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Sean Rafferty is joined by Laurence Cummings, who reflects on 25 years as musical director of the London Handel Festival. The 2024 edition, which starts today, is his last one in that role. There's also live music from the Heathcliff Trio.

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Thu 14 Mar 2024 17:00
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Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia Suite (Alla marcia)

    Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jukka‐Pekka Saraste.
    • Sibelius: Symphony No.1, Karelia etc: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Saraste.
    • RCA.
    • 8.

  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    Waltz in C sharp minor, Op.64 no.2

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Chopin: The Complete Walzes: Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    Come kiss me with those lips of thine

    Performer: John Butt. Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Ensemble: London Early Music Group. Director: Philip Ledger.
    • Orlando Gibbons: Tudor Church Music: Philip Ledger.
    • ASV.
    • 14.

  • Amy Beach

    Take, O take those lips away (3 Shakespeare Songs Op.37)

    Singer: Emma Kirkby. Performer: James Lisney.
    • Bis.

  • Frederick Delius

    The March of Spring (North Country Sketches, No 4)

    Orchestra: HallΓ©. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Frederick Delius: Orchestral Music.
    • HALLE.
    • 7.

  • HΓ©lΓ¨ne de Montgeroult

    Γ‰tude No 67 in B major

    Performer: Clare Hammond.
    • HΓ©lΓ¨ne de Montgeroult: Γ‰tudes.
    • BIS.
    • 116.

  • Thomas Tallis

    Spem in Alium

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • Thomas Tallis: Spem in Alium: The Tallis Scholars.
    • Gimell.
    • 1.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Kings shall be thy nursing fathers

    Performer: London Handel Orchestra. Performer: The London HΓ€ndel Choir. Performer: The London HΓ€ndel Choir. Performer: Laurence Cummings.
    • Somm.

  • George Frideric Handel

    O Godlike Youth

    Performer: Laurence Cummings. Performer: Mary Bevan. Orchestra: FestspielOrchester GΓΆttingen.
    • Accent.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto No. 7 for three pianos and orchestra in F major K242 iii) Rondo

    Performer: Robert Levin. Performer: Ya-Fei Chuang. Performer: Laurence Cummings. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music.
    • AAM Recordings.

  • Jules Massenet

    Toccata

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Ravel/Debussy/Massemet: Various works: Bavouzet/ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ SO/Tortelier.
    • Chandos.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Rose Adagio (The Sleeping Beauty)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: AndrΓ© Previn.
    • Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Sleeping Beauty; The Nutcracker - Highlights.
    • EMI.
    • 7.

  • Joseph Haydn

    1st movement from Piano Trio in C major, Hob. XV27

    Ensemble: Heathcliff Trio.

  • Franz Schubert

    Nacht und TrΓ€ume

    Performer: Iain Burnside. Singer: Ailish Tynan.
    • DELPHIAN.

  • James MacMillan

    O Radiant Dawn

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

  • James Whitbourn

    Eternal Rest

    Performer: Commotio. Performer: Matthew Berry. Performer: Henry Parkes.
    • Naxos.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Song for orchestra, Op.33

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Gipps: Symphonies Nos 2 and 4 etc..
    • Chandos.
    • 14.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    3rd movement from Piano Trio in D major, Op.1

    Ensemble: Heathcliff Trio.

  • John Barry

    The Beyondness of Things

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: John Barry.
    • Decca.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Little Prelude No 4 in D major, BWV 936

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • J.S. Bach, The French Suites: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ‘k

    Slavonic Dance in G minor, Op 46 No 8

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme JΓ€rvi.
    • Dvorak: Complete Slavonic Dances: RSNO, Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.

  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ‘k

    Bagatelles Op.47 (no.5)

    Ensemble: TakΓ‘cs Quartet.

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  • Thu 14 Mar 2024 17:00
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