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2019 Best Bits from the Classics Studio

Two hours of Classics Unwrapped's best bits from across the year. With studio sessions from pianist Gabriella Montero, Duo Van Vliet, Gaia duo and the Solem String Quartet, plus conversation from composers James MacMillan and David Fennessy and much more.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Sun 22 Dec 2019 21:00

Music Played

  • Edvard Grieg

    Sarabande (Aus Holberg's Zeit)

    Music Arranger: Maarten Jense. Ensemble: Sax Ecosse.
  • Gabriela Montero

    Improvisation

    Performer: Gabriela Montero.
  • Gabriela Montero

    Babel

    Performer: Gabriela Montero.
  • Richard Wagner

    Gotterdammerung

    Singer: Birgit Nilsson. Singer: Gottlob Frick. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Gotterdammerung.
    • DECCA.
    • 18.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Bella figlia dell'amore (Rigoletto)

    Singer: Maria Callas. Singer: Giuseppe Di Stefano. Singer: Tito Gobbi. Singer: Adriana Lazzarini. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Tullio Serafin.
    • Verdi: Rigoletto.
    • Warner Classics.
  • David Fennessy

    Hirta Rounds

    Orchestra: MΓΌnchener Kammerorchester.
    • Panopticon.
    • NMC.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639

    Performer: Miloš Milivojević.
  • Judith Weir

    Piano Trio

    Performer: William Howard. Performer: William Howard. Ensemble: The Schubert Ensemble. Ensemble: The Schubert Ensemble.
    • Weir: Concerto / Distance And Enchantment.
    • NMC.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet No. 23 in F minor, Op. 20, No. 5 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Solem Quartet.
  • Trad.

    Flow My Tears

    Music Arranger: Ian Anderson. Ensemble: Duo Van Vliet.
  • Don van Vliet

    Hair Pie: Bake 1 / Suction Prints

    Music Arranger: Ian Anderson. Ensemble: Duo Van Vliet.
  • Edgar Meyer

    Concert Duo for Violin and Bass

    Performer: Malin Broman. Performer: Rick Stotijn.
  • Emily Hall

    Folie A Deux

    Performer: Emily Hall. Performer: Ruth Wall. Singer: Sofia Jernberg. Singer: Allan Clayton.
    • Folie A Deux.
    • Bedroom Community.
  • Wynton Marsalis

    Hootenanny (Violin Concerto)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra.
    • Wynton Marsalis: Violin Concerto / Fiddle Dance Suite.
    • Decca.
  • Catherine E White

    Young Lady Sonata

    Ensemble: Gaia Duo.
  • James Macmillan

    O Radiant Dawn

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • MacMillan: Miserere.
    • CORO.
    • 5.

Broadcast

  • Sun 22 Dec 2019 21:00