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EMPOWER: Women Changing Music live in session

Katie Derham introduces live music from EMPOWER: Women Changing Music, and conductor Paavo Jarvi and pianist Alexandre Kantorow join us in the studio

Katie Derham with two hours of the best live music and chat. EMPOWER: Women Changing Music play live ahead of the premiere of Anchors of Freedom by Ezo Sarici at Empower 2026, and conductor Paavo Jarvi and pianist Alexandre Kantorow join us in the studio to talk about their upcoming concert at the Royal Festival Hall.

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Tue 3 Mar 2026 17:00

Music Played

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Prelude in C sharp minor Op.45

    Performer: Alexandre Kantorow.
    • Live performance.
  • Georges Bizet

    Les Tor茅adors (Carmen Suite no.1)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Munch.
    • Bizet: Carmen/L'Arelesienne.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Gustav Holst

    Ave Maria Op.9b

    Choir: Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford. Director: Owen Rees.
    • THE CROWN OF LIFE: Leighton, Clarke, Holst, Darke.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 113.
  • Madeleine Dring

    Trio for flute, oboe and piano (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sinead Walsh. Performer: Hannah Seymour. Performer: Archie Bonham.
    • Live performance.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no. 5 in E minor Op.64 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • DECCA.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concert rondo in A major K.386

    Performer: Jean鈥怑fflam Bavouzet. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: G谩bor Tak谩cs鈥怤agy.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos, Vol. 12.
    • Chandos.
    • 102.
  • Ezo Sarici

    Anchors of Freedom (extract)

    Ensemble: EMPOWER: Women Changing Music.
    • Live performance.
  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • AVIE.
  • Henry Purcell

    Fantazia upon one note in F major Z.745

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • Henry Purcell The Complete Fantazias Fretwork.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 13.
  • Johann Pachelbel

    Canon and gigue in D major (Canon)

    Ensemble: Les Violons du Roy. Conductor: Bernard Labadie.
    • Atma Classique.
  • Madeleine Dring

    Trio for flute, oboe and piano (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Sinead Walsh. Performer: Hannah Seymour. Performer: Archie Bonham.
    • Live performance.
  • Christian Sinding

    The Rustle of spring Op.32 no.3

    Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • Norwegian Classical Favourites: Iceland Symphony Orchestra/Engeset.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet no.8 in E minor Op.59 no.2 'Razumovsky' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • Beethoven: String Quartets, Op. 59 Nos. 1 - 2.
    • Platoon.
    • 108.
  • Alexander Scriabin

    Vers la flamme Op.72

    Performer: Alexandre Kantorow.
    • Live performance.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony no.2 in D major Op.43 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥 Philharmonie. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Sibelius: Complete Symphonies.
    • Sony Music Labels Inc..
    • 9.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Danse du grand calumet [Les Sauvages] (Les indes galantes - suite)

    Orchestra: L鈥橭rfeo Barockorchester. Conductor: Michi Gaigg.
    • Rameau: Suites from "Zoroastre, RCT 62" & "Les indes galantes, RCT 44".
    • CPO.
    • 127.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Valse-caprice no.1 in A major Op.30

    Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • HYPERION.

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  • Tue 3 Mar 2026 17:00

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