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Concert Highlights from the Festival City

Jamie hears about the latest Global Violin Sessions taking place this month with the Benedetti Foundation

Jamie hears about the latest Global Violin Sessions taking place this month with the Benedetti Foundation, where people can join special classes exploring music traditions across the world, from the comfort of their own home. The Album of the Week features the singular life and music of American George Antheil, who called himself ‘a pianist and futurist’…plus Jamie shares recordings from a recent chamber music series at the Queens Hall in Edinburgh, featuring the outstanding Amatis Trio, Armida Quartet and SCO Chamber Ensembles.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Sun 8 May 2022 19:00

Music Played

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    10 Preludes Op.23 for piano: no.5 in G minor

    Music Arranger: Lucien Cailliet. Orchestra: Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sergiu Comissiona.
    • Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances.
    • CBC.
    • 001.
  • Traditional Spiritual

    We Shall Walk Through the Valley in Peace

    Music Arranger: Undine Smith Moore. Choir: VocalEssence Ensemble Chorus. Conductor: Philip Brunelle.
    • Dance Like The Wind.
    • CLARION.
    • 2.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin sonata No.7, Op.30 No.2 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Performer: Joonas Ahonen.
    • Le Monde Selon - George Antheil.
    • Alpha.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Chaconne (Partita No.2 in D minor)

    Performer: Laure Chan.
    • Tribute To Bach.
    • Laure Chan.
  • George Frideric Handel

    The harmonious blacksmith (Suite No 5 in E major)

    Ensemble: Royal Danish Brass.
    • ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ â€“ British Brass Connection.
    • RONDO.
    • 8.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Apres Un reve

    Ensemble: Amatis Trio.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Silent Worship

    Singer: Kenneth McKellar. Orchestra: Orchestra of The Royal Opera House. Conductor: Adrian Boult.
    • Kenneth McKellar Sings Handel.
    • Australian Eloquence.
    • 3.
  • John Cage

    Nocturne for violin and piano

    Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Performer: Joonas Ahonen.
    • Le Monde Selon - George Antheil.
    • Alpha.
  • Maxim Emelyanychev

    Piano Quintet in A major, D667, 'The Trout'

  • Béla Bartók

    Evening in the Village (Hungarian Sketches)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Bartok: Orchestral Works Vol.1: Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer.
    • Philips.
    • 3.
  • Edvard Grieg

    In the Hall of the Mountain King (Peer Gynt Suite no.1)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.
    • Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2.
    • EMI.
    • 4.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Final Hymn (Firebird Suite)

    Orchestra: Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Igor Stravinsky.
    • Igor Stravinsky - The Complete Album Collection.
    • Sony.
    • 12.
  • Clara Schumann

    Quatre Pieces Fugitives Op.15 No.1

    Performer: Jozef de Beenhouwer.
    • Complete Works for Piano.
    • Partridge.
    • 010.
  • George Antheil

    Sonata No 1

    Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Performer: Joonas Ahonen.
    • Le Monde Selon - George Antheil.
    • Alpha.
  • James McMillan

    Memento

    Ensemble: Emperor Quartet.
    • James MacMillan - String Quartets.
    • BIS.
    • 5.
  • Euan Stevenson

    Wheels slowly turning

    Ensemble: Earthtones Trio.
    • Wheels slowly turning.
    • iOcco Music.
  • Bob Chilcott

    Now the green blade riseth

    Performer: Matthew Martin. Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: Daniel Hyde.
    • Choral Music For Easter.
    • Kings College.
  • Nigel Hess

    London Eye

    Performer: The Central Band of the RAF. Conductor: Nigel Hess.
    • New London Pictures.
    • Chandos.
  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Verklärte Nacht

    Performer: Pauline Sachse. Performer: Eckart Runge. Ensemble: Armida Quartett.
  • Richard Strauss

    Violin Concerto in D min Op8

    Performer: Tanja Becker-Bender. Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Garry Walker.
    • Busoni & Strauss: Violin Concertos.
    • Hyperion.

Broadcast

  • Sun 8 May 2022 19:00