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Wednesday - Sean Rafferty

Presented by Sean Rafferty.
Including at 5.40 the A-Z of Opera with F is for Fach and at 6.40 your suggestions for operatic Fs.
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2 hours

Last on

Wed 26 May 201017:00

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue B flat major, BWV.866

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini (piano)

    • DG 477 8078.
  • Jean-Baptiste Arban

    Variations on 'Casta Diva'

    Arranger: Milone Performer: Alison Balsom (trumpet) Performer: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Performer: Edward Gardner (conductor)

    • EMI 353255-2.
  • Frederick Delius

    A Late Lark

    Performer: Susan Gritton (soprano) Performer: BBC Symphony Orchestra Performer: Edward Gardner (conductor)

    • CHAN 10590.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Finale: Allegro (Trumpet Concerto in E flat, Hob.7 e:1)

    Performer: Alison Balsom (trumpet) Performer: Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen Performer: Thomas Klug (leader)

    • EMI 216213.
  • Béla Bartók - Romanian Folkdances

    Arranger: Szekely Performer: Vadim Repin (violin) Performer: Boris Berezovsky (piano)

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Aria: Parto, ma tub en mio (La Clemenza di Tito, K.621)

    Performer: Michael Maniaci (male soprano) Performer: Boston Baroque Performer: Martin Pearlman (director)

    • TELARC 31827-02.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    Polka in E major B88

    Performer: Andras Schiff (piano)

    • Warner Classics 2564 69967-4.
  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Partita (Pars) II in F major (Mensa Sonora)

    Performer: Baroque Band Performer: Gary Clarke (director)

    • CDR 90000 116.
  • LIVE

    • James Rhodes

      Pelleas & Mellisande, Act 3 Scene 1 (extract)

      Performer: Palle Knudsen (Pelleas) Performer: Anne Sophie Duprels (Melisande) Performer: Jean-Paul Pruna (piano)

    • James Rhodes

      De Fleurs (Proses lyriques)

      Performer: Anne Sophie Duprels (Melisande) Performer: Jean-Paul Pruna (piano)

    • James Rhodes

      Pelleas & Mellisande, Act 4 Scene 4 (extract)

      Performer: Palle Knudsen (Pelleas) Performer: Anne Sophie Duprels (Melisande) Performer: Jean-Paul Pruna (piano)

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Molto vivace (String Quartet No.12 in F major, Op.96 'American'

    Performer: Wihan Quartet

    • NIMBUS NI 6114.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Non pui andrai (Figaro's Aria) The Marriage of Figaro

    Performer: Sir Thomas Allen (baritone) Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: David Parry (conductor)

    • CHAN 3155.
  • Richard Strauss

    Guten Tag, Herr Notar (Intermezzo, 2nd Act)

    Performer: Lucia Popp (Christine) Performer: Klaus Hirte (The Notary) Performer: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Performer: Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor)

    • EMI CDS 749337-9.
  • Jean Rousee

    Tocha tocha la canella

    Performer: Paul O’Dette

    • Harmonia Mundi HMU 907548.

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