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Sean Rafferty is joined by soprano Gemma Summerfield and pianist Sebastian Wybrew for live music in the studio.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Wedding-cake Op.76

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Hyperion.
  • Lili Boulanger

    Reflets

    Performer: Laura van der Heijden. Performer: Jâms Coleman.
    • Path to the Moon.
    • Chandos.
    • 105.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Herr, unser Herrscher (St John Passion BWV.245)

    Choir: Polyphony. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • J.S.Bach: St John Passion: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Für Elise

    • Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise".
    • Naxos.
    • 101.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Sinfonia in G major RV.149

    Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Andrew Manze.
    • Vivaldi.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op. 115 (2nd movement: Adagio)

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • Bruce: Gumboots.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 8.
  • Ernest Charles

    When I Have Sung My Songs to You

    Music Arranger: Terry Davies. Singer: Meryl Streep. Orchestra: London Metropolitan Orchestra. Conductor: Terry Davies.
    • Florence Foster Jenkins (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.
  • Danny Elfman

    Edward Scissorhands; Ice Dance

    Composer: Terry Davies. Ensemble: Cast of Edward Scissorhands, 2005.
    • Edward Scissorhands.
    • Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd..
    • 18.
  • Terry Davies

    Edward Scissorhands; Mad Mambo

    Ensemble: Cast of Edward Scissorhands, 2005.
    • Edward Scissorhands.
    • Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd..
    • 13.
  • Ronald Binge

    Sailing By

    Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • Hyperion.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie fantastique Op.14 (Un Bal)

    Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 102.
  • Joseph Canteloube

    La Pastoura als camps (from Chants d'Auvergne - set 1)

    Performer: Gemma Summerfield. Performer: Sebastian Wybrew.
  • Fela Sowande

    Onipe (African Suite)

    Orchestra: CBC Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Bernardi.
    • CBC.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Locus Iste

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: David Hill.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia Suite (Intermezzo)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Sibelius: Finlandia/Luonnota U.A. : Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Jarvi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Peter Warlock

    Take, O take those lips away

    Performer: Gemma Summerfield. Performer: Sebastian Wybrew.
  • Hugo Wolf

    Eide, so die Liebe schwur

    Performer: Gemma Summerfield. Performer: Sebastian Wybrew.
  • Reynaldo Hahn

    Nocturne

    Performer: Gemma Summerfield. Performer: Sebastian Wybrew.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Son [A dream] (Op 38'5)

    Performer: Gemma Summerfield. Performer: Sebastian Wybrew.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35; III. Finale: Allegro vivacissimo

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jakub Hrůša.
    • DG.
  • Franz Schubert

    The Post (Winterreise)

    Performer: Christopher Glynn. Singer: Roderick Williams.
    • Schubert: Winter Journey.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 13.

Broadcast

  • Thu 15 Feb 202417:00

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