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Andreas Scholl, Marc-André Hamelin, Mishka Rushdie Momen

Sean Rafferty is joined by countertenor Andreas Scholl and pianist Marc-André Hamelin. Pianist Mishka Rushdie Momen plays live in the studio.

Sean Rafferty is joined by countertenor Andreas Scholl, talking about his new recording of English folk songs and songs by Cuban composer Leo Brouwer. The Canadian pianist Marc-André Hamelin talks to Sean ahead of a concert with the Hallé Orchestra. And there's live music from another pianist: the acclaimed young British soloist Mishka Rushdie Momen.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in C major (The Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV. 846)

    Performer: Mishka Rushdie Momen.
  • Gustav Holst

    Venus, the Bringer of Peace (The Planets, Op.32)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Holst: The Planets.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.
  • Leo Brouwer

    Down by the Salley Gardens

    Performer: Edin Karamazov. Singer: Andreas Scholl.
    • Aparte.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Nisi Dominus, RV 608

    Performer: Paul Dyer. Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. Director: Paul Dyer.
    • Vivaldi: Nisi Dominus; Motets.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • Leo Brouwer

    Canciones Amatorias: 2) El Cantar de los Cantares

    Performer: Edin Karamazov. Singer: Andreas Scholl.
    • Aparte.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Mazurka in C major, Op.24 No.2

    Performer: Mishka Rushdie Momen.
  • Robert Schumann

    Romance in F Sharp, Op.28 No.2

    Performer: Mishka Rushdie Momen.
  • Samuel Barber

    Medea Suite (Medea)

    Orchestra: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Hanson.
    • Gould/Barber: Spirituals/Fall River Legend/Medea: Hanson.
    • Mercury.
    • 16.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Praeludium in C minor, BWV 999

    Performer: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • Naive.
  • Max Richter

    Sketchbook

    Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Max Richter: Memoryhouse.
    • Late Junction.
    • 8.
  • Trad.

    The Leaving of Liverpool

    Performer: Alisdair Hogarth. Music Arranger: Richard Miller. Singer: Jennifer Johnston.
    • Rubicon Classics.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quintet for piano and winds (1st mvt)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Ensemble: Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin.
    • BIS.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Ballad of the Unhatched Chicks (Pictures from an Exhibition)

    Music Arranger: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli.
    • DG.
  • Marc‐André Hamelin

    Étude No 3 in B minor, 'After Paganini-Liszt' (12 Études in all the minor keys)

    Performer: Marc‐André Hamelin.
    • Hamelin: Etudes, Con Intimissimo Sentimento, Cathy's Variations, Marc-Andre Hame.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.
  • Ryan Wigglesworth

    Piano Concerto (opening)

    Performer: Marc‐André Hamelin. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.
  • Franz Liszt

    Ernani - paraphrase de concert after Verdi S.432

    Performer: Marc‐André Hamelin.
    • Hyperion.
  • John Adams

    Violin Concerto

    Performer: Chloë Hanslip. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • NAXOS.

Broadcast

  • Tue 2 Nov 202117:00

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