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Live classical performance and interviews

Top-class live music from some of the world's finest musicians.

Katie Derham is joined by soprano Carolyn Sampson, who has just released her 100th recording. Pianist Tom Borrow also joins Katie, to play live in the studio, ahead of his appearance with London Philharmonic Orchestra this week. And Katie talks to the Indian sitar player and composer Baluji Shrivastav.

2 hours

Last on

Mon 4 Dec 202317:00

Music Played

  • Francis Poulenc

    Sinfonietta: II. Molto vivace

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
    • Francis Poulenc: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.
  • Stephan Koncz

    A New Satiesfaction [Gymnopedie no.1]

    Composer: Erik Satie. Performer: Ray Chen. Performer: Noah Bendix-Balgley. Performer: Amihai Grosz. Performer: Stephan Koncz.
    • The Golden Age.
    • DECCA.
    • 1.
  • Tomás Luis de Victoria

    O magnum mysterium

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • A Choral Tapestry.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.
    • 5.
  • Turlough O'Carolan

    Carolan's Cup

    Music Arranger: Bjarte Eike. Music Arranger: Barokksolistene. Performer: Bjarte Eike. Ensemble: Barokksolistene.
    • The Alehouse Sessions.
    • RUBICON.
    • 111.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin concerto No 1 in B flat major, K 207 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart: The Violin Concertos.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Paul Dukas

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Musicales Actes Sud.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Exsultate, Jubilate K.165

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.
  • Richard Strauss

    Morgen, Op.27 No. 4

    Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Carolyn Sampson.
    • but I like to sing....
    • BIS.
    • 21.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Peace on Earth

    Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Carolyn Sampson.
    • but I like to sing....
    • BIS.
    • 22.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    French suite no.5 in G major BWV.816 (Sarabande)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • J.S. Bach, The French Suites: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 23.
  • Carlos Gardel

    Scent of a Woman: Tango (Por Una Cabeza)

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Music Arranger: John Williams. Conductor: John Williams. Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
    • Cinema Serenade.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in B minor, op.32 no. 10

    Performer: Tom Borrow.
  • Marvin Hamlisch

    One, from A Chorus Line

    Performer: Dave Arch. Choir: BBC Singers. Ensemble: The Strictly Come Dancing Band.
  • Baluji Shrivastav

    Hanuman Swallows the Sun from From Within

    Performer: Takashi Kikuchiv. Singer: Linda Shanson.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Scheherazade Op.35 (The Young Prince and Princess)

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • LAWO.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude op.23 no.5 in G minor

    Performer: Tom Borrow.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sheep may safely graze

    Performer: Tom Borrow. Music Arranger: Egon Petri.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Horn Concerto No. 1 in D major, mov. 3

    Performer: Felix Klieser. Orchestra: Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn. Conductor: Ruben Gazarian.
    • Horn Concertos.
    • Berlin Classics.
  • George Gershwin

    It Ain't Necessarily So [Porgy & Bess]

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Zhu Wang. Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz.
    • Gershwin: Porgy and Bess: It Ain't Necessarily So (Arr. Heifetz).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

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