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Kwame Kwei-Armah

In conversation with Sean Rafferty, Artistic Director of the Young Vic Kwame Kwei-Armah chooses Mozart, Janacek and Lisa Lim from the BBC Experience Classical Archive.

The second of this week's special editions of Radio 3 in Concert where Sean Rafferty meets much-loved figures from the worlds of dance, drama and the media.

Kwame Kwei-Armah, actor, playwright, director, broadcaster and, since 2018, Artistic Director of the Young Vic, talks to Sean about the classical music that means most to him, including Mozart, a composer he has loved ever since one of his earliest roles in Peter Schaffer's play Amadeus.

Bernstein: Candide (Overture)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

Leoš Janáček: String Quartet No. 1, 'The Kreutzer Sonata'
Apollon Musagete Quartet

Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op 88
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox (conductor)

Arvo Pärt: Cantus in memorium Benjamin Britten
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Robert Spano (conductor)

Liza Lim: Flying Banner
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Garry Walker (conductor)

Mozart: Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat Major, K. 361 'Gran Partita'
Wind Players from BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Tue 2 Mar 202119:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Overture (Candide)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.

  • Leos Janáček

    String Quartet No 1, 'The Kreutzer Sonata'

    Ensemble: Apollon Musagete Quartet.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No 8 in G major, Op 88

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Cantus in memorium Benjamin Britten

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Spano.

  • Liza Lim

    Flying Banner

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Garry Walker.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade No 10 in B-Flat Major, K 361 'Gran Partita'

    Ensemble: Wind Players from BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

Broadcast

  • Tue 2 Mar 202119:30
    BBC Radio 3