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Charles Mackerras at 100

Petroc Trelawny continues the celebration of Charles Mackerras with Czech conductor Jakub Hrůša, winner of the very first Sir Charles Mackerras Award plus live music in the studio.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: II. Allegretto scherzando

    Conductor: Charles Mackerras. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9.
    • Hyperion.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op 27 No 1

    Performer: Maria João Pires.
    • Chopin: The Nocturnes: Maria Joao Pires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Tarantella (The Lady and the Fool)

    Music Arranger: Charles Mackerras. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Romantic Ballets: Karajan, Lanchbery, Mackerras, Previn, etc..
    • EMI Classics.
    • 11.
  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Piano Concerto in F minor: 3rd mvt 'In Remembrance of My Father' - Cadenza

    Performer: Samantha Ege.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Three-Fours Suite Op. 171, No. 2 'Andante'

    Performer: Samantha Ege.
  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen, Act I: Habanera. L'amour est un oiseau rebelle

    Lyricist: Henri Meilhac. Lyricist: Ludovic Halévy. Lyricist: Prosper Mérimée. Singer: Agnes Baltsa. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Choir: Choeur du Théatre National de l'Opéra de Paris.
    • Bizet: Carmen (International Version).
    • Universal Music Group International.
    • 4.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No 9 in E minor, Op 95, 'From the New World' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Prague Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Dvorak: Symphonies Nos 8 and 9 "From the New World": Prag.Symph.Orch, Mackerras.
    • Supraphon.
    • 6.
  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Piano Concerto in F Minor: II. Adagio

    Performer: Samantha Ege. Conductor: John Andrews. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Piano Concerto in F Minor: II. Adagio.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 1.
  • Claude Debussy

    Beau soir

    Performer: Laura van der Heijden. Performer: Jâms Coleman.
    • Path to the Moon.
    • Chandos.
    • 13.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 35, 'Haffner' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Symphonies; SCO; Sir Charles Mackerras.
    • Linn.
    • 1.
  • Doreen Carwithen

    Sonatina: 2nd mvt - Adagio

    Performer: Samantha Ege.
  • Eric Whitacre

    Lux Aurumque

    Choir: Schola Cantorum of Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School. Director: Scott Price.
    • Apartemusic.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ciacona in G minor BWV 1179

    Performer: Ton Koopman.
  • Leos Janáček

    The Lachian Dances, JW VI/17: No. 3, Bellows Dance

    Orchestra: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jakub Hrůša.
    • Janacek: Lachian Dances, Suite from The Cunning Little Vixen, Taras Bulba.
    • SUPRAPHON.
    • 3.
  • Leos Janáček

    The Cunning Little Vixen (Prihody Lisky Bystrousky): Prelude

    Lyricist: Rudolf Těsnohlídek. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Janácek: The Cunning Little Vixen.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Richard Strauss

    Ein Heldenleben Op.40; I. Der Held

    Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jakub Hrůša.
    • Accentus Music.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Moments musicaux, Op 16 (No 4 in E minor)

    Performer: Ivana Gavrić.
    • Janacek Schubert Liszt Rachmaninov.
    • Champs Hill.
    • 14.
  • Frederick Delius

    Florida - Suite For Orchestra: 2. By The River

    Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Delius: Sea Drift; Florida Suite.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.

Broadcast

  • Mon 17 Nov 202517:00

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