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Dame Josephine Barstow, The Gesualdo Six

Dame Josephine Barstow talks to Sean Rafferty about her role in Tchaikovsky's 'The Queen of Spades', while vocal ensemble The Gesualdo Six performs live in the studio.

She is an iconic voice of British opera: soprano Dame Josephine Barstow is Sean Rafferty's guest, as she plays the Countess in the Grange Festival's production of Tchaikovky's 'The Queen of Spades'.

Also joining Sean Rafferty and performing live in the studio is the vocal ensemble The Gesualdo Six, led by Owain Park, as they are releasing their new album 'Byrd: Mass for five voices' and are about to make their BBC Proms debut this year

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Wed 14 Jun 202317:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.5 in B Flat Major (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: L’Orfeo Barockorchester. Conductor: Michi Gaigg.
    • CPO.

  • George Harrison

    Here Comes The Sun

    Performer: Craig Ogden. Lyricist: George Harrison. Music Arranger: Göran Söllscher.
    • Summer Guitar.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 1.

  • Cole Porter

    Kiss Me, Kate, Act I: Wunderbar

    Composer: George Gershwin. Lyricist: Cole Porter. Singer: Josephine Barstow. Singer: Thomas Hampson. Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: John McGlinn.
    • Kiss Me, Kate - Best of Broadway Musical (Inspiration).
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 9.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Pace, pace, mio Dio (La forza del destino)

    Singer: Josephine Barstow. Orchestra: English National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Josephine Barstow: Verdi Arias.
    • That's Entertainment.
    • 1.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Queen of Spades (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich.
    • Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Henry Purcell

    Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts Zc.

    Choir: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • HYPERION.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Romance Op.11

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
    • Decca.
    • 12.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No.4 in G BWV1049: 1st movement; Allegro

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    La Cenerentola (Overture)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Tullio Serafin.
    • Italian Opera Overtures.
    • EMI.
    • 8.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto in G major for viola and strings; 4th mvt

    Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Ensemble: Academy for Early Music, Berlin. Director: Bernhard Forck.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Henry Litolff

    Concerto Symphonique no.4 in D minor, Op.102 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Litolff Concertos Symphoniques Nos 2 & 4.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.

  • William Byrd

    Mass for 5 Voices; 1. Kyrie and 5. Benedictus

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Major, K. 211: III. Rondeau. Allegro

    Performer: Arabella Steinbacher. Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Strings.
    • Mozart: Works for Violin & Orchestra.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 503.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Mazurka in B flat major, Op 17 No 1

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Chopin: The Piano Sonatas: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 5.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No 1 in E minor, Op 39 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storgårds.
    • Sibelius: Complete Symphonies/Three Late Fragments.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 3.

  • William Byrd

    Emendemus in Melius

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six.

  • William Byrd

    Afflicti pro peccatis nostris

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No.1; 2. Andante

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.

  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Concerto in E Major for Trumpet and Orchestra, S.49; 3rd mvt Rondo

    Performer: Paul Merkelo. Orchestra: Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marios Papadopoulos.
    • Sony.

Broadcast

  • Wed 14 Jun 202317:00
    BBC Radio 3

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