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Junyan Chen and John Wilson in studio

Petroc Trelawny is joined by pianist Junyan Chen, who performs live in the studio ahead of her Wigmore Hall recital. Conductor John Wilson discusses the Sinfonia of London's A Christmas Songbook and A Swinging Christmas concerts in Gateshead and Snape Maltings.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker Suite (Miniature Overture)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto no.6 in F major, BWV.1057 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Richard Egarr. Performer: Rachel Brown. Performer: Rachel Beckett. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Rachel Portman

    Emma (Main title)

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: David Snell.
    • Emma.
    • Hollywood Records.
    • 1.
  • François Couperin

    Les Tricoteuses

    Performer: Junyan Chen.
  • Adolphus Hailstork

    Kum ba yah (3 Spirituals)

    Orchestra: Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port of Call.
    • Naxos.
    • 6.
  • John Tavener

    The Lamb

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Signum.
  • Jan Václav Hugo Voříšek

    Symphony in D Major, Op 24 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Arriaga & Voříšek: Symphonies.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Le Tombeau de Couperin: II. Fugue

    Performer: Junyan Chen.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Le Tombeau de Couperin: III. Forlana

    Performer: Junyan Chen.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Troika (Lieutenant Kije)

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije / Alexander Nevsky: Abbado/Chicago SO.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 11.
  • Ruggero Leoncavallo

    Vesti la giubba (I pagliacci)

    Singer: Roberto Alagna. Orchestra: The London Orchestra. Conductor: Yvan Cassar.
    • Roberto Alagna: My Life is an Opera.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 16.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 1 in C Major (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Beethoven: The Symphonies.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • François Couperin

    Les Ombres Errantes

    Performer: Junyan Chen.
  • Traditional Finnish

    Hiljaa, hiljaa

    Choir: Philharmonischer Kinderchor Dresden. Orchestra: Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gunter Berger.
    • Sony.
  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez (1st mvt)

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Milos Karadaglic - Aranjuez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in B flat major, K 361 "Gran Partita" (7th mvt)

    Ensemble: Royal Academy of Music Soloists Ensemble. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Mozart: Gran Partita.
    • Linn Records.
    • 7.
  • John Ireland

    The Holy Boy

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • John Ireland: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.
  • Earl E. Lawrence

    That's What I Want For Christmas

    Performer: Grant Windsor. Performer: Simon Little. Performer: Ben Reynolds. Singer: Clare Teal.
    • Jing, Jing-a-Ling.
    • MUD Records.
    • 7.
  • Frederick Loewe

    My Fair Lady, Act I Scene 8: On the Street Where You Live

    Lyricist: Alan Jay Lerner. Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London.
    • Lerner & Loewe: My Fair Lady.
    • Chandos Records Ltd.
    • 24.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    3 Nocturnes Op.9 (no.1 in B flat minor)

    Performer: Maria João Pires.
    • DG.

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  • Thu 11 Dec 202517:00

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