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Nigel Kennedy at the BBC

Performances and appearances by Nigel Kennedy from the BBC archive, demonstrating a versatility of styles from classical to experimental to a jazz duet with Stephane Grappelli.

Compilation of performances and appearances by Nigel Kennedy from the BBC archive, following his music development and career from a seven-year-old child on Town and Around to his virtuoso showstopper Czardas from the Last Night of the Proms 2013.

Featuring interviews with him through the years, and demonstrating a versatility of styles from classical to experimental to a jazz duet with Stephane Grappelli.

58 minutes

Last on

Mon 30 Sep 202400:45
BBC Four

Music Played

  • César Franck

    Sonata For Violin & Piano

    Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Performer: Melvyn Tan.

  • Max Bruch

    Violin Concerto In G Minor (2nd Movement)

    Performer: Nigel Kennedy.

  • Nigel Kennedy & Stéphane Grappelli

    Lady Be Good

  • Nigel Kennedy

    The De'il Among The Tailors

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Double Violin Concerto In D Minor

    Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Performer: Yehudi Menuhin.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto In E Minor

    Performer: Nigel Kennedy.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lark Ascending

    Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Performer: Peter Skellern.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Autumn (from The Four Seasons)

    Performer: Nigel Kennedy.

  • Franz Liszt

    Hungarian Rhapsody No 1

    Performer: Nigel Kennedy.

  • Nigel Kennedy & John Etheridge

    Melody In The Wind

  • Nigel Kennedy & Kroke

    Kukush

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita No 2 - Sarabande

    Performer: Nigel Kennedy.

  • Vittorio Monti

    Czardas

    Performer: Nigel Kennedy.

Credits

NarratorPetroc Trelawny
ProducerDominic Best

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