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Brindley Sherratt, Richard Alston, Jan Mracek

Suzy Klein presents, with live music from bass Brindley Sherratt and Czech violinist Jan Mracek. Plus choreographer Richard Alston talking about his new trio of ballets in London.

Suzy Klein presents, with live music from bass Brindley Sherratt, who is preparing to sing Claggart in Britten's Billy Budd, and young Czech violinist Jan Mráček, who is in the UK to perform Beethoven's Violin Concerto in Cheltenham and London. Plus choreographer Richard Alston talks about his new triptych of ballets coming up in London.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Leopold Godowsky

    The Gardens of Buitenzorg

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Nimbus.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto no.4 in E flat major, K.495 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: David Pyatt. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Mozart: Horn Concertos.
    • Erato.
    • 11.
  • John Ireland

    Sea Fever

    Performer: Brindley Sherratt (Bass). Performer: Caroline Jaya-Ratnam.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Claggart's aria, from Billy Budd

    Singer: Brindley Sherratt. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
  • Michael Head

    Limehouse Reach

    Performer: Brindley Sherratt (bass). Performer: Caroline Jaya-Ratnam (piano).
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No.2 in D minor

    Orchestrator: Iván Fischer. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Brahms: Hungarian Dances.
    • Decca.
    • 2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Opening Allegro from Concerto No.4 in F major, HWV 292

    Performer: Ottavio Dantone. Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina.
    • L’OISEAU-LYRE.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F major, BWV 1047 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Henryk Szeryng. Performer: Michala Petri. Performer: Heinz Holliger. Performer: André Bernard. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • J.S.Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos: Marriner.
    • Philips.
    • 7.
  • Henry Purcell

    Chacony in G minor

    Music Arranger: Benjamin Britten. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: William Conway.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • SHANTEL vs. MAHALA RAI BANDA

    Opening extract from 'lest Sexy'

    Performer: SHANTEL vs. MAHALA RAI BANDA.
    • ELECTRIC GYPSYLAND.
    • Craw.
    • 005.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 6 in B minor, Op 74, 'Pathétique' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.6, Romoe & Juliet Overture: Kirov Orchestra, Gergiev.
    • Philips.
    • 002.
  • Philip van Wilder

    Pater noster

    Ensemble: Gallicantus. Conductor: Gabriel Crouch.
    • Queen Mary's Big Belly.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1.
  • Olivier Messiaen

    Rondeau

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Hyperion.
  • George Frideric Handel

    O ruddier than the cherry (Acis and Galatea)

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Handel: Arias: Bryn Terfel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Mazurka, Op. 49

    Performer: Jan Mracek (violin). Performer: Nigel Foster (piano).
  • Joseph Haydn

    Le Pescatrici (Overture [Sinfonia in D major H.I.106])

    Ensemble: Haydn Sinfonietta Vienna. Conductor: Manfred Huss.
    • BIS.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    No's 1, 2 & 3 from Four Romantic Pieces, Op.75

    Performer: Jan Mracek (violin). Ensemble: Nigel Foster (piano).
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no.3 in A minor, Op.56 'Scottish' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Vol.2.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Valse (Suite no.2 Op.17)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Nelson Freire.
    • PHILIPS.

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  • Wed 14 Jun 2017 16:30

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