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Katie Derham introduces live music from the Dunedin Consort and conductor John Butt. Plus, Sir Tim Rice talks to Katie about his new tour 'My Life in Musicals'.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Pablo de Sarasate

    Carmen Concert Fantasy, Op. 25:mov. 3 and 4

    Composer: Georges Bizet. Performer: James Ehnes. Conductor: Juanjo Mena. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Lalo, Saint-Saëns & Sarasate: Violin Concertos.
    • Chandos.
    • 112.
  • William Byrd

    Miserere mei, Deus

    Choir: Contrapunctus. Choir: Contrapunctus. Conductor: Owen Rees. Conductor: Owen Rees.
    • Libera Nos - The Cry of the Oppressed.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 701.
  • Björn Ulvaeus

    I Know Him So Well

    Composer: Benny Andersson. Lyricist: Tim Rice.
    • Songs From My Heart.
    • EMI.
    • 7.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonatina from Actus Tragicus (Cantata 106 - Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit mov. 1)

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    12 Etudes: Op 10 No 8 in F Major 'Sunshine'

    Performer: 顾圣婴.
    • CHINA RECORD COMPANY.
  • Richard Strauss

    September (4 Last Songs)

    Singer: Renée Fleming. Orchestra: Houston Symphony. Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach.
    • Strauss: 4 Last Songs: Renee Fleming.
    • RCA.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.39 in E flat major K.543 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Resonanz. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.
    • Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39, 40 & 41 "Jupiter".
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 101.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Arioso from Actus Tragicus: "Ach, Herr, lehre uns bedenken" (Cantata 106 - Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit)

    Performer: Ed Lyon. Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Aria from Actus Tragicus: "Bestelle dein Haus" (Cantata 106 - Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit)

    Performer: Roderick Williams. Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
  • Amy Beach

    Berceuse (3 Pieces Op.40)

    Music Arranger: Stephan Koncz. Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • DG.
  • Alexander Scriabin

    Impromptu No 1 in B major, Op 14

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Leif Ove Andsnes - HORIZONS.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.
  • Franz Schubert

    Die Forelle, Op. 32, D. 550 (Arr. for Voice & Orchestra by Benjamin Britten)

    Music Arranger: Benjamin Britten. Conductor: Edward Gardner. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
    • Schubert: Symphonies, Vol. 4.
    • Chandos.
    • 101.
  • Percy Grainger

    Country Gardens

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Percy Grainger: In A Nutshell: Rattle.
    • EMI.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    This is the record of John

    Composer: Nico Muhly. Performer: Thomas Gould. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Decca.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Prelude and Fugue no.7 in A major Op.87'7

    Performer: Alexander Melnikov.
    • Shostakovich The Preludes & Fugues Alexander Melnikov Piano.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 13.
  • Jan Dismas Zelenka

    Lamentation V (first section)

    Singer: Ed Lyon. Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Rigaudon (Le tombeau de Couperin)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Josep Pons.
    • Ravel: Jeux de Miroirs.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber

    Any Dream Will Do

    Lyricist: Tim Rice. Conductor: Alan Doggett. Choir: The Colet Court Choir.
    • Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1969 Concept Album).
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 15.
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber

    I Don't Know How To Love Him

    Lyricist: Tim Rice.
    • Gold - The Best Of.
    • Polydor Records.
    • 2.
  • Elton John

    Can You Feel the Love Tonight (End Title/ From "The Lion King")

    Lyricist: Tim Rice. Choir: London Community Gospel Choir.
    • Der König der Löwen (Sonderausgabe/Deutscher Original Film-Soundtrack).
    • Walt Disney Records.
    • 12.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 3 in D Minor, Part Two: V. Lustig im Tempo und keck im Ausdruck

    Choir: The City of Prague Philharmonic Choir. Choir: Pueri gaudentes. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 3.
    • Pentatone.
    • 204.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita no.1 in B flat major BWV.825 (Praeludium)

    Performer: Sir András Schiff.
    • Decca.

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  • Wed 5 Mar 202517:00

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