
Live music from the Nocturnalia Ensemble
And Katie visits the Royal Ballet to learn about immersive audio description in dance.
Katie Derham introduces live music from the Nocturnalia Ensemble ahead of their concert at the Foundling Museum.
On World Ballet day, Katie visits the Royal Ballet and chats to blind artist Devon Healey and Robert Binet about a new work using immersive audio description to make dance more accessible.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Waltz of the Flowers (The Nutcracker)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Berliner Philharmoniker/Rattle.
- EMI Classics.
- 9.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
French Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 815: I. Allemande
Performer: David Fray.- Bach, JS: French Suite No. 4, BWV 815: I. Allemande.
- Warner Classics.
- 1.
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Nitin Sawhney
River Pulse
Performer: Anoushka Shankar. Performer: Nitin Sawhney. Performer: Ian Burdge. Performer: Pirashanna Thevarajah.- Traces of you.
- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
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John Playford
Paul Steeple from The Dancing Master (part 2)
Ensemble: Nocturnalia Ensemble.![]()
William Viner
Violin Sonata No. 3: Grave
Ensemble: Nocturnalia Ensemble.![]()
Fats Waller
Ain't Misbehavin'
Composer: Harry Brooks. Composer: Andy Razaf. Performer: Fats Waller.- Stormy Weather (The Soundtrack Factory).
- Disconforme.
- 8.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E Minor (2nd mvt)
Performer: Johan Dalene. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Malin Broman.- Johan Dalene plays Mendelssohn, Bruch and Vaughan Williams.
- BIS.
- 102.
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Giovanni Gabrieli
Canzon per sonar a 4 [1608]
Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.- DECCA.
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Giuseppe Tartini
Violin Sonata, Op.1 No.12 - 1: Adagio
Ensemble: Nocturnalia Ensemble.![]()
Albert Roussel
Divertissement Op.6
Ensemble: Les Vents Français.- WARNER.
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Joby Talbot
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Suite: IX. The Flower Garden Part II
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Austin.- Talbot: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Fool's Paradise.
- Signum Classics.
- 109.
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Joseph Haydn
Trumpet Concerto in E flat major H.7e.1 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.- Tine Thing Helseth.
- SIMAX.
- 3.
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Matthew Locke
Suite for Several Friends: Ayre, Courante, Sarabande
Ensemble: Nocturnalia Ensemble.![]()
Franz Liszt
La Campanella
Performer: Daniil Trifonov.- Transcendental.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 8.
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Ferdinand Hérold
La fille mal gardée: Pas de deux
Music Arranger: John Lanchbery. Conductor: John Lanchbery. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.- Hérold: La fille mal gardée; LeCocq: Mam'zelle Angot.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 9.
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Johann Strauss II
Pizzicato-Polka
Composer: Josef Strauss. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.- Johann Strauss II Waltzes, Polkas and Marches.
- Apex.
- 7.
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Josquin des Prez
Qui habitat in adjutorio Altissimi
Ensemble: Huelgas Ensemble. Director: Paul Van Nevel.- Utopia Triumphans.
- Sony.
- 3.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony no.40 in G minor K.550 (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphonies 38 - 41 Scottish Chamber Orchestra Sir Charle.
- Linn.
- 1.
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Benjamin Britten
She's like the swallow that flies so high (8 Folksongs)
Singer: Gerald Finley. Performer: Julius Drake.- Benjamin Britten, Songs and Proverbs of William Blake: Gerald Finley and Julius.
- Hyperion.
- 2.
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Igor Stravinsky
Petrushka - Russian Dance
Orchestra: Philharmonia. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.- Stravinsky: Petrushka / Orpheus.
- Sony Classical.
- 002.
Broadcast
- Wed 12 Nov 202517:00BBC Radio 3

