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Fran & Flora, James Sills

Sean Rafferty is joined by violin and cello duo Fran & Flora who are currently on tour, plus James Sills talks about his new 'Sofa Singers' project.

2 hours

Last on

Mon 16 Mar 202017:00

Music Played

  • Francis Poulenc

    Sinfonietta (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Poulenc: Concerto Pour 2 Pianos, Aubade, Sinfonietta: City of London Sinfonia, H.
    • Virgin Classics.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Fanfare; Villes (Les Illuminations)

    Singer: Toby Spence. Orchestra: Scottish Ensemble. Director: Clio Gould.
    • LINN.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto no.2 in E major BWV.1053 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Sir András Schiff. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Director: Sir András Schiff.
    • Piano Masterworks The World's Favourite Piano Classics.
    • Decca.
    • 4.
  • Trad.

    Stardust (Doina iii)

    Performer: Flora Curzon. Performer: Francesca Ter‐Berg.
  • Trad.

    Medley: Dobriden / Invrtita / Freylakhs

    Performer: Flora Curzon. Performer: Francesca Ter‐Berg.
  • Franz Lehár

    Sirens of the Ball (The Merry Widow)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Vienna Soiree.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Josquin des Prez

    Pater noster/Ave Maria

    Choir: The Sixteen. Director: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No 2 in E flat major, K 417 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Anthony Halstead. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Mozart: The Horn Concertos - Halstead, The Academy of Ancient Music.
    • Decca.
    • 5.
  • Henry Balfour Gardiner

    Evening Hymn

    Performer: Andrew Lucas. Choir: St Paul's Cathedral Choir. Conductor: John Scott.
    • HYPERION.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Locus Iste

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.
  • Edvard Grieg

    4 Symphonic Dances Op.64 (no.3)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Grieg: Complete Music with Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Franz Schubert

    Quintet in C major D.956 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Borodin Quartet. Performer: Misha Milman.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture (Suite) in E minor... [Tafelmusik, 1ere production], Conclusion

    Ensemble: Ensemble Stradivaria. Director: Daniel Cuiller.
    • Telemann: Stradivaria/Daniel Cuiller.
    • Mirare.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Pace, pace, mio Dio (La forza del destino)

    Singer: Leontyne Price. Orchestra: Orchestra della RCA Italiana. Conductor: Thomas Schippers.
  • Isaac Albéniz

    Triana (Iberia Bk 2)

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Yuja Wang - Fantasia.
    • DG.
    • 7.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in E major, RV 269, 'Spring' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Federico Guglielmo. Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco. Director: Federico Guglielmo.
    • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Guglielmo.
    • CPO.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Mon 16 Mar 202017:00

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