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Laurence Cummings, Ben Gernon, Skampa Quartet

Sean Rafferty with guests including soprano Anna Devin, conductors Laurence Cummings and Ben Gernon, and the Skampa Quartet.

Sean Rafferty's guests include renowned harpsichordist/conductor Laurence Cummings. As he gears up for the start of the 2015 London Handel Festival, Laurence brings two of the soloists for the festival's opening performance of Handel's Semele - Anna Devin and Rupert Charlesworth - to perform live in the studio.

Also today, live music from the acclaimed Skampa Quartet, and Sean talks to rising star conductor Ben Gernon.

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Mon 9 Mar 2015 16:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Joan Trimble

    Buttermilk Point for 2 pianos

    Performer: Rory Holmes. Performer: Una Hunt.
    • NAXOS.
    • 8.225059.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Semele - opera

    Performer: Anna DEVIN. Performer: Laurence Cummings.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Semele - opera

    Performer: Laurence Cummings. Performer: Rupert Charlesworth.

  • Georges Bizet

    Symphony in C major

    Performer: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • DG.
    • 423624-2.

  • 12 Studies Op.10 for piano

    • DECCA.
    • 478 7697.

  • Gabriel FaurΓ©

    8 Pieces breves Op.84 for piano

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • HYPERION.
    • CAD 67890.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    L' Orfeo - favola in musica in a prologue and 5 acts

    Performer: Alexander Sprague. Performer: Anthony Gregory. Performer: Callum Thorpe. Performer: Christopher Lowrey. Performer: Christopher Moulds. Performer: Gyula Orendt. Performer: James Platt. Performer: Mary Bevan. Performer: Rachel Kelly. Performer: Susan Bickley. Performer: Susanna Hurrell. Performer: Early Opera Company Orchestra.

  • Bernhard Crusell

    Concerto no. 2 in F minor Op.5 for clarinet and orchestra

    Conductor: Gerard Schwarz. Performer: Emma Johnson. Performer: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Brilliant.
    • 94219.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Semele - opera

    Performer: Anna DEVIN. Performer: Laurence Cummings.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no. 39 in E flat major K.543

    Conductor: Colin Davis. Performer: Staatskapelle Dresden.
    • Philips.
    • 410 0462.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo in C major K.373 for violin and orchestra

    Performer: Alexander Janiczek. Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
    • LINN.
    • CKD 287.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Nabucco - opera in 4 parts

    Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Performer: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • RCA.
    • RCD-31378.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Quartet in F major Op.77`2 for strings

    Performer: Skampa String Quartet.

  • Arvo PΓ¤rt

    Nunc dimittis for chorus

    Conductor: Peter Phillips. Performer: Tallis Scholars.

  • Pavel Fischer

    String Quartet No. 1 "Morava": 2nd and 3rd mvts

    Performer: Skampa String Quartet.

  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ΅k

    Quartet no. 12 in F major Op.96 (American) for strings

    Performer: Skampa String Quartet.

  • Elizabeth Maconchy

    Proud Thames - coronation overture

    Conductor: Vernon Handley. Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • LYRITA.
    • srcd-288.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Escualo - tango for bandoneon and ensemble

    Performer: Ann Hobson Pilot. Performer: J P Jofre. Performer: Lucia Lie.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • HMU 907627.

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  • Mon 9 Mar 2015 16:30
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