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Petroc interviews Self Esteem

Petroc Trelawny is joined by pop singer and musician Self Esteem to talk about her role as guest curator of the London Literature Festival. There's live music from percussionist James Larter and pianist Frederick Waxman, and Petroc talks to one of the winners of the Ivors Classical Awards 2025.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 40 in G minor, K 550 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Mozart: Late Symphonies: The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 3.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Piano Concerto No 5 "The Egyptian" in F major, Op 103 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Louis Schwizgebel. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Saint-Saens: Piano Concertos 2 & 5.
    • APARTE.
  • Joseph Kosma

    Les feuilles mortes (Autumn Leaves)

    Performer: Christian-Pierre La Marca. Performer: Amandine Savary.
    • L'heure exquise.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.
  • Anne Dudley

    The Forsytes (The Forsytes OST)

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Dubois Records.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite no.3 in D major BWV.1068 (Air)

    Ensemble: Concerto Italiano. Director: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • Ovetures for Orchestra.
    • Naive.
    • 02.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Symphony No 3, Op 57 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Chandos.
  • James Larter

    'Toros' Percussion Concerto (Cadenza from 1st mvt)

    Performer: James Larter.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto No 3 in F major 'Autumn': III. Allegro

    Performer: James Larter. Performer: Frederick Waxman.
  • Léo Delibes

    Les Chasseresses [Prelude] (Sylvia)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy.
    • Chopin/Delibes: Ballet favourites: Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy.
    • CBS.
    • 2.
  • Robert Schumann

    Jagdlied (Waldszenen, Op 82 No 8)

    Performer: Sir András Schiff.
    • Robert Schumann: Geistervariationen.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 11.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No 6 in D major

    Orchestrator: Albert Parlow. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • DECCA.
  • James Larter

    'Toros' Percussion Concerto (3rd mvt - excerpt)

    Performer: James Larter.
  • Jean‐Marie Leclair

    Violin Concerto No 5 in A Minor, Op 7 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Adrian Butterfield. Ensemble: London Händel Players.
    • Leclair: Violin Concertos, Vol. 1.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 101.
  • Scott Joplin

    The Entertainer

    Performer: Emma Johnson. Performer: John Lenehan.
    • Emma Johnson / Voyage.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 7.
  • Self Esteem

    Focus Is Power

    • A Complicated Woman.
    • Polydor Records.
    • 2.
  • John Tavener

    The Lamb

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Signum.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in F major H.15.37 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Oberlin Trio.
    • Haydn: Piano Trios, Vol. 7.
    • Naxos.
    • 302.
  • Gustav Holst

    Mercury, the Winged Messenger (The Planets)

    Orchestra: The National Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Holst - The Planets / Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra.
    • Chandos.
    • 12.
  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Dormi, o fulmine di guerra (La Giuditta)

    Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Ensemble: Ensemble Artaserse.
    • ERATO.
  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in E flat major, D.899 no.2

    Performer: Imogen Cooper.
    • Schubert, Live, Volume 3: Imogen Cooper.
    • Avie.
    • 2.
  • Frederick Delius

    Brigg Fair: An English Rhapsody

    Orchestra: Hallé. Choir: Hallé Choir. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • English Rhapsody:Butterworth, Delius & Grainger.
    • Halle Concerts Society.
    • 10.

Broadcast

  • Wed 22 Oct 202517:00

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