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Live music and chat with classical artists

Sean Rafferty with live music from the newly formed Bechstein Trio, plus conversation about all things Bernstein with conductor Nicholas Chalmers.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Kodály Zoltán

    Intermezzo (Hary Janos Suite, Op.35a)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Kodaly: "Hary Janos" Suite: Fischer.
    • Philips.
    • 15.
  • George Enescu

    Legende

    Performer: Håkan Hardenberger. Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • EMI.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata No 118, 'O Jesu Christ, mein's Lebens Licht'

    Choir: Norwegian Soloists' Choir. Ensemble: Ensemble Allegria. Conductor: Grete Pedersen.
    • BIS.
  • Frank Bridge

    Valse Russe

    Ensemble: Bechstein Trio.
  • Peter Ludwig Hertel

    Clog Dance (La Fille mal gardée)

    Music Arranger: John Lanchbery. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: John Lanchbery.
    • Herold/Lecocq: La Fille mal gardee: Royal Opera House Orchestra/Lanchbery.
    • Decca.
    • 17.
  • Claude Debussy

    Sirènes (Nocturnes)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Choir: The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus. Choir: The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus. Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Debussy: Nocturnes/La Mer/Jeux: Boulez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Piano Trio 1st mvt

    Ensemble: Bechstein Trio.
  • Toru Takemitsu

    Waltz (Face of Another)

    Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: John Adams.
    • NONESUCH.
  • Karl Jenkins

    Adiemus

    Singer: Miriam Stockley. Singer: Mary Carewe. Performer: Pamela Thorby. Performer: Mike Ratledge. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Jenkins.
    • Songs Of Sanctuary.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 101.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Dance of the Gaditanae (Spartacus Suite No 1)

    Performer: Sergei Girshenko. Performer: Vladimir Ferapontov. Performer: Boris Shlepakov. Orchestra: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Lazarev.
    • Khachaturian: Spartacus/Gayaneh/Masquerade: Bolshoi Symphony Orch/Lazarev.
    • Apex.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Piano Trio 2nd mvt

    Ensemble: Bechstein Trio.
  • Jerome Moross

    The Big Country (main theme)

    Orchestra: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Erich Kunzel.
    • Round-Up.
    • Telarc.
    • 9.
  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Cantus Arcticus (2nd mvt, 'Melancholy')

    Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.
    • Finland 100: A Century of Finnish Classics.
    • Ondine.
    • 302.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Trouble in Tahiti (What a movie!)

    Singer: Dawn Upshaw. Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Dawn Upshaw: The World So Wide.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 3.
  • Joanna Marsh

    Word

    Choir: National Youth Choir. Conductor: Nicholas Chalmers.
    • Marsh: Word.
    • National Youth Choir Recordings.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in A minor 'con due violini obligati', RV 522

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Johannes Pramsohler. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.

Broadcast

  • Wed 9 Oct 202417:00

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