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Stephen Hough, Paul Silverthorne, David Owen Norris, Ema Nikolovska

Sean Rafferty presents with live music from viola player Paul Silverthorne and pianist David Owen Norris, The mezzo Ema Nikolovska joins us too, plus we speak to Stephen Hough.

Sean Rafferty presents a lively mix of music and arts news with with live music from viola player Paul Silverthorne, accompanied by pianist David Owen Norris. We hear, too, from pianist Stephen Hough ahead of his prom on Friday, and mezzo-soprano Ema Nikolovska from Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme joins us with the pianist Dylan Perez.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Piano Concerto No.5 "Egyptian" (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Hyperion.
  • Franz Schubert

    Auf dem See, D543

    Performer: Ema Nikolovska. Performer: Dylan Perez.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in G Minor, Op. 6 No. 6, HWV 324: IV. Allegro

    Director: Bernhard Forck. Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • Handel: Concerti grossi, Op. 6 Nos. 1-6.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 28.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in G Minor, Op. 6 No. 6, HWV 324: V. Allegro

    Director: Bernhard Forck. Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • Handel: Concerti grossi, Op. 6 Nos. 1-6.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 29.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Songs Without Words Book 2 no.6; Venetianisches Gondellied in F sharp minor

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, D960 - IV. Allegro ma non troppo

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.
  • Johann Stamitz

    Clarinet Concerto in B flat major (3rd mvt, Poco presto)

    Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy.
    • Decca.
  • Claude Debussy

    La chevelure, from Chansons de Bilitis

    Performer: Ema Nikolovska. Performer: Dylan Perez.
  • Hugo Wolf

    Lied vom Winde

    Performer: Ema Nikolovska. Performer: Dylan Perez.
  • Hugo Wolf

    Anakreons Grab

    Performer: Ema Nikolovska. Performer: Dylan Perez.
  • Ned Rorem

    A Birthday

    Performer: Ema Nikolovska. Performer: Dylan Perez.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto No 3 in G major K.216 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Louis Langrée.
    • Mozart: Violin Concertos 1 & 3, Sinfonia Concertante.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 006.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Quartet no.1 in G Minor Op.25 (4th mvt)

    Orchestrator: Arnold Schoenberg. Orchestra: Gävle symfoniorkester. Conductor: Jaime Martín.
    • Brahms: Piano Quartet in G Minor (Orch. A. Schoenberg) - Parry: Elegy for Brahms.
    • Ondine.
    • 104.
  • Edward Elgar

    Violin Sonata (arr. for Viola): 2nd Mvt.

    Performer: Paul Silverthorne. Performer: David Owen Norris.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Scherzo from the Septet Op 20 (arr. Freidrich Hermann as a Grand Duo for viola & piano 1853)

    Performer: Paul Silverthorne. Performer: David Owen Norris.
  • Gustav Holst

    Jupiter, Bringer of Jollity (The Planets)

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • HELIOS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Magnificat (opening)

    Orchestra: The Sixteen. Orchestra: The Symphony of Harmony and Invention. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Vivaldi Gloria / Bach Magnificat.
    • Coro.
    • 13.
  • Cole Porter

    Ev'ry time we say goodbye

    Performer: Paul Silverthorne. Performer: David Owen Norris.

Broadcast

  • Wed 14 Aug 201917:00

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