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Top-class live music from some of the world's finest musicians.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents pianist Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin performing live in the studio ahead of the release of his new album, Faur茅: Nocturnes & Barcarolles, and his upcoming concert at Wigmore Hall. She also talks to conductor Matthew Kofi Waldren, who is currently leading the Welsh National Opera Orchestra and Chorus in Osvaldo Golijov's Ainadamar.

2 hours

Last on

Thu 21 Sep 2023 17:00

Music Played

  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Yeoman of the Guard (overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • The Yeoman of the Guard and Trial by Jury.
    • TELARC.
    • 1.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no.10 in F sharp major (3rd movement, Purgatorio)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra 1893 - 1993.
    • EMI.
    • 8.
  • William Byrd

    Peccavi super numerum

    Performer: William Byrd. Choir: Cardinall's Musick. Director: Andrew Carwood.
    • The Byrd Edition, Vol 1: Early Latin Church Music / Propers for Lady Mass in Adv.
    • Gaudeamus.
    • 017.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 39 in E flat major, K 543 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Girolamo Frescobaldi

    Canzon vigesimanona 脿 8; Canzon 脿 4

    Ensemble: London Brass.
    • WARNER APEX.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Thieving Magpie: Overture

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Philips.
  • Osvaldo Golijov

    Ainadamar - Act 1: Mariana Mvt I. Balada

    Performer: Dawn Upshaw. Performer: Norman Mackenzie. Lyricist: Federico Garc铆a Lorca. Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Choir: Ladies of the Atlanta Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Robert Spano.
    • Golijov: Ainadamar.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.
  • Osvaldo Golijov

    Ainadamar - Act 2: Federico Mvt III. 3. A La Habana

    Composer: Gonzalo Grau. Performer: Kelley O'Connor. Performer: Dawn Upshaw. Lyricist: Federico Garc铆a Lorca. Conductor: Robert Spano. Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
    • Golijov: Ainadamar.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 9.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Sarabande from Suite HWV.437 (Main title to film Barry Lyndon)

    Music Arranger: Leonard Rosenman. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Rosenman.
    • WARNER BROS.
  • Richard Rodgers

    Allegro (Overture)

    Orchestra: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. Conductor: John Mauceri.
    • The Rodgers and Hammerstein Complete Overtures.
    • 4.
    • 1.
  • William Bolcom

    The Poltergeist (from 'Three Ghost Rags')

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
  • Richard Wagner

    Huldigungsmarsch for military band

    Conductor: Marek Janowski. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Wagner: Preludes and Orchestral works: Marek Janowski.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 3.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Violin Concerto in D major (4th mvt)

    Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • Naive.
  • Robert Schumann

    Abschied (Farewell) from 'Waldszenen Op.82'

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Nocturne No. 2 in B Major, Op.33`2

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
  • John Adams

    The Chairman Dances

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Edo de Waart.
    • John Adams: The Chairman Dances: San Francisco SO, Edo de Waart.
    • Elektra Nonesuch.
    • 1.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 1 in G minor, "Winter Daydreams" (3rd movement, Scherzo)

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Tchaivkosky: Symphony No. 1.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.

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