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Sean Rafferty meets the composer and playwright behind FANNY – a new theatrical comedy about Fanny Mendelssohn.

Sean Rafferty meets the composer and playwright behind FANNY – a new theatrical comedy about Fanny Mendelssohn. Yshani Perinpanayagam and Calum Finlay are live in the studio. Cellist Adrian Bradbury and pianist Andrew West also celebrate the legacy of Beatrice Harrison with some live performance from their new disc on the SOMM label.

2 hours

Last on

Wed 15 May 2024 17:00

Music Played

  • Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek

    Donna Diana (Overture)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Panorama: Famous Overtures.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.
  • Richard Strauss

    Morgen, Op 27 No 4

    Singer: Christine Schäfer. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mozart: Arias & R. Strauss: Orchestral Songs - Schafer, Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 11.
  • Peter Warlock

    Capriol Suite

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Clio Gould.
    • English String Classics 2: Vaughan Williams/Warlock/Tippet/Elgar etc.
    • Warner Apex.
    • 7.
  • Isaac Albéniz

    Iberia Book 1: I. Evocation

    Performer: Peter Donohoe.
    • Peter Donohoe Plays Granados & Albéniz.
    • Chandos.
    • 101.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Concerto in D major, Op 77 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Brahms: Violin Concerto: Perlman/Barenboim.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Six Melodies (Allegretto)

    Performer: Béatrice Rauchs.
    • BIS.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String quartet in E flat major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.
    • Mendelssohn: Felix & Fanny: Quatuor Ebene.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 6.
  • Harry Warren

    42nd Street - musical: Overture

    Ensemble: Members of the Cast.
    • Masterworks Broadway.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sheep may safely graze (Cantata No 208, 'Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd')

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • 100 Best Relaxing Classics.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    4 English dances - set 2 Op.33 (no.1)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • Malcolm Arnold: Dances: Philharmonia, Thomson.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Songs my mother taught me B.104`4

    Music Arranger: Unknown. Performer: Beatrice Harrison.
    • HMV.
  • Roger Quilter

    L'Amour de moy

    Performer: Adrian Bradbury. Performer: Andrew West.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)

    Singer: Renée Fleming. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Decca.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Menuet antique

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Ravel - orchestral works.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.
  • Percy Grainger

    Youthful Rapture

    Performer: Adrian Bradbury. Performer: Andrew West.
  • Cyril Scott

    Pastoral and Reel

    Performer: Adrian Bradbury. Performer: Andrew West.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

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

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

    Laudibus in sanctis

    Choir: The Sixteen. Director: Harry Christophers.
    • An Immortal Legacy: The Sixteen/Harry Christophers.
    • Coro.
    • 19.
  • John Williams

    Superman (Main theme)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Rhino.

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