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Soprano Francesca Chiejina and pianist Jocelyn Freeman perform live in the studio and chat to Sean Rafferty ahead of their recital at Oxford International Song Festival, plus fado singer Mariza looks ahead to her concert in Cardiff.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Silken Ladder (Overture)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Rossini: Instrumental Music: Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer.
    • Channel Classics.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for oboe, violin & strings in C minor, BWV 1060 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk. Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Ensemble: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
    • BIS.
  • Morten Lauridsen

    O nata lux (Lux aeterna)

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Lux.
    • Decca.
    • 11.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Prelude in A flat major, Op 28 No 17

    Performer: Seong‐Jin Cho.
    • Chopin Competition Winner 2015: Seong-Jin Cho.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 17.
  • Leó Weiner

    Hungarian Folk Dance Suite, Op 18 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Bartok, Weiner, Enescu: Philharmonia Orchestra, RSNO< Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor, K 466 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
    • EMI CLASSICS.
  • Alberto Janes

    Oiça lá ó senhor vinho

    Lyricist: Alberto Janes. Singer: Mariza.
    • Fado Em Mim.
    • Parlophone Portugal.
    • 9.
  • Mário Pacheco

    Há uma música do povo [ There is a song of the people ]

    Lyricist: Fernando Pessoa. Music Arranger: Jaques Morelenbaum. Singer: Mariza. Conductor: Jaques Morelenbaum. Orchestra: Sinfonietta de Lisboa.
    • Transparente.
    • Parlophone Portugal.
    • 1.
  • Henry Purcell

    The Fairy Queen (Act 4 Symphony)

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Purcell: The Fairy Queen, 1692.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1.
  • Scott Joplin

    Pineapple rag, arr. Perlman for violin and piano [orig. for piano]

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: André Previn. Music Arranger: Itzhak Perlman.
    • Warner Classics.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Alla Hornpipe (Water Music, Suite No 2)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Naive.
  • Ayo Bankole

    Iya (mother) from Three Yoruba Songs

    Singer: Francesca Chiejina. Performer: Jocelyn Freeman.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon a 10 [1597 no.9]

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Director: Paul McCreesh.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
  • Florence Price

    My Dream

    Performer: Francesca Chiejina (Soprano). Performer: Jocelyn Freeman (Piano).
  • Francis Poulenc

    Enfant de troup from Cocardes

    Singer: Francesca Chiejina. Performer: Jocelyn Freeman.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Adagio in E flat major WoO.43`2

    Performer: Avi Avital. Performer: Anneleen Lenaerts.
    • DG.
  • Joachim Raff

    Macbeth - Overture

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in F sharp minor, H XV 26 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Susan Tomes. Performer: Anthony Marwood. Performer: Richard Lester. Ensemble: The Florestan Trio.
    • Haydn: Piano Trios, Vol.1: The Florestan Trio.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.3 in D major D.200 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.
    • Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Tue 10 Oct 202317:00

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