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Charles Mackerras at 100

Georgia Mann continues Radio 3's centenary celebrations of the conductor Sir Charles Mackerras, with a selection of his best recordings.

Georgia Mann continues Radio 3's centenary celebrations of the conductor Sir Charles Mackerras with music by Purcell, Puccini, Mendelssohn and Sullivan, and featuring many of the orchestras he conducted, from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Philharmonia and London Symphony Orchestra, to the Czech and Vienna Philharmonics. Plus archive interviews with the man himself.

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Mon 17 Nov 202509:30
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Music Played

  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Bartered Bride (Overture)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Smetana: The Bartered Bride.
    • Chandos.
    • 101.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Intermezzo in E major, Op.116 no.4

    Performer: Emanuel Ax.
    • Sony.

  • Miriam Hyde

    Village Fair

    Orchestra: Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dobbs Franks.
    • ABC CLASSICS.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.3 in E flat major Op.55 'Eroica' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • The Beethoven Symphonies: Live from the Edinburgh Festival.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Pineapple Poll (Reconciliation and Grand Finale)

    Music Arranger: Charles Mackerras. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Gilbert & Sullivan: Princess Ida etc..
    • Decca.
    • 17-18.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake, Op. 20: No. 2 Valse

    Conductor: Mark Ermler.
    • Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (Complete).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.

  • Georges Boulanger

    Avant de mourir (arr. for string quintet & cimbalom)

    Performer: Filip Herák. Performer: Ľubomír Gašpar. Music Arranger: Tomáš Ille. Ensemble: Talichovo kvarteto.
    • Gypsy Melodies.
    • La Dolce Volta.
    • 23.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Un bel dì vedremo (Madam Butterfly)

    Singer: Montserrat Caballé. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • The Opera Album 2002.
    • Virgin.
    • 10.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Courrente from Partita no.6 in E minor, BWV.830

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Gustav Holst

    Walt Whitman Overture, Op. 7

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes.
    • EM Records.

  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Pitter Patter

    Performer: Goldner String Quartet. Performer: Diana Doherty. Performer: Elena Kats‐Chernin.
    • ABC.

  • Henry Purcell

    When I am laid in earth (Dido and Aeneas)

    Singer: Tatiana Troyanos. Choir: Monteverdi‐Chor Hamburg. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of North German Radio. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • ARCHIV.

  • Josef Suk

    Fantastic Scherzo, Op 25

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Decca.

  • Trad.

    Bold William Taylor

    Performer: Julius Drake. Music Arranger: Percy Grainger. Singer: Ian Bostridge.
    • The English Songbook.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 22.

  • Bohuslav Martinů

    Charleston (Kitchen review - suire)

    Orchestra: Holst-Sinfonietta. Conductor: Klaus Simon.
    • Martinu: La Revue de Cuisine.
    • Naxos.
    • 18.

  • Scott Joplin

    Pineapple rag for piano

    Performer: Joshua Rifkin.
    • EMI.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 27 in B flat major, K 595 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alfred Brendel. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos 22 & 27: Alfred Brendel, Sir Charles Mackerras.
    • Philips.

  • William Boyce

    Birthday Ode for George III

    Ensemble: The Hanover Band. Director: Graham Lea-Cox.
    • ASV.

  • Frederick Delius

    On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • ARGO.

  • Peggy Glanville-Hicks

    Sinfonia da Pacifica (3rd mvt, Allegro giocoso)

    Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Mills.
    • ABC CLASSICS.

  • Leos Janáček

    Sinfonietta

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • DECCA.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music Suite in D major HWV.349 (Alla hornpipe)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.
    • Archiv.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Song to the Moon (Rusakla, Op.114)

    Singer: Renée Fleming. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • DECCA.

  • Karen LeFrak

    Miami Concerto for guitar & orchestra (3rd mvt: Festivo)

    Performer: Sharon Isbin. Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Conductor: Enrico Lopez-Yañez.
    • KL2.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.61 (Overture, Op.21)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Virgin Classics.

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  • Mon 17 Nov 202509:30
    BBC Radio 3