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The Glenarm Festival of Voice and Saint-Saëns' Requiem

Tom McKinney showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including highlights from the the Glenarm Festival of Voice.

Tom McKinney showcases the best performances by 鶹Լ orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.

This week on Classical Live, there is a focus on both French baroque and classical music. SEMPRE baroque music ensemble perform excerpts from Jean-Marie Leclair's 'Scylla et Glaucus', violinist Alina Ibragimova and pianist Alasdair Beatson join forces to play Debussy's Sonata for Violin and Piano and Saint-Saëns' devotional and entreating Requiem is performed by Orchestre National de France and a roster of world-class soloists.

Also in today's programme, a specially recorded performance from tenor Liam Bonthrone and pianist Michael Pandya at the Glenarm Festival of Voice. An annual celebration of singing which takes place in the historic coastal village of Glenarm, Co. Antrim.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 31 in D, K. 297 ('Paris')
Orchestre de Paris
Klaus Mäkelä (conductor)

Georges Bizet
Symphony No. 2 in C 'Roma'
Estonian Festival Orchestra
Paavo Järvi (conductor)

Jean-Marie Leclair
Excerpts from 'Scylla et Glaucus'
SEMPRE baroque music ensemble
Mira Glodeanu (director)

Claude Debussy
Sonata for Violin and Piano
Alina Ibragimova (violin)
Alasdair Beatson (piano)

Camille Saint-Saëns
Requiem, Op. 54
Messe de Requiem
Véronique Gens (soprano)
Aliénor Feix (contralto)
Nicholas Phan (tenor)
Nicolas Testé (baritone)
Radio France Chorus
Martina Batič (chorus director)
Orchestre National de France
Cristian Măcelaru (conductor)

Hector Berlioz
Overture to 'Benvenuto Cellini, Op. 23
RAI National Symphony Orchestra
Kazuki Yamada (conductor)

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Glenarm Festival of Voice

Benjamin Britten
Black Day

Cheryl Frances-Hoad
Mabel Walsh

Benjamin Britten
Bed-time

Benjamin Britten
Slaughter

Trad.
There’ll never be peace until Jamie comes hame

Benjamin Britten
A Riddle: ‘The child you were’

Benjamin Britten
The Larky Lad

Cheryl Frances-Hoad
The Ballad of Harry Holmes

Liam Bonthrone (tenor)
Michael Pandya (piano)

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2 hours, 58 minutes

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 31 in D, K. 297 ('Paris')

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Klaus Mäkelä.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Oratorio de Noël, Op 32 (Prelude)

    Performer: Philip Brunelle.
    • Serenade for a Christmas Night: Philip Brunelle.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 16.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Black Day

    Performer: Liam Bonthrone. Performer: Michael Pandya.
  • Cheryl Frances-Hoad

    Mabel Walsh

    Performer: Liam Bonthrone. Performer: Michael Pandya.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Bed-time

    Performer: Liam Bonthrone. Performer: Michael Pandya.
  • Cheryl Frances-Hoad

    Mabel Walsh

    Performer: Liam Bonthrone. Performer: Michael Pandya.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Slaughter

    Performer: Liam Bonthrone. Performer: Michael Pandya.
  • Cheryl Frances-Hoad

    Mabel Walsh

    Performer: Liam Bonthrone. Performer: Michael Pandya.
  • Trad.

    There’ll never be peace until Jamie comes hame

    Performer: Liam Bonthrone. Performer: Michael Pandya.
  • Trad.

    Joy to the world

    Performer: Jonathan Menkis. Music Arranger: Frank Denson. Ensemble: Empire Brass.
  • Benjamin Britten

    A Riddle: ‘The child you were’

    Performer: Liam Bonthrone. Performer: Michael Pandya.
  • Benjamin Britten

    The Larky Lad

    Performer: Liam Bonthrone. Performer: Michael Pandya.
  • Cheryl Frances-Hoad

    The Ballad of Harry Holmes

    Performer: Liam Bonthrone. Performer: Michael Pandya.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël

    Choir: Cadenza. Director: Jenny Sumerling.
    • Voices of Joy: Cadenza.
    • Cadenza.
    • 1.
  • Georges Bizet

    Symphony No. 2 in C 'Roma'

    Orchestra: Estonian Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
  • Jean‐Marie Leclair

    Excerpts from 'Scylla et Glaucus'

    Ensemble: SEMPRE baroque music ensemble. Director: Mira Glodeanu.
  • Peter Warlock

    Adam Lay Ybounden (arr. for choir & orchestra by Reginald Jacques)

    Composer: Anon.. Music Arranger: Reginald Jacques. Choir: 鶹Լ Singers. Orchestra: 鶹Լ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: David Hill.
    • EM Records.
  • Claude Debussy

    Sonata for Violin and Piano

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: Alasdair Beatson.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Requiem, op. 54

    Choir: Chœur de Radio France. Conductor: Cristian Măcelaru. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Singer: Nicholas Phan. Singer: Véronique Gens. Singer: Aliénor Feix. Singer: Nicolas Testé. Director: Martina Batič.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Fantasy on Christmas Carols (from the film "The Holly and the Ivy")

    Orchestra: 鶹Լ Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Arnold: Film Music, Volume 2: Dyson, 鶹Լ Phil, Gamba.
    • Chandos.
    • 23.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Benvenuto Cellini, Op. 23: Overture

    Orchestra: RAI National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada.

Broadcast

  • Tue 10 Dec 2024 13:00