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Live music from Music Box Strings

String quartet Music Box Strings performs live in studio. We also hear from Paul Bettany - discussing the role of Salieri in the upcoming Amadeus TV series.

Petroc Trelwany welcomes String quartet Music Box Strings (Marianne Haynes, Braimah Kanneh-Mason, Triona Milne, Ashok Klouda), presenting festive repertoire live in studio. We also hear from actor Paul Bettany, who was interviewed a few days ago by Katie Derham about taking on the role of Salieri in the new TV series Amadeus (premiering on 21/12).

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Music Played

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Masquerade Suite (Waltz)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
  • Vince Guaraldi

    Skating (A Charlie Brown Christmas)

    Ensemble: Vince Guaraldi Trio.
    • A Charlie Brown Christmas.
    • Fantasy Records.
    • 7.
  • Mildred J. Hill

    Happy Birthday

    Performer: David Owen Norris.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 59 in A major, 'Fire' (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Trevor Pinnock. Ensemble: The English Concert.
    • Haydn: The 'Sturm und Drang' Symphonies: English Concert/ Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
  • Chauncey Olcott

    My Wild Irish Rose

    Music Arranger: Eve C Mailly. Ensemble: Music Box Strings.
  • Trad.

    Silent Night

    Music Arranger: Sir David Willcocks. Ensemble: Music Box Strings.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 73, J. 114: II. Adagio ma non troppo

    Performer: Maximiliano Martín. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Janiczek.
    • Weber: Wind Concertos.
    • Linn Records.
    • 2.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Simple Symphony (Playful pizzicato)

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Steuart Bedford.
    • Benjamin Britten: Temporal Variations: Northern Sinfonia, Daniel, Wyn-Rogers, Du.
    • Collins Digital.
  • Kodály Zoltán

    Adagio in C major for cello and piano

    Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Johnny Marks

    Rudolph the red nosed reindeer

    Music Arranger: Alison Gillies. Ensemble: Music Box Strings.
  • Irving Berlin

    White Christmas

    Music Arranger: Alison Gillies. Ensemble: Music Box Strings.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14: 2nd mvt. Un Bal (Valse)

    Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. Conductor: Rafael Payare.
    • Berlioz: Le carnaval romain & Symphonie fantastique.
    • Pentatone.
    • 03.
  • Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin

    8 Concert Etudes, Op. 40 (Excerpts Arr. for Jazz Trio): No. 1 in C Major, Prelud

    Performer: Frank Dupree. Performer: Jakob Krupp. Performer: Meinhard Jenne.
    • Blueprint.
    • CapriccioNR.
    • 102.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Four Scottish Dances, Op 59 (No 1, Strathspey)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • Malcolm Arnold: Dances: Philharmonia, Thomson.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.
  • Jeremy Paul

    Mistletoe & Wine

    Composer: Leslie Stewart. Composer: Keith Strachan. Music Arranger: Susie Winkworth. Ensemble: Music Box Strings.
  • Paul McCartney

    Wonderful Christmastime

    Music Arranger: Alison Gillies. Ensemble: Music Box Strings.
  • Hugh Martin

    Have yourself a merry little Christmas

    Composer: Ralph Blane. Music Arranger: Aled Jones. Ensemble: Music Box Strings.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 2 in D Major (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 9.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.
  • Jane Austen

    Sonata in E flat; 3rd movement

    Performer: David Owen Norris.
  • Trad.

    A Christmas Fantasy

    Music Arranger: Paul Campbell. Ensemble: The Ayoub Sisters. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Campbell.
    • A Christmas Fantasy.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 1.
  • Antonio Salieri

    La scuola de' gelosi: Sinfonia

    Ensemble: l’arte del mondo. Conductor: Werner Ehrhardt.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ave verum corpus, K 618 (arr. cor anglais, strings & orchestra)

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Vital Julian Frey.
    • Mozart: Works for Oboe and Orchestra / Piano (Extended Edition).
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart Mass in C Minor KV 427 - IV Sanctus

    Performer: Ana Maria Labin. Performer: Ambroisine Bré. Performer: Stanislas de Barbeyrac. Performer: Norman Patzke. Performer: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Pentatone.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mass in C minor, K427 (Et incarnatus est)

    Singer: Camilla Tilling. Orchestra: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 11.
  • Edward Elgar

    La capricieuse, Op.17

    Orchestrator: Søren Barfoed. Performer: Sol Gabetta. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Venzago.
    • Elgar: Cello Concerto: Sol Gambetta.
    • RCA.
    • 7.
  • Jennifer Higdon

    O magnum mysterium

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Graham Ross.
    • Jennifer Higdon: O magnum mysterium.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 1.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Forlana (5 Bagatelles, Op 23)

    Performer: Amy Dickson. Music Arranger: Lawrence Ashmore. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
    • Decca.

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  • Tue 16 Dec 202517:00

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