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Mark Bebbington and Emer McDonough, Mark Elder and Annabel Arden

Sean Rafferty is joined by pianist Mark Bebbington, performing live with Emer McDonough on flute. Conductor Mark Elder and opera director Annabel Arden also join Sean.

Sean Rafferty is joined by pianist Mark Bebbington, to talk about his new album of music by Poulenc. He also plays live with flautist Emer McDonough. And the conductor Mark Elder joins Sean, along with director Annabel Arden, to talk about the Hallé Orchestra's new production of Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    The Wand of youth - suite no.2 Op.1b (The Tame Bear)

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • The Wand Of Youth Suites etc..
    • Halle.
    • 9.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.6 in B minor Op.74 'Pathetique' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique".
    • Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 103.
  • Paul Mealor

    Ubi caritas

    Choir: Tenebrae. Director: Nigel Short.
    • Paul Mealor: A Tender Light.
    • Decca.
    • 14.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Le Bal masque - cantate profane for baritone and ensemble; Préambule et air...

    Performer: Mark Bebbington. Singer: Roderick Williams. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jan Latham-Koenig.
    • Resonus Classics.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Brockes-Passion (Sinfonia)

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Richard Egarr.
    • AAM.
  • Thomas Tallis

    O Sacrum Convivium (for 5 voices)

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Gustav Holst

    Suite de ballet in E flat major, Op 10 (Valse)

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Holst: The Wandering Scholar etc. Northern Sinfonia/Hickox.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Spartacus)

    Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
    • Tchaikovsky 1812 - Borodin - Glinka - And More - Kirov Orchestra - Gergiev.
    • Phillips.
    • 3.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Mazurka In A Minor, Op. 17/4

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Chopin: Mazurkas.
    • Hyperion.
    • 009.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in C major for 2 trumpets, RV.537

    Performer: Crispian Steele‐Perkins. Performer: John Thiessen. Orchestra: Tafelmusik. Conductor: Jeanne Lamon.
    • Trumpet Music: Steele-Perkins, Taflemusik, Lamon.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9-11.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Excerpt from Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale

    Performer: Hallé. Orchestra: Sir Mark Elder.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Songs of travel, arr. composer & others for voice & orch. The Vagabond

    Singer: Neal Davies. Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Hallé.
  • Philip Herbert

    Elegy [In Memoriam Stephen Lawrence]

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Parnther.
    • Spark Catchers.
    • NMC.
  • Anthony Holborne

    The Honie-suckle; The Fairie-round

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • Music for Viols.
    • Virgo.
    • 13-14.
  • Charles‐Marie Widor

    Symphony No 5 in F minor, Op 42 No 1; 5th mvt, Toccata

    Performer: George Minne.

Broadcast

  • Thu 29 Apr 202117:00

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