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Carlos �lvarez, Ann Wroe, Parker Quartet

Sean Rafferty presents, with live music from baritone Carlos �lvarez, who is singing the title role in Simon Boccanegra at the Royal Opera House, and the Parker Quartet.

Sean Rafferty presents a lively mix of music, conversation and arts news. Live music today comes from baritone Carlos �lvarez, who is singing the title role in Simon Boccanegra at the Royal Opera House, and the Grammy Award-winning American ensemble the Parker Quartet. Plus poet Ann Wroe talks to Sean about her new book, which recounts the life of St Francis of Assisi in poems.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto in G major TWV.50:1 'Grillen-Symphonie' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Apollo’s Fire. Director: Jeannette Sorrell.
    • AVIE.
  • Miquel Ortega

    Mi corazon no puede con la carga

    Performer: Pello El Afrokán. Performer: Mark Packwood.
  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Mélodie (Souvenir d'un lieu cher)

    Music Arranger: Alexander Glazunov. Performer: Baiba Skride. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Tchikovsky: Souvenir Russe: Baiba Skride.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Monior d'Arras

    Ce fu en mai (Once in the month of May)

    Performer: Andrew Lawrence�King. Singer: Paul Hillier.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Four Short Prayers of St Francis

    Ensemble: Danish National Vocal Ensemble. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • OUR RECORDS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    No, che non sei capace, K 419

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Music Arranger: Julian Bliss. Ensemble: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Mario Venzago.
    • Signum.
  • Carlos Gardel

    Por Una Caneza (Tango)

    Performer: Pello El Afrokán. Performer: Mark Packwood.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Plebe! Patrizi! (Simon Boccanegra)

    Singer: Mirella Freni. Singer: Piero Cappuccilli. Singer: José van Dam. Singer: Nicolaï Ghiaurov. Singer: José Carreras. Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Coriolan Overture, Op 62

    Orchestra: Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Brahms: Symphony 4; Gardiner.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.
    • 1.
  • Pablo de Sarasate

    'Carmen' Fantasy (5th mvt)

    Performer: Sarah Chang. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Plácido Domingo.
    • EMI.
  • Florence Price

    Symphony in E minor (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: New Black Music Repertory Ensemble. Conductor: Leslie B.Dunner.
    • Albany records.
  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op 47 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad. Ensemble: Amatis Piano Trio.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No 5 in E flat major, Op 82 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Esa�Pekka Salonen.
    • Sibelius: Orchestral Works: Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet in E flat, K428 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Parker Quartet.
  • György Kurtág

    Moment musical No 3, Capriccio

    Ensemble: Parker Quartet.
  • Pietro Locatelli

    Introduttione teatrale in D major, Op 4 No 1

    Ensemble: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Hengelbrock.
    • Locatelli: Introduttioni Teatrali - Chamber Music.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.
  • Maurice Ravel

    String Quartet (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Parker Quartet.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No 21 in E minor orch Dvorák

    Orchestrator: Antonín Dvořák. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Decca.

Broadcast

  • Fri 16 Nov 2018 17:00

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