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02/08/2010 Wendy Dawn Thompson, Donald Runnicles, Raphael Wallfisch

Presented by Sean Rafferty. With a recital by soprano Wendy Dawn Thompson and pianist Susie Summers, plus conversation with conductor Donald Runnicles and cellist Raphael Wallfisch.

Live performances in the studio by soprano Wendy Dawn Thompson and pianist Susie Summers with works by Schumann, Mahler and Bridge. They will be playing in two concerts at the Lake District Summer Music Festival on the 4th and 6th of August.

Sean Rafferty talks to Donald Runnicles, chief conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra who will be performing at Prom 23 on the 3rd of August featuring Foulds, Vaughan Williams and Elgar.

Cellist Raphael Wallfisch will be talking to Sean in the studio ahead of his performance at Kendal Town Hall on the 8th of August as part of the Lake District Summer Music Festival.

Presented by Sean Rafferty.
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2 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Jacob Rosenhain

    III. Presto (Concerto for Piano in D minor, Op.73)

    Performer: Howard Shelley (piano & director) Performer: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

    • HYPERION CDA67765.
  • Johann Strauss

    Perpetuum mobile (Op.257)

    Performer: The Johann Strauss Orchestra Performer: Andre Rieu (artistic director)

    • DECCA 5323879.
  • LIVE

    • Robert Schumann

      Waldesgesprach (Liederkreis, Op.39)

      Performer: Wendy Dawn Thompson (soprano) Performer: Susie Summers (piano)

    • Gustav Mahler

      Ich bin der welt abhanden gekommen (Ruckert-Lieder)

      Performer: Wendy Dawn Thompson (soprano) Performer: Susie Summers (piano)

    • Bridge

      Love went a riding

      Performer: Wendy Dawn Thompson (soprano) Performer: Susie Summers (piano)

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Sonata No.6 da Chiesa Opera Terza in G major

    Performer: Ensemble Aurora Performer: Enrico Gatti (director)

    • ARCANA A402.
  • Richard Wagner - Hojotoho! Hojotoho! Heiah! Heiah! (die Walkuere, Act 3, Vorspiel and 1st

    Performer: Hellen Kwon Performer: Gabriele Rossmanith Performer: Maria-Christina Damian Performer: Katja Pieweck Performer: Renate Singler Performer: Ann-Beth Solvang Performer: Deborah Humble Performer: Hamburg Philharmonic Performer: Simone Young (conductor)

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Romance and Waltz

    Performer: Daniel Gerzenberg Performer: Anton Gerzenberg Performer: Lilya Zilberstein

    • EMI Classics 50999 607367 27.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Contrapunctus 6, a4, in Style Francese (The Art of Fugue, BWV.1080)

    Performer: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)

    • DG 477 7345.
  • Edward Elgar

    Final movement (Symphony no.1 in A flat major - extract)

    Performer: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Performer: Donald Runnicles (conductor)

    • BBC PREVIEW CD.
  • Richard Wagner - O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe (Tristan & Isolde, Act 2)

    Performer: John Treleaven (Tristan) Performer: Christine Brewer (Isolde) Performer: BBC Symphony Orchestra Performer: Donald Runnicles (conductor)

  • Richard Strauss

    Dance of the Seven Veils (Salome, op.54, Scene 4)

    Performer: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Performer: Donald Runnicles (conductor)

    • TELARC TEL 31755-02.
  • Frédéric Chopin - Waltz in A-flat major, Op.34 No.1

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott (piano)

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Harpsichord Concerto in F minor, BWV.1056

    Performer: Jeannette Sorrell (harpsichord) Performer: Apollo’s Fire: The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra

    • AVIE AV2207.
  • Busch

    IV Tarantella (Suite)

    Performer: Raphael Wallfisch (cello) Performer: Raphael Terroni (piano)

    • BMS 436CD.
  • Frédéric Chopin - Etude in E-flat minor, Op.10 No.6. Transcr. GLAZUNOV

    Performer: Raphael Wallfisch (cello) Performer: John York (piano)

  • Joseph Charles Holbrooke

    Finale: Andantino sostenuto – Allegro vivace (Cello Concerto, op.103 'Cambrian')

    Performer: Raphael Wallfisch (cello) Performer: Royal Scottish National Orchestra Performer: George Vass (conductor)

    • DUTTON CDLX 7251.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Laudate Dominum

    Performer: Nuria Rial Performer: L’Arpeggiata Performer: Christina Pluhar

    • Virgin Classics 6945770.

Broadcast

  • Mon 2 Aug 201017:00

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