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Alexander Shelley, Steve Magee

Katie Derham talks to conductor Alexander Shelley about a new project featuring the music of Robert and Clara Schumann, and Johannes Brahms. Today's BBC Instrumental Session is by the massed bassoons of the BBC Orchestras. Steve Magee of the BBC Symphony Orchestra tells Katie more.

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Wed 26 Aug 202017:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Sally Beamish

    Seavaigers (Haven)

    Performer: Chris Stout. Performer: Catriona McKay. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.
    • McKay Stout Music.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Silent Noon (The House of Life)

    Singer: Ian Bostridge. Performer: Julius Drake.
    • Ian Bostridge: The English Songbook.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 13.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.88 in G major (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor, Op.66

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Alexandre Tharaud: Chopin; Journal Intime.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 15.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Mambo (West Side Story)

    Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: Leonard Bernstein Orchestra.
    • Bernstein: West Side Story: Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Bernstein.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Soldiers' Dance (William Tell)

    Orchestra: Vienna State Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Fabio Luisi.
    • Orfeo.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 1 in C major, Op 21 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Pentatone.

  • Eric Coates

    Calling All Workers (arr. Steve Magee)

    Performer: BBC Concert Orchestra. Performer: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Performer: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Performer: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Music Arranger: Steven Magee.

  • Hector Berlioz

    D'amour l'ardente flamme (The Damnation of Faust)

    Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Orchestra: Chœur de l’Opéra de Lyon. Conductor: Kazushi Ono.
    • Diva Divo - Opera Arias: Joyce DiDonato.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 10.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo in A minor, K. 511

    Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

Broadcast

  • Wed 26 Aug 202017:00
    BBC Radio 3

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