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Hélène Grimaud, The First Violins of the BBC Orchestras

Sean Rafferty talks to the pianist Hélène Grimaud about her new release of music by Mozart and Silvestrov, and introduces a BBC Instrumental Session by the First Violins of the BBC Orchestras with leader of the BBC Concert Orchestra Nathaniel Anderson-Frank.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Gratulations-Menuett in E flat major WoO.3 for orchestra

    Performer: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.
    • Sony.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Intermezzo in A major, Op 118 No 2

    Performer: Hélène Grimaud.
    • ERATO.
  • André Grétry

    Richard Coeur-de-lion - Marche noblement (Act 3 finale)

    Performer: Reinoud Van Mechelen. Performer: Le Concert Spirituel. Performer: Marie Perbost. Conductor: Hervé Niquet.
    • Château de Versailles Spectacles.
  • George Gershwin

    I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise

    Performer: Alex Mendham & His Orchestra.
    • Puttin' on the Ritz.
    • Palomar Records.
  • Harry Warren

    I Only Have Eyes For You

    Performer: Alex Mendham & His Orchestra.
    • Puttin' on the Ritz.
    • Palomar Records.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Piano Concerto in G minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Francesco Piemontesi. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • Naive.
  • Alex Mendham & His Orchestra

    Shake that Thing

    • Puttin' on the Ritz.
    • Palomar Records.
  • Courtney Bryan

    Steal Away

    Performer: Courtney Bryan.
    • This Little Light of Mine.
    • artist self release.
  • Thomas Tallis

    Why fum'th in fight (Archbishop Parker's Psalter)

    Ensemble: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • GIMELL.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Weichet nur, betrubte Schatten from Cantata BWV.202

    Performer: Anna Prohaska. Performer: Lautten Compagney. Conductor: Wolfgang Katschner.
    • Bach Redemption.
    • Alpha.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Nessun Dorma (from Turandot)

    Performer: Jonas Kaufmann. Performer: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
    • Sony.
  • Michel‐Richard de Lalande

    Symphonies pour les soupers du Roy: Quatrième Suitte - Sarabande

    Performer: Edith Selig. Orchestra: Orchestre de Chambre Paul Kuentz. Conductor: Paul Kuentz.
    • DG Archiv.
  • Richard Strauss

    Romance for cello & orchestra in F major, AV 75

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Nicholas Carter.
    • Sony.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Fantasia in D minor, K397

    Performer: Hélène Grimaud.
    • DG.
  • Valentin Silvestrov

    Two Dialogues with Postscript: Wedding Waltz

    Performer: Hélène Grimaud. Orchestra: Camerata Salzburg.
    • DG.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K466 - 3rd mov, Rondo

    Performer: Hélène Grimaud. Ensemble: Camerata Salzburg.
    • DG.
  • Richard Strauss

    Morgen, Op. 27 No. 4 (arr. voice, clarinet & piano)

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Performer: Christopher Glynn. Music Arranger: Julian Bliss. Music Arranger: Christopher Glynn. Singer: Ailish Tynan.
    • The Shepherd on the Rock.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 014.

Broadcast

  • Wed 28 Oct 202017:00

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