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23/04/2010 Fiona Shaw, Jennifer Rhys-Davies, Richard Egarr

Irish actress/director Fiona Shaw talks about Henze's Elegy for Young Lovers, an English National Opera production opening soon. Richard Egarr plays harpsichord.

Presented by Petroc Trelawny.
Acclaimed Irish actress/director Fiona Shaw and soprano Jennifer Rhys-Davies talk about a new production of Henze's rarelt performed opera Elegy for Young Lovers, an English National Opera production opening soon at the Young Vic Theatre in London. Richard Egarr plays harpsichord in the studio ahead of concerts with the Academy of Ancient Music in London and Cambridge.
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2 hours

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Organ Concerto in F major (Final movement)

    Performer: Academy of Ancient Music Performer: Richard Egarr (organ and direction)

    • Harmonia Mundi HMU 807446.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No. 11 KV. 331 (3rd movement: Rondo Alla Turca)

    Performer: Alfred Brendel (piano)

    • Philips 420 839-2.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Prelude from Prelude and Fugue in C minor

    Performer: David Bell (organ) Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Vernon Handley (conductor)

    • EMI 7243 5 86592 2 1.
  • Hans Werner Henze

    Elegy for Young Lovers: Act I Duet

    Performer: Lisa Saffer (Hilda Mack) Performer: Rosemary Hardy (Elizabeth Zimmer) Performer: Schonberg Ensemble of the Netherlands Performer: Oliver Knussen (conductor)

    • ETCETERA KTC 9000.
  • LIVE

    • Hans Werner Henze

      Elegy for Young Lovers: Act I Hilda's Vision

      Performer: Jennifer Rhys-Davies (soprano - Hilda Mack) Performer: Nicholas Ansdell-Evans piano)

  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Barber of Seville: Act 2 'First the doctor wants to marry'

    Performer: Jennifer Rhys-Davies (Berta) Performer: Orchestra of English National Opera Performer: Gabriele Bellini (conductor)

    • Chandos 7023/4.
  • George Gershwin

    Cuban Overture

    Performer: Jazzogene Orchestra Performer: Jean-Luc Fillon (conductor)

    • Opus 111 OP 30342.
  • Howard Skempton

    Well, Well Cornelius

    Performer: John Tilbury (piano)

    • Sony SK66482.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Musical Offering BWV 1079

    Arranger: Webern Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Pierre Boulez (conductor)

    • Sony 45845.
  • William Walton

    Anniversary Fanfare & Orb and Sceptre

    Performer: The Philharmonia Performer: Sir David Willcocks

    • Chandos CHAN 8998.
  • John Playford

    English Dancing Master: Kettledrum

    Performer: Mark Emerson (viola) Performer: Tim Harris (double bass) Performer: Andy Cutting (diatonic button accordion)

    • Beautiful Jo Records BEJOCD-33.
  • LIVE

    • Girolamo Frescobaldi

      Toccata Nona from Libro secondo

      Performer: Richard Egarr (Harpsichord)

    • Claudio Monteverdi

      Lascatemi morire

      Arranger: Richard Egarr Performer: Richard Egarr (Harpsichord)

    • Michelangelo Rossi

      Toccata Settima

      Performer: Richard Egarr (Harpsichord)

  • Franz Liszt

    Hungarian Rhapsody no 3 in D major

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Antal Dorati (conductor)

    • Mercury 432 015-2.
  • Ambrosian Chant

    Symbolum – Credimus in unum Deum

    Performer: Schola Cantorum Coloniensis

    • Virgin 6 28514 2 8.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    La Boheme: Che gelida manina

    Performer: Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Performer: Prague Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Marco Armiliato (conductor)

    • Decca 475 9966.

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  • Fri 23 Apr 2010 17:00

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