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Hard Rain Soloist Ensemble

Artistic director Aisling Agnew and resident conductor Paul McCusker from Hard Rain Soloist Ensemble chat to John.

Artistic Director Aisling Agnew and Resident Conductor Paul McCusker from Hard Rain Soloist Ensemble chat to John about performances around the world, Steve Reich's 90th Birthday and their plans for 2026.

Our Live Music is Brahms' Double Concerto, performed by Ulster Orchestra, Conductor Daniele Rustioni with Violinist Francesca Dego and Cellist Daniel Muller-Schott.

CD of the Week is Max Richter's Golden Globe-winning score to Hamnet.

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1 hour, 57 minutes

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Sun 18 Jan 2026 19:03
麻豆社 Radio Foyle & 麻豆社 Radio Ulster

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Marriage of Figaro Overture

    Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Alfred Scholz.

  • Vittorio Monti

    Czardas

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Triumphal Chorus & Grand March from Aida

    Performer: Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Performer: New Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Riccardo Muti.

  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Dave Arch

    The Bare Necessities (From \The Jungle Book\)

  • John Williams

    John Williams: Escapades 1. Closing in

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Performer: Jessica Cottis.

  • Ludovico Einaudi

    Le Onde

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007: I. Pr茅lude

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.

  • John Harle

    Harle: Silencium - Music of Inner Peace: 2. Spiritu

    Performer: Sarah Leonard. Performer: Alexander B膬l膬nescu. Performer: Paul Clarvis.

  • Max Richter & Hugh Brunt

    Of Orpheus (From The Original Motion Picture "Hamnet")

  • Nino Rota

    Love Theme from The Godfather

    Performer: Robin Smith. Performer: London Symphony Chorus. Performer: 2CELLOS.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    3 songs, Op. 7: I. Apr猫s un r锚ve

    Performer: Peter Moore. Performer: James Baillieu.

  • Claude Debussy

    Debussy: Clair de lune, CD 82/3 (Arr. Parkin & Kaner-Lidstr枚m for Saxophone & Ensemble)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Jess Gillam Ensemble.

  • John Harle, Albany Symphony Orchestra & David Alan Miller

    Torke: Saxophone Concerto: III

  • Gerard McChrystal & Craig Ogden

    Bachianas brasileiras No. 5: Aria (Cantilena) Arr. G. McChrystal

  • Joe Hisaishi

    My Neighbor Totoro (from 'My Neighbor Totoro')

  • Ulster Orchestra, Francesca Dego & Daniel M眉ller鈥怱chott

    Brahms - Double Concerto, Op. 102, Final Movement

    Conductor: Daniele Rustioni.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Requiem, K. 626: I. Introitus. Requiem aeternam (Recorded 1962)

    Performer: Wilma Lipp. Performer: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Performer: Wiener Singverein.

  • Max Richter & Hugh Brunt

    Of the sky (From The Original Motion Picture "Hamnet")

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Chopin: Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 66

    Performer: Jeneba Kanneh鈥怣ason.

Broadcast

  • Sun 18 Jan 2026 19:03
    麻豆社 Radio Foyle & 麻豆社 Radio Ulster