride of... Cossacks)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Mauceri.
    • The Genius of Film Music: Hollywood Blockbusters 1960s–1980s.
    • LPO.
    • 5.
  • Florence Price

    Concert Overture No 2

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Jane Glover.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sextet in E flat, op. 81b

    Ensemble: Freiburg Baroque. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Symphonic Dances

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Urbina.

Broadcast

  • Tue 25 Apr 2023 14:00