Live music from Shear Brass, and harpist Elizabeth Bass
Petroc Trelawny is joined in 80A by a quintet from Shear Brass, to present music by Sir George Shearing. Harpist Elizabeth Bass is also in session.
Petroc Trelawny is joined by Shear Brass - in a quintet formation - to present music from their album Extraordinary Journey, celebrating the music of Sir George Shearing, and to discuss their upcoming UK tour. Elizabeth Bass - Principal Harpist with the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra - is also live in the studio, to perform ahead of her appearance with the 麻豆社 SO at the Barbican Centre in London on 30th January.
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Cole Porter
'Do I Love You?'
Ensemble: Shear Brass. -
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Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Polonaise (Eugene Onegin)
Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥� Philharmonie. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.- Philips.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No. 2 for solo violin: I. Allemande
Performer: Renaud Capu莽on.- Johann Sebastian Bach Sonatas and Partitas - Renaud Capucon.
- DG.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Happiness (Waltz Suite Op.110)
Orchestra: S茫o Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.- Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 - Waltz Suite.
- Naxos.
- 9.
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Claude Debussy
Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum
Performer: Jean Rondeau.- Gradus ad Parnassum.
- Warner Music UK.
- 08.
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George Shearing
Black Satin
Ensemble: Shear Brass. -
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Edward Elgar
Introduction & Allegro
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.- CHANDOS.
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Benjamin Britten
Suite for harp: Overture and Toccata (mvts 1 & 2)
Performer: Elizabeth Bass. -
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Emmanuel Chabrier
Scherzo-valse
Performer: C茅cile Ousset.- French Piano Music: Debussy, Ravel, Chabrier, Saint-Sa毛ns & Satie.
- Warner Classics.
- 7.
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John Dowland
Can she excuse my wrongs
Singer: Iestyn Davies. Performer: Thomas Dunford.- Dowland - The Art of Melancholy.
- Hyperion.
- 7.
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Kod谩ly Zolt谩n
Intermezzo (Hary Janos Suite, Op.35a)
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.- Kodaly: "Hary Janos" Suite: Fischer.
- Philips.
- 15.
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George Shearing
Just a Mood
Lyricist: Carl Gorham. Ensemble: Shear Brass. -
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Orlando Gibbons
The Silver Swan
Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble. Director: Paul Hillier.- English and Italian Renaissance Madrigals.
- Virgin.
- 12.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Quintet (4th mvt)
Performer: Romain Guyot. Performer: Lorenza Borrani. Performer: Mats Zetterqvist. Performer: Pascal Siffert. Performer: Richard Lester.- Mozart: Concerto & Quintet for clarinet: Romain Guyot/Chamber Orchestra of Europ.
- Mirare.
- 7.
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Marcel Tournier
L'茅ternel r锚veur
Performer: Elizabeth Bass. -
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Detlev Glanert
Harp Concerto - cadenza extract
Performer: Elizabeth Bass. -
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Grace Williams
Hiraeth
Performer: Elizabeth Bass. -
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Traditional Spiritual
Deep River
Music Arranger: Ernest Irving. Singer: Paul Robeson. Conductor: Ernest Irving Orchestra with Chorus.- Paul Robeson: The Complete EMI Sessions 1928-1939.
- Warner Classics.
- 725.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Symphony No 3, 'Organ Symphony' (Finale)
Performer: Noel Rawsthorne. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Loris Tjeknavorian.- Saint-Saens: Symphony No.3, Danse, Carnival.
- Regis.
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Hubert Parry
I Know My Soul Hath Power to Know All Things (Songs of Farewell)
Conductor: Nigel Short. Ensemble: Tenebrae.- Songs of Farewell.
- Signum Classics.
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George Shearing
Lullaby of Birdland
- Nice 'N' Easy.
- Play Digital.
- 33.
Broadcast
- Fri 23 Jan 2026 17:00麻豆社 Radio 3
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