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Hunan Song and Dance Theatre & conductor Thomas Payne

Members of the Hunan Song and Dance Theatre perform live in the studio and dancer Steven McRae and violinist Vasko Vassilev on their new Paganini project.

Members of China's renowned Hunan Song and Dance Theatre are on tour with musicians from the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra; they perform live in the studio and talk to Petroc Trelawny about their collaboration. Plus Royal Ballet Principal Steven McRae and Principal Guest Concert Master Vasko Vassilev on their Paganini project, which opens the Royal Ballet's season at the Linbury Theatre, Covent Garden on 11th September.

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Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto no.2 in D major H.7b.2 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Orchestra: TrondheimSolistene.
    • Pentatone.

  • Frank Loesser

    Guys and Dolls, Act II Scene 2: No. 23, More I Cannot Wish You

    Conductor: John Wilson. Singer: Thomas Allen. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London.
    • Guys and Dolls.
    • Chandos.
    • 207.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in D minor RV.128

    Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • ALPHA914.

  • Wang Yunfei

    Lan Ting

    Performer: Hui Chen.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Vissi d'arte (Tosca)

    Singer: Karita Mattila. Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jukka鈥怭ekka Saraste.
    • Karita Mattila Live in Helsinki: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Saraste.
    • Ondine.
    • 5.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Menuetto, Op 81 No 5

    Performer: Tamsin Waley-Cohen. Performer: Huw Watkins.
    • 1917: Works for Violin & Piano by Debussy, Respighi, Sibelius and Elgar.
    • Signum Records.
    • 11.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Thieving Magpie (Overture)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Mariss Jansons Live - The Radio Recordings 1990-2014.
    • Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
    • 1.

  • Zhou Wei

    Xiaxiang Rapsody

    Ensemble: Hunan Song and Dance Theatre Musicians.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon)

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Archiv.

  • Francesco Cavalli

    Salve regina

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

  • Henry Litolff

    Concerto Symphonique no.4 in D minor, Op.102 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Hyperion.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A major K.622 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Martin Frost. Orchestra: Amsterdam Sinfonietta. Conductor: Peter Oundjian.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Concerto & Quintet: Martin Frost.
    • BIS.

  • Florence Price

    Colonial Dance

    Orchestra: W眉rttembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • Price: Songs of the Oak.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.

  • Niccol貌 Paganini

    24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1: Caprice in B Minor, Op. 1, No. 2

    Performer: Vasko Vassilev.
    • Paganini - Wieniawski: 24 Caprices for Solo Violin - Caprice, Op. 18.
    • Trittico Limited.
    • 18.

  • Joby Talbot

    The Mad Hatter's Tea Party (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Austin.
    • Signum.

  • Jeremiah Clarke

    Trumpet Voluntary 'The Prince of Denmark's March'

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Sony.

  • Robert Schumann

    6 Studien in kanonischer Form, Op. 56 (Arr. Debussy for 2 Pianos): No.4

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim. Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Argerich A-Z: Schumann 鈥� Tchaikovsky (Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 86.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Let Us Garlands Bring, Op.18: 'O Mistress Mine'

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Bryn Terfel.
    • The Gerald Finzi Collection.
    • Decca.
    • 07.

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    麻豆社 Radio 3

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