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Power through with classical music

A 30-minute soundscape of classical music with Bach's Goldberg Variations, a Kaija Saariaho piece for cello and voice, Rachmaninov's Moments Musicaux, Myaskovsky's Lyric concertino

A 30-minute soundscape of classical music with, among other treasures, renowned pianist Vikingur Olaffson playing Bach's Goldberg Variations, a Kaija Saariaho piece for cello and voice, one of Rachmaninov's mighty Moments Musicaux, a charming piece for orchestra in Myaskovsky's Lyric concertino... closing with Jos茅 Carreras' rendition of Verdi's celebrated aria for tenor 'Di quella pira', from his opera Il Trovatore.
Producer: Juan Carlos Jaramillo

30 minutes

Last on

Thu 26 Oct 2023 19:00

Music Played

  • Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky

    Lyric concertino in G major op.32 no.3 for orchestra: 3rd mvt Allegro giocoso

    Orchestra: USSR Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Evgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov.
    • ALTO.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV988: Variation 13

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • DG.
  • Kaija Saariaho

    Uberzeugung

    Choir: Norwegian Soloists Choir. Orchestra: Oslo Sinfonietta. Conductor: Grete Pedersen.
    • BIS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet No 14 in G Major, K 387 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Armida Quartett.
    • Avi.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Moments musicaux Op.16 (no.6 in C major)

    Performer: Boris Giltburg.
    • Rachmaninoff: 脡tudes-tableaux, Op. 39 & 6 Moments musicaux, Op. 16.
    • Naxos.
    • 206.
  • Paul Wranitzky

    Contradance (The Cunning Farmer Girl)

    Orchestra: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice. Conductor: Marek 艩tilec.
    • Wranitzky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5.
    • Naxos.
    • 22.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Di quella pira (Il trovatore)

    Singer: Jos茅 Carreras. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Philips.

Broadcast

  • Thu 26 Oct 2023 19:00

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