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Featuring piano duo Louis Lortie and Helene Mercier plus music by Rossini and Bach

Tom McKinney's featured pianists today are the piano duo Louis Lortie and Helene Mercier, plus specially recorded performances of J C Bach and Janacek.

Tom McKinney with a selection of exclusively recorded performances for Classical Live.

The featured pianists today are French-Canadian piano duo Louis Lortie and Helene Mercier, performing arrangements of Rachmaninov and Ravel.

There's a performance of Schumann's A minor Cello Concerto by the Argentinian Sol Gambetta, plus music by Johann Christian Bach - J S Bach's son - a composer who had a major influence on the young Mozart. Cinderella makes a fleeting appearance by way of Eric Coates, and listen out for Jason (and the Argonauts) in a work by English composer, Alice Mary Smith.

Gioachino Rossini: Overture - La Cenerentola
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)

Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie espagnol - III. Ferie
Helen Mercier (piano)
Louis Lortie (piano)

Leos Janacek: The Fiddler's Child - Ballad for Orchestra
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)

Franz Schubert: Des Fischers Liebesgluck D933
Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano)
Kunal Lahiry (piano)

Johann Christian Bach: Harpsichord Concerto in F minor W C69
Hanover Band
Anthony Halstead (harpsichord, director)

Eric Coates: Cinderella
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic Orchestra
John Wilson (conductor)

Robert Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor Op. 129
Sol Gambetta (cello)
SWR Symphony Orchestra
Giovanni Antonini (conductor)

Sergei Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances
Helene Mercier (piano)
Louis Lortie (piano)

Alice Mary Smith: Jason, or the Argonauts and the Sirens
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)

2 hours, 58 minutes

Music Played

  • Gioachino Rossini

    La Cenerentola (Overture)

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Feria, No. 4 from Rapsodie espagnole, M. 54

    Performer: Louis Lortie. Performer: Hélène Mercier.
  • Leos JanÑček

    The Fiddler's Child (Sumarovo dite) - ballad for orchestra

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: JiΕ™Γ­ BΔ›lohlΓ‘vek.
    • GBΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ.
  • Franz Schubert

    Des Fischers LiebesglΓΌck, D.933

    Performer: Kunal Lahiry. Singer: Helen Charlston.
  • Johann Christian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto in F Minor, W. C69: I. Allegretto

    • Bach, J.C.: Berlin Harpsichord Concertos (The), Vol. 1.
    • CPO.
    • 7.
  • Johann Christian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto in F Minor, W. C69: II. Andante e grazioso

    • Bach, J.C.: Berlin Harpsichord Concertos (The), Vol. 1.
    • CPO.
    • 8.
  • Johann Christian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto in F Minor, W. C69: III. Allegro

    • Bach, J.C.: Berlin Harpsichord Concertos (The), Vol. 1.
    • CPO.
    • 9.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude And Fugue In A Minor BWV.543

    Performer: Ryan Corbett.
  • Richard Wagner

    Spinning Chorus (The Flying Dutchman)

    Music Arranger: Franz Liszt. Performer: Louis Lortie.
    • Liszt at the Opera.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • Eric Coates

    Cinderella

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.
  • Robert Schumann

    Cello Concerto in A minor, op. 129

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Orchestra: SWR Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    3 Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 for two pianos

    Performer: Louis Lortie. Performer: Hélène Mercier.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Marche miniature viennoise

    Ensemble: ATOS Trio.
  • Caroline Shaw

    Is A Rose: No.3 - Red, Red, Rose

    Composer: Robert Burns. Singer: Nicky Spence. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Oliver Zeffman.
    • Ozero Records.
  • Alice Mary Smith

    Overture: Jason, or The Argonauts and the Sirens

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.

Broadcast

  • Thu 4 Apr 2024 13:00