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Sarah Connolly, Alissa Firsova and the Tippett Quartet

Sean Rafferty's guests include mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly, and Alissa Firsova and the Tippett Quartet. Plus conductor Hilary Davan Wetton talking about his new Haydn disc.

Sean Rafferty's guests include mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly accompanied by Joseph Middleton, plus pianist Alissa Firsova and the Tippett Quartet for some live performance ahead of their concert at Kings Place in London. Plus conductor Hilary Davan Wetton talks about his new Haydn disc of Haydn Masses, which is being launched at London's Cadogan Hall on Tuesday 6th December.

5.30pm Power of Three - another chance to hear the next installment in a 70-part daily series of pioneering sounds from the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Third Programme and Radio 3 archives presented by David Hendy.

Radio 3's 70th season, celebrating seven decades of pioneering music and culture since the founding of the Third Programme.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Ermanno Wolf‐Ferrari

    Intermezzo from I gioielli della Madonna

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy.
    • Opera Overtures and Incidental Music.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.
  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ‘k

    Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major - iii. Scherzo

    Performer: Alissa Firsova. Ensemble: Tippett Quartet.
  • Alissa Firsova

    Tennyson Fantasy, Op. 36 - ii. Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky

    Ensemble: Tippett Quartet.
  • Johann Wilhelm Hertel

    Trumpet Concerto No. 1 in E flat major - iii. Vivace

    Performer: Maurice AndrΓ©. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Music for Trumpet.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 26.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto per archi RV 110

    Ensemble: Concerto Italiano.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E flat major, Op. 12 - iii. Andante espressivo

  • Richard Rodgers

    Carousel Waltz (Carousel)

    Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • American Light Music Classics.
    • Hyperion.
    • 22.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Melody, Op. 47 No. 3

    Performer: Andrei Iliushkin.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Nelson Mass (Missa in Angustiis) Hob XXII:11 - Kyrie

    Singer: Rachel Nicholls. Choir: City of London Choir. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton.
    • Haydn - Paukenmesse & Nelson Mass.
    • RPO.
    • 11.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Mass in Time of War Hob XXII:9 - Agnus Dei

    Singer: Grace Davidson. Singer: Anna Harvey. Singer: Mark Wilde. Singer: Ashley Riches. Choir: City of London Choir. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton.
    • Haydn - Paukenmesse & Nelson Mass.
    • RPO.
    • 10.
  • Georges Bizet

    Jeux d'enfants (Petite Suite) for orchestra

    Orchestra: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Rossini-Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque - Davis.
    • CBS.
    • 13.
  • FranΓ§ois Couperin

    Les Barricades Mysterieuses (6e ordre)

    Performer: Edward Higginbottom.
  • Ede Poldini

    Dancing Doll

    Performer: Kyung-wha Chung. Performer: Phillip Moll.
  • Robert Schumann

    Muttertraum

    Performer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Performer: Joseph Middleton.
  • Robert Schumann

    Der Soldat

    Performer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Performer: Joseph Middleton.
  • Benjamin Britten

    The Charm of Lullabies: 'A Cradle Song' and 'A Highland Balou'

    Performer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Performer: Joseph Middleton.
  • JoaquΓ­n Rodrigo

    Canario (FantasΓ­a para un gentilhombre)

    Performer: MiloΕ‘ KaradagliΔ‡. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick NΓ©zet‐SΓ©guin.
    • Milos Karadaglic - Aranjuez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.

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  • Fri 25 Nov 2016 16:30

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