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Sir James MacMillan, Harry Bicket

Katie Derham talks to composer Sir James MacMillan and artistic director of The English Concert Harry Bicket.

Katie Derham talks to composer Sir James MacMillan about his Cumnock Tryst Festival, which this year centres around a community project with input from naturalist Chris Packham and writer Alexander McCall Smith among others. Artistic director of The English Concert Harry Bicket also joins Katie, and there's a specially recorded instrumental session from the viola players of the 成人快手 orchestras.

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Last on

Wed 30 Sep 2020 17:00
成人快手 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker (March)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker: LSO, Previn.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 15.

  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.

  • James MacMillan

    Stabat Mater (1st mvt excerpt)

    Singer: Julie Cooper. Choir: The Sixteen. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

  • Sir James MacMillan

    Vidi Aquam

    Choir: ORA.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto in F major, TWV 54:F1 (1st mvt, 'Vivace')

    Performer: La Stagione Frankfurt. Ensemble: La Stagione Frankfurt. Conductor: Michael Schneider.
    • Telemann - Grand Concertos IV.
    • 008.

  • Edward Elgar

    Enigma Variations - Nimrod (arranged James Manson)

    Performer: 成人快手 Concert Orchestra. Performer: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Performer: 成人快手 National Orchestra of Wales. Performer: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Performer: 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Music Arranger: James Manson.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Four Hymns, no 1 ('Lord! Come Away!')

    Performer: Ru艧en G眉ne艧. Singer: Philip Langridge. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Vaughan Williams: Epithamalion; Merciless Beauty; Four Hymns.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Franz Schubert

    Die Forelle

    Performer: Julius Drake. Singer: Ian Bostridge.
    • Schubert: Lieder: Bostridge, Drake.
    • EMI Classics.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Chorale-Prelude 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme', BWV 645

    Performer: Simon Preston.
    • The World of The Organ, Simon Preston.
    • Decca.
    • 2.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in B minor, Op 33 No 1 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Lindsay String Quartet.
    • ASV.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Wonderful Town (Overture)

    Ensemble: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Wonderful Town.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Fidelio Overture

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Beethoven: Overturen - Weiner Philharmoniker/Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 1.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No 1 in F sharp minor, Op 1

    Performer: Simon Trpceski. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 1 & 4, etc: Simon Trpceski, RLPO, Petrenko.
    • Avie.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Welcome as the dawn of day (Solomon)

    Singer: Rosemary Joshua. Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Harry Bicket.
    • Handel Duets: The English Concert.
    • Chaconne.
    • 3.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Armida abbandonata - Italian cantata no.13 HWV.105: Ah! crudele (Aria)

    Singer: Lucy Crowe. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Harry Bicket.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Since we met (Waltz Suite for Orchestra)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Prokofiev: Waltz Suite: Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Neeme Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    2 Nocturnes Op.27 (no.2 in D flat major)

    Performer: Nelson Freire.
    • Nelson Freire: Chopin, The Nocturnes.
    • Decca.
    • 4.

Download sheet music of Elgar's Nimrod arranged for violas by James Manson

Play-along Viola 1

Play-along Viola 2

Play-along Viola 3

Play-along Viola 4

Play-along Viola 5

Play-along Viola 6

Play-along Viola 7

Play-along Viola 8

Download full score

Broadcast

  • Wed 30 Sep 2020 17:00
    成人快手 Radio 3

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