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Alistair Anderson, Nadine Meisner and Edward Gardner

Katie Derham with live music and conversation, including a performance by folk musician Alistair Anderson.

Katie Derham with live music and conversation, including a performance from concertina player and Northumbrian piper Alistair Anderson. Katie is joined by author and dance critic Nadine Meisner to talk about her new biography of the legendary choreographer Marius Petipa, and also speaks to Edward Gardner who was recently announced as the new London Philharmonic Orchestra's principal conductor from the 2021/22 season; he becomes first British Principal Conductor of the Orchestra since the late 1960s.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Nacio Herb Brown

    Doll Dance

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Alexandre Tharaud: Le Boeuf sur le Toit.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 7.
  • Alistair Anderson

    Eynhallow & Eyne Helga

    Performer: Alistair Anderson.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Violin Concerto No 1 in D major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • DG.
  • Iberi Choir

    Tchakrulo

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty (Act 3: Waltz)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • EMI.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake (Act 4 Finale)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • EMI.
  • Leonel Power

    Gloria 'Ad Thome memoriam'

    Ensemble: Binchois Consort. Director: Andrew Kirkman.
    • HYPERION.
  • Alistair Anderson

    The Old Peat Road & Murder Clough

    Performer: Alistair Anderson.
  • Henry Purcell

    I was glad

    Choir: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Director: Simon Preston.
    • ARCHIV.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Storm (Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op.33a)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 4 in G Major (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 4.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 2.
  • Alistair Anderson

    Hethpool Linn

    Performer: Alistair Anderson.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Fra l'ombre e gl'orrori (Aci, Galatea e Polifemo)

    Singer: Christopher Purves. Orchestra: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Hyperion.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Solo Cello Suite no.3 in C major, BWV.1009 (Allemande)

    Performer: Anner Bylsma.
    • RCA.
  • Claude Debussy

    Fetes (Nocturnes)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Philips.
  • Hoagy Carmichael

    Stardust

    Performer: Matthew Regan. Singer: Simon Keenlyside.
  • Morton Gould

    Boogie Woogie Etude

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • DECCA.

Broadcast

  • Fri 26 Jul 201917:00

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