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Jennifer Johnston, Yazz Ahmed

Sean Rafferty is joined by mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnston, who performs on the Glyndebourne stage, and trumpeter Yazz Ahmed, ahead of her performance at the 大象传媒 Proms.

Singing Handel at the Glyndebourne Festival, mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnston talks to Sean Rafferty.

And before performing at this year's Proms, trumpeter Yazz Ahmed joins the studio and performs live. She's accompanied by Ralph Wyld on vibraphone

Plus: Kristina Arakelyan, in episode #2 of 'Composing the Proms', a series of short features with the composers who were commissioned new pieces for the 大象传媒 Proms 2023, in which they talk about the music that inspired them.

2 hours

Last on

Tue 18 Jul 2023 17:00

Music Played

  • Sir Stephen Hough

    Radetzky Waltz [after Johann Strauss I]

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion Records Limited.
  • Samuel Barber

    Schottischer (Souvenirs, Op 28)

    Orchestra: Philharmonisches Staatsorchestra Hamburg. Conductor: Ingo Metzmacher.
    • Who is afraid of 20th century music? vol.5.
    • SYRINX.
    • 14.
  • Richard Strauss

    Alpine Symphony, Op 64 (On the summit)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Strauss, Eine Alpensinfonie: LSO.
    • LSO Live.
    • 12.
  • 罢谤盲诲

    Vidimus stellam

    Choir: Choir of Keble College, Oxford. Director: Matthew Martin.
    • Ave Rex Angelorum: Carols and Music Tracing the Journey from Christ the King to.
    • CRD Records.
    • 18.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Concerto in D major, Op 61 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Orchestra: Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Beethoven: Violin concerto etc: Tetzlaff/Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich/Zinman.
    • Arte Nova Classics.
    • 3.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Where e'er you walk (Semele)

    Singer: Mark Padmore. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz in A flat major, Op.34 no.1

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Chopin: The Solo Piano Works: Ashkenazy.
    • London.
    • 2.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No 1 in D major, Op 25, 'Classical' (4th mvt)

    Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Claudio Abbado Conducts Prokofiev, Hindemith & Jan谩_ek.
    • Decca.
    • 4.
  • Yazz Ahmed

    She Stands On The Shore

    Performer: Yazz Ahmed. Performer: Ralph Wyld.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Daphnis et Chlo茅: Lever du jour

    Choir: Berlin Radio Choir. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Boulez Conducts Debussy & Ravel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Danusha Waskiewicz. Performer: Simone Jandl. Performer: Rainer Zipperling. Performer: Sabina Colonna-Preti. Performer: Enrico Bronzi. Performer: Alois Posch. Performer: Ottavio Dantone. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart.
    • J.S. Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos; Orchestra Mozart, Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Edward Elgar

    Pomp and Circumstance March in C major Op.39 no.5

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • CHANDOS CHAN.
  • Yazz Ahmed

    Forest Bathing

    Performer: Yazz Ahmed. Performer: Ralph Wyld.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in D major RV.234 'L'inquitudine'

    Performer: Giuliano Carmignola. Ensemble: Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca.
    • Divox.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance no.5 in G minor

    Music Arranger: Martin Schmeling. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • 111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 1.

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  • Tue 18 Jul 2023 17:00

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