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Valery Gergiev, Abdullah Ibrahim, Lawrence Brownlee

Sean Rafferty presents, with guests including Russian maestro Valery Gergiev, jazz legend Abdullah Ibrahim and his band Ekaya, and tenor Lawrence Brownlee.

Sean Rafferty presents a lively mix of music, chat and arts news. His guests include Russian maestro Valery Gergiev, in a special interview for Breaking Free: A Century of Russian Culture, a special season marking the centenary of the Russian Revolution. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3 charts the cultural impact, legacy and cost of this moment in time, across the following century, to the present day.

Plus legendary jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim and his band Ekaya join Sean in the studio, as well as tenor Lawrence Brownlee ahead of his appearance in the Royal Opera House's new production of Semiramide.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Ruslan i Lyudmila - Overture

    Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
    • Philips.
  • Abdullah Ibrahim

    Dream Time

    Performer: Abdullah Ibrahim. Ensemble: Ekaya.
  • NiccolΓ² Jommelli

    Par che di giubilo (Attilio Regolo)

    Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro. Director: Maxim Emelyanychev.
    • In War & Peace.
    • Erato.
    • 12.
  • Abdullah Ibrahim

    Nisa

    Performer: Abdullah Ibrahim. Ensemble: Ekaya.
  • Valery Gergiev

    Sean Rafferty interviews Valery Gergiev

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Cello Concerto No 1 in E flat major, Op 107 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
    • Erato.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in A major Kk.212

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • SONY.
  • Anon.

    La Furstemberg

    Performer: Peter Whelan. Ensemble: Ensemble Marsyas.
    • The Proud Bassoon.
    • Linn Records.
    • 2.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Semiramide - Ah dov'e, dov'e il cimento

    Performer: Constantine Orbelian. Singer: Lawrence Brownlee. Orchestra: Kansas City Symphony Orchestra.
    • DELOS.
  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Una furtiva lagrima (L'elisir d'amore)

    Performer: Lawrence Brownlee. Performer: Simon Lepper.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in E minor, RV.133

    Performer: Adrian Chandler. Ensemble: La Serenissima.
    • Vivaldi: The French Connection 2.
    • Avie.
    • 17.
  • Ben Moore

    The Lake Isle of Innisfree

    Performer: Lawrence Brownlee. Performer: Simon Lepper.
  • Trad.

    There is a Balm in Gilead

    Performer: Lawrence Brownlee. Performer: Simon Lepper.
  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ΅k

    Piano Quintet no.2 in A major Op.81 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Menahem Pressler. Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.
    • Erato.

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  • Mon 13 Nov 2017 17:00

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