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Max Richter, Carolyn Sampson

Sean Rafferty's guests are composer Max Richter, the soprano Carolyn Sampson, and Keelan Carew, who picks out some highlights from the 2023 Proms season, which was announced today.

Sean Rafferty talks to Max Richter, world-renowned composer and musician, ahead of his concert celebrating 'Earth Day 2023' on Saturday.

The BBC Proms 2023 are announced today, with a rich new programme featuring the best artists. Pianist Keelan Carew, picks out some of the highlights, and Proms artist Carolyn Sampson, renowned for her baroque and early music performances, sings live in the studio.

2 hours

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in D major, Op 3 No 6 (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists.
    • Handel: Concerti Grossi Op.3: English Baroque Soloists/Gardiner.
    • Apex.
    • 10.
  • Hans Zimmer

    Cornfield Chase (Interstellar)

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Midnight Sessions at the Royal Albert Hall.
    • Sony.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Heute noch, heute noch (Cantata no.211 "Kaffee-Kantata")

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • J.S. Bach: Secular Cantatas: Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.
    • 18.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    String Quartet no.1 in D major Op.11 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Szymanowski Quartet.
    • Moscow.
    • Cavi-Music.
    • 8.
  • Tito Puente

    Oye Como Va

    Ensemble: Tito Puente and His Latin Ensemble.
    • ROUGH GUIDE.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Thieving Magpie (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Rossini OverturesThe Chamber Orchestra Of Europe.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 7.
  • Max Richter

    Infra 3

    Performer: Max Richter.
    • Infra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons: Spring 0 and Spring 1

    Composer: Max Richter. Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin. Conductor: André de Ridder.
    • The Four Seasons Recomposed By Max Richter.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 1-2.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto in D major (TWV.54:D3)

    Orchestra: La Stagione Frankfurt. Director: Michael Schneider.
    • CPO 777 891-2.
    • CPO.
    • 1.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No 1 in D major, Op 25 (Classical) arr. 2 pianos (4th mvt)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Yefim Bronfman. Music Arranger: Rikuya Terashima.
    • Music for Two Pianos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 36.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.22 in E flat major 'The Philosopher' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Simon Rattle on EMI Classics.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    6 Songs Op.34; no2; Auf Flugeln des Gesanges

    Performer: Carolyn Sampson. Performer: Edward Picton-Turbervill.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 - Var. 23

    Performer: Yuja Wang. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
    • Rachmaninov.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 25.
  • Franz Schubert

    Die Junge Nonne D.828

    Performer: Carolyn Sampson. Performer: Edward Picton-Turbervill.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Royal Hunt & Storm (Les Troyens)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • LSO Live.
  • Cara Tivey

    Contemplation

    Performer: Cara Tivey.
    • BBC Introducing Classical.
  • Franz Schubert

    Die Junge Nonne D.828

    Performer: Carolyn Sampson. Performer: Edward Picton-Turbervill.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The House of Life; Silent noon

    Performer: Carolyn Sampson. Performer: Edward Picton-Turbervill.
  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Trio in G minor, Op.17 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Antje Weithaas. Performer: Tanja Tetzlaff. Performer: Gunilla Süssmann.
    • AVIE.
  • Josquin des Prez

    Ave Maria - Virgo serena

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • Decca.
  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.

Broadcast

  • Thu 20 Apr 202317:00

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