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World-class classical music – live

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

Sean Rafferty talks to the Polish opera director Karolina Sofulak about her current Opera North double bill, featuring Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana and Rachmaninov's Aleko. And playing live in the studio are violinist Bojan Čičić and members of the Academy of Ancient Music, with music featured in their new show 'The Art of the Italian Concerto'.

2 hours

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Messiah: All we like sheep have gone astray

    Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Director: William Christie.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Waltz in A flat major Op.69`1 'L'Adieu'

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Hyperion.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Tempest, Op. 18: III. Allegro vivace

    Orchestra: ý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Tempest, Francesca da Rimini, The Voyevoda, Overture and Polona.
    • Chandos.
    • 104.
  • Franz Schubert

    Der Winterabend, D 938

    Performer: Julius Drake. Singer: Christoph Prégardien.
    • CHALLENGE CLASSICS.
  • Franz Xaver Richter

    Grande Sinfonie No 7 in C major

    Performer: Richard Egarr. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Richard Egarr.
    • Birth of the Symphony: Handel to Haydn.
    • AAM Records.
    • 5.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No 3 in F major, Op 90 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.
    • Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1-4 (Complete): COE, Berglund.
    • Ondine.
    • 1.
  • Pietro Mascagni

    Easter Hymn from Cavalleria Rusticana

    Singer: Helen Field. Choir: Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Famous Opera Choruses.
    • EMI.
    • 11.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Men's Dance (Aleko)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • EMI.
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
    • Simax.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Horseplay (Lively)

    Ensemble: Ensemble X.
    • AVIE.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    First movement of Concerto in E major RV265 Op 3 No 12 'L'Estro Armonico'

    Performer: Bojan Čičić. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music.
  • Carl Davis

    Pride and Prejudice: Main Title

    Performer: Melvyn Tan. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Carl Davis.
    • Pride and Prejudice.
    • EMI.
    • 1.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No. 4 (Op.90) in A major "Italian"; 4th movement 'Saltarello'

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • ALPHA CLASSICS.
  • Antonio Montanari

    Sonata in D minor 'Dresden'

    Performer: Bojan Čičić. Performer: Steven Devine.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Champagne Polka Op. 211

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
    • Johann Strauss II Waltzes, Polkas & Overtures.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 204.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Christus factus est - motet

    Choir: Hallé Youth Choir. Conductor: Stuart Overington.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Third movement from Concerto No 9 in D major RV230 'L'Estro Armonico'

    Performer: Bojan Čičić. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    String Quintet in E major, Op.11 No.5 (Minuet)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Royal Classics.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Waltz, Op 12 No 2 (Lyric Pieces)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • EMI.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Petite suite de concert Op.77: no.1 La Caprice de Nanette

    Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Leaper.
    • MARCO POLO.

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  • Tue 5 Mar 2024 17:00

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