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Live classical performance and interviews

Sean Rafferty introduces live music from the up-and-coming Atenea Quartet, who will be performing at London’s Wigmore Hall. Plus, Sean talks to the composers of BBC One’s new drama ‘Ludvig’ starring David Mitchell.

2 hours

Last on

Mon 30 Sep 202417:00

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Air and variations 'The Harmonious Blacksmith' (Suite in E major HWV.430)

    Performer: Red Priest.
    • Red Priest Records.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No 2 in D major, Op 73 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
    • Brahms: Symphony No. 2 & Academic Festival Overture (Live).
    • PENTATONE.
    • 3.
  • Finn Keane

    Ludvig (TV show): Main Title

    Composer: Nathan Klein. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
  • Henry Purcell

    Fantasia No. 10

    Ensemble: Atenea Quartet.
  • Franz Liszt

    Chasse-neige (Transcendental Etude No 12)

    Performer: Zlata Chochieva.
  • Carl Stamitz

    Concerto for Flute & Oboe in G Major (Attrib. C. Stamitz): I. Allegro

    Performer: Ana de la Vega. Performer: Ramón Ortega Quero. Ensemble: TrondheimSolistene.
    • Haydn, A. Stamitz & C. Stamitz: Concertos.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 201.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No. 5 in D Major: III. Romanza - Lento

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Vaughan Williams Symphony No.5 / Symphony No.6.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 3.
  • Electra Perivolaris

    Rock, Salt, Air, Water

    Ensemble: Atenea Quartet.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia Suite: Alla marcia

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.
    • BIS.
  • William Byrd

    Ecce, Virgo Concipiet

    Ensemble: Stile Antico.
    • Puer Natus Est, Tudor Music For Advent and Christmas: Stile Antico.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 9.
  • Gustav Holst

    St Paul's Suite Op 29`2 (Finale; The Dargason)

    Orchestra: Scottish Ensemble. Conductor: Jonathan Rees.
    • Wilson: St Kentigern Suite: Scottish Ensemble, Jonathan Rees.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 23.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Vissi d'arte (Tosca)

    Singer: Karita Mattila. Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jukka‐Pekka Saraste.
    • Karita Mattila Live in Helsinki: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Saraste.
    • Ondine.
    • 5.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No 2 in E flat major, K 417 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Anthony Halstead. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Mozart: The Horn Concertos - Halstead, The Academy of Ancient Music.
    • Decca.
    • 6.
  • Adrian Sutton

    Polperro Beach (5 Miniatures)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Seal.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2 "The Tempest": III. Allegretto

    • Corigliano / Beethoven / Pärt / Bach "Credo".
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 7 in A major, Op 92 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.
    • Beethoven: The Symphonies: Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vanska.
    • BIS.
    • 6.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Song of Proserpine

    Choir: Choir of King’s College, London. Conductor: Joseph Fort.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Partsongs.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 6.

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