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The classical soundtrack for your evening

Katie Derham introduces live music from violinist Aoife Ní Bhriain and harpist Catrin Finch. Plus, composer Nitin Sawhney talks about the music he's written for a new play at the National Theatre.

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Music Played

  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No 21 in E minor

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • DECCA.
  • Enrique Soro

    Danza fantástica

    Orchestra: Orquesta Sinfónica de Chile. Conductor: José Luis Domínguez.
    • Soro: Sinfonía romántica.
    • Naxos.
    • 101.
  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Quintet in E flat major Op.44 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Fazil Say. Ensemble: Casals Quartet.
    • Ballads & Quintets.
    • SOLO MUSICA.
  • Catrin Finch & Aoife Ní Bhriain

    Wish

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for 2 violins in D minor, BWV 1043 (arr. flute & oboe) - 3rd mvt

    Performer: Ana de la Vega. Performer: Ramón Ortega Quero. Orchestra: Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn.
    • Pentatone.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Waltzes, Op. 34: No. 1 in A-Flat Major, B. 94

    Performer: Peter Donohoe.
    • Chopin, Schumann & Others: Piano Works.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 109.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Ave Maris Stella (Vespers)

    Choir: Taverner Choir. Conductor: Andrew Parrott. Ensemble: Taverner Consort. Singer: Emma Kirkby. Singer: Emily Van Evera. Singer: Rogers Covey‐Crump. Singer: Andrew King. Singer: Charles Daniels. Singer: Nigel Rogers. Singer: Joseph Cornwell. Singer: David Thomas. Singer: Richard Wistreich.
    • Monterverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine.
    • EMI.
    • 005.
  • Catrin Finch; Aoife Ni Bhriain

    Whispers

    Performer: Catrin Finch. Performer: Aoife Ní Bhriain.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No 3 in A minor, Op 56, 'Scottish' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.
    • Harmonia Mundi HMC 902228.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 2.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto

    Performer: Simon Höfele. Orchestra: 鶹Լ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Duncan Ward.
    • Simon Hofele - Standards.
    • BERLIN CLASSICS.
    • 1.
  • Catrin Finch & Aoife Ní Bhriain

    Waggle

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La Traviata (Act 1 Prelude)

    Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Viva Verdi.
    • Decca.
    • 3.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    Fair moon to thee I sing (H.M.S. Pinafore)

    Librettist: W. S. Gilbert. Singer: Thomas Allen. Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Sullivan, A: HMS Pinafore.
    • Telarc.
    • 18-19.
  • Nitin Sawhney

    River Pulse

    Performer: Anoushka Shankar. Performer: Nitin Sawhney. Performer: Ian Burdge. Performer: Pirashanna Thevarajah.
    • Traces of you.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
  • Nitin Sawhney

    A Tupperware of Ashes - Daydream

    Performer: Nitin Sawhney.
  • Nitin Sawhney

    Frogs & Shankar Steals Kill from Disneynature's Tiger

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Walt Disney.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96 'American' - final movement

    Performer: Sacconi Quartet.
    • Sacconi Records.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Major, K. 40: III. Presto

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Conductor: Gábor Takács‐Nagy. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata.
    • Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Major, K. 40: III. Presto.
    • Chandos.
    • 101.

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