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Katie Derham is ed by pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, who performs live. Plus, Edward Seckerson talks about the 60th anniversary of Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms.

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Thu 15 May 2025 17:00
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Music Played

  • Ottorino Respighi

    La Primavera (Trittico Botticelliano)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Respighi: Pines of Rome, Fountains of Rome, The Birds, Antiche Arie e Danze.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Laurie Johnson

    Las Vegas

    Conductor: Laurie Johnson. Orchestra: Group-Forty Orchestra.
    • Guild.

  • Manuel Ponce

    Estrellita

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz. Music Arranger: J.A.C. Redford. Music Arranger: Joshua Bell. Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Conductor: Michael Stern.
    • Voice of the Violin.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 12.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Jeux d'eau

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Dixit Dominus in D Major, RV 594: X. Sicut erat in principio

    Orchestra: Le Concert Idéal. Conductor: Marianne Piketty.
    • Polyptyque.
    • Evidence Classics.
    • 20.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 5 (Adagietto)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • DG.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Miroirs: M.43: II. Oiseaux tristes

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Symphony no.4, Op.61 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Gipps: Symphonies Nos 2 and 4.
    • Chandos.
    • 03.

  • Traditional Irish

    Dowd's Reel

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Andrew Lawrence‐King.
    • The Celtic Viol.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 17.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    String Quintet in E major, Op 11/5 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Irène Duval. Performer: Jonian Ilias Kadesha. Performer: Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad. Performer: Tim Posner.
    • Boccherini: Cello Concertos, Sonatas & Quintets.
    • Hyperion.
    • 16.

  • Gustav Holst

    St Paul's Suite, Op 29 (Jig)

    Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Holst: St Paul's Suite: Yehudi Menuhin.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 7.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Miroirs, M.43: IV. Alborada del gracioso

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.

  • Frederick Delius

    Summer Evening

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • EMI.

  • John Powell

    Test Drive (How To Train Your Dragon)

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Midnight Sessions at the Royal Albert Hall.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Highland Fling (Scottish Dances Op.59)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • Malcolm Arnold: Dances: Philharmonia, Thomson.
    • Chandos.
    • 12.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Chichester Psalms: I. Psalm 108.2 - Psalm 100

    Choir: Wiener Jeunesse-Chor. Orchestra: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Chichester Psalms: II. Psalm 23, Psalm 2 vs. 1-4

    Performer: James Lancelot. Performer: Osian Ellis. Performer: David Corkhill. Singer: James Bowman. Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: Philip Ledger.
    • Bernstein: Chichester Psalms - Britten: Rejoice the Lamb & Festival Te Deum.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • Hubert Parry

    Crossing the Bar

    Conductor: Charles Harrison. Choir: Choir of Chichester Cathedral.
    • Lest We Forget.
    • Signum Records.
    • 3.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Five Bagatelles Op.23 (Carol)

    Performer: John Bradbury. Performer: James Cryer.
    • The English Clarinet.
    • Naxos.
    • 10.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Quartet concertant in B flat major Op 15 No 6 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Arabella String Quartet.
    • Saint-Georges: 6 Quartetto concertans.
    • Naxos.
    • 602.

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  • Thu 15 May 2025 17:00
    BBC Radio 3

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