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In session with stellar classical artists

Katie Derham speaks to soprano Aigul Akhmetshina as she prepares to perform the role of Carmen at the Royal Opera House. Plus, there’s live music from Baroque ensemble Solomon’s Knot.

2 hours

Last on

Wed 3 Apr 2024 17:00

Music Played

  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen Suite (4. Entr'acte IV)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Bizet: Karajan.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Gustav Holst

    St Paul's Suite, Op 29 (Jig)

    Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Holst: St Paul's Suite: Yehudi Menuhin.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 7.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony no.5 in F major Op.76 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Dvorák: Symphonies 5 & 7-9.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 103.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Pan and Apollo

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jonathan Bloxham.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 19 in F major, K 459 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Richard Goode. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Nonesuch.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade No.1 in D, Op.11 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Brahms: Serenades Op. 11 & Op. 16.
    • Philips.
    • 1.
  • Trad.

    Traditional: The Nightingale (Orch. Rachimov)

    Lyricist: Trad.. Music Arranger: Kamil Rachimov. Conductor: Daniele Rustioni. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • The Nightingale (Orch. Rachimov).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Georges Bizet

    Habanera (from Carmen)

    Singer: Aigul Akhmetshina. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Daniele Rustioni.
    • Decca.
  • Elmer Bernstein

    The Great Escape - Main Title

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • RYKO.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in G major Kk.431

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • D. Scarlatti: Sonatas: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 17.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No 4 in A major, Op 90, 'Italian' (4th mvt, Saltarello (Presto))

    Conductor: Frans Brüggen. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century.
    • Philips.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Dixit Dominus: Virgam virtutis tuae

    Performer: Kate Symonds-Joy. Ensemble: Solomon's Knot.
  • Florence Price

    String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor iii) Juba

    Ensemble: Ragazze Quartet.
    • Channel Classics.
  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony no.1 in B flat Major op.38 "Spring" iv) Allegro animato e grazioso

    Orchestra: Stavanger Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Jan Willem de Vriend.
    • Challenge Classics.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Prelude in A major, Op 28 No 7

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Chopin: 26 Preludes Scherzo NR. 2 - Martha Argerich.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 7.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in A major, BWV 234: Quoniam tu solus sanctus

    Performer: Nathan Mercieca. Ensemble: Solomon's Knot.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Dixit Dominus: De torrente in via bibet

    Performer: Clare Lloyd-Griffiths. Performer: Hilary Cronin. Ensemble: Solomon's Knot.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto in C major, H VIIb 1 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Edgar Moreau. Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.
    • Erato.
  • Richard Strauss

    Dreaming by the Fireside (4 Symphonic Interludes from Intermezzo)

    Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • ABC.

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