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Anu Komsi, Alexander Ghindin, Andreas Staier

Katie Derham presents a lively mix of music and arts news with live music from the soprano Anu Komsi and pianist Alexander Ghindin. We hear from Andreas Staier in Edinburgh too.

Katie Derham presents a lively mix of music and arts news with a live performance from pianist Alexander Ghindin, who will be playing Sergey Rachmaninov's First Piano Concerto at the BBC Proms with London Philharmonic Orchestra. We also hear from soprano Anu Komsi ahead of her performance in Beethoven's 9th Symphony with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Monday's Prom. And Andreas Staier joins us down-the-line from Edinburgh too.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Reinhold Moritzevich Glière

    Concerto for coloratura soprano and orchestra, Op 82 (2nd mvt)

    Singer: Anu Komsi. Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Coloratura - Anu Komsi.
    • BIS.
    • 002.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in G minor, Op 23 No 5

    Performer: Alexander Ghindin.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto in A major BWV 1055 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Andreas Staier. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • Harpsichord Concertos, CD 2.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 004.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata in D Major, KV.381 (123a), 3rd movement Allegro molto

    Performer: Andreas Staier. Performer: Christine Schornsheim.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Claude Debussy

    Cortège (Petite Suite)

    Orchestrator: Henri Büsser. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Debussy: Night in Granada.
    • Cala.
    • 12.
  • Soumik Datta

    Plantations

    Performer: Soumik Datta.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude in B minor (from JS Bach's Prelude in E minor BWV 855a)

    Performer: Alexander Ghindin.
  • Franz Liszt

    Étude No. 3 in G Sharp Minor 'La Campanella' (Grandes Études de Paganini)

    Transcriber: Ferruccio Busoni. Performer: Alexander Ghindin.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    Pineapple Poll (Opening Dance)

    Music Arranger: Charles Mackerras. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • 100 Best Ballet.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Ethel Smyth

    Symphonic Serenade (Finale)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Odaline de la Martínez.
    • Chandos.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Symphony No 4 in E flat major, Op 48 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: The Moscow Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Anisimov.
    • The Best of Glazunov.
    • Naxos.
    • 9.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mit einem gemalten Band (3 Songs Op 83, No 3)

    Performer: Anu Komsi. Performer: Liz Burley.
  • Luigi Nono

    Djamila Boupacha (Canti di vita e d'amore)

    Performer: Anu Komsi.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 9 in D minor, Op 125, 'Choral' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Beethoven, Symphonie No. 9: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • DGG.
    • 4.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in C major, Op 50 No 2 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Tokyo String Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets: Tokyo String Quartet.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Candide (Overture)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Leonard Bernstein: The Age of Anxiety: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Litton.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 1.
  • Pauline Viardot

    Coquette (after Chopin's Mazurka Op 7 No 1)

    Performer: Anu Komsi. Performer: Liz Burley.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture in D major, TWV.55:D18 (Ouverture)

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • Telemann: Orchestral Suites.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto Op.8'4 RV 297 'Winter'; 1st movt

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.

Broadcast

  • Fri 16 Aug 201917:00

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