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John chats with director, writer and composer Bill Barcaly about Death of Geusaldo, a theatrical concert fusing music, puppetry and tableau vivant.

John chats with Director,Writer and Composer Bill Barcaly about Death of Geusaldo, a theatrical concert fusing music, puppetry, and tableau vivant.

Our Live Music comes from Ulster Orchestra and Conductor Killian Farrell, and our CD of the Week, from The King's Singers connects Choral Music with calmness and reflection.

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Music Played

  • Johann Strauss II

    Cachucha-Galopp

    Performer: André Rieu und sein Johann Strauss Orchester.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Act I: Largo al factotum (Figaro)

    Performer: Michael Spyres.

  • London Philharmonic Orchestra

    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61, MWV M13: No. 1, Scherzo

    Conductor: Ben Gernon.

  • Lang Lang

    Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545 "Sonata facile": I. Allegro

  • Francis Poulenc

    Sonata for Flute and Piano (Orchestrated by Sir Lennox Berkeley): III. Presto giocoso (Remastered)

    Performer: James Galway.

  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat Major, S. 49: III. Rondo. Allegro

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis.

  • The Gesualdo Six

    Gesualdo: Illumina faciem tuam

    Conductor: Owain Park.

  • Zubin Mehta, Antal Doráti & Neville Marriner

    Copland: Rodeo, 4 Dance Episodes: III. Saturday Night Waltz

  • The King’s Singers

    Grieg: Ave Maris Stella

  • Mikayel Hakhnazaryan & Lia Hakhnazaryan

    Fantasiestück, Op. 73: III. Rasch und mit Feuer

  • Erich Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra & Frankie Laine

    Big Country

  • Libera

    Going Home (Based on Largo from DvoYák's Symphony No. 9, Op. 95, B. 178 From the New World) Radio Edit

  • John Adams

    Two Fanfares for Orchestra: Short Ride in a Fast Machine

    Performer: Edo de Waart. Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Sleep

  • Aaron Copland

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas. Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony.

  • Joan Sutherland & Huguette Tourangeau

    Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann, Giulietta Act: Barcarolle. Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour

  • Robert Schumann

    Scherzo and Finale (from Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op. 52)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Cillian Farrell.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Zwei Beter

    Performer: The King’s Singers.

  • Casals Quartet

    Shostakovich:String Quartet No. 15 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 144 - V. Funeral March. Adagio molto

  • Frank Bridge

    Romanze for Violin & Piano, H. 45

    Performer: Clare Howick. Performer: John Paul Ekins.

Broadcast

  • Sunday19:03
    BBC Radio Ulster & BBC Radio Foyle