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Benjamin Grosvenor: Piano Focus

Jamie talks with acclaimed British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor and shares music for Easter

Jamie talks with internationally acclaimed musician Benjamin Grosvenor, who became the youngest British pianist to sign with record label Decca Classic in 2011. Benjamin’s latest album with Decca features music by Liszt and it’s our Album of the Week. My Music features cellist Alice Allen, who chooses a track by a Brazilian composer. Plus Jamie shares music for Easter by Mahler, Thomas H Kerr and Errollyn Wallen.

Photo credit: Andrej Grilc

1 hour, 55 minutes

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Sun 4 Apr 2021 21:00
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Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in E major, RV 269, 'Spring' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Orchestra: TrondheimSolistene.
    • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Mutter, Trondheim Soloists.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Irving Berlin

    Easter Parade

    Performer: Judy Garland. Performer: Fred Astaire. Choir: Studio Choir. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Easter Parade.
    • EMI Premier.
    • 31.

  • Franz Liszt

    Annees de pelerinage, Deuxieme annee; Italie S161 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Benjamin Grosvenor: Liszt.
    • Decca.

  • Franz Liszt

    Piano Sonata in B Minor S178 – 3rd mvt Andante

    Composer: Franz Schubert. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Benjamin Grosvenor: Liszt.
    • Decca.

  • Errollyn Wallen

    Peace on Earth

    Performer: Dónal McCann. Author: Anonymous. Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Singer: George Hill. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Errollyn Wallen: Peace on Earth.
    • Kings College Cambridge.
    • 101.

  • Elmer Bernstein

    The Ten Commandments (Main Title)

    Conductor: Elmer Bernstein. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • The Ten Commandments.
    • MCA.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Russian Easter Festival Overture

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Igor Markevitch.
    • Rimsky Korsakov: Scheherazade.
    • PHILIPS.
    • 10.

  • George Frideric Handel

    I know that my redeemer liveth (Messiah)

    Singer: Lucy Crowe. Ensemble: Le Concert d’AstrĂ©e. Conductor: Emmanuelle HaĂŻm.
    • Handel: Messiah.
    • ERATO.
    • 022.

  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 (Aria)

    Singer: Donna Brown. Orchestra: SĂŁo Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Roberto Minczuk.
    • Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras Volume 3.
    • BIS.

  • Franz Liszt

    Ave Maria, S. 558, no. 12

    Composer: Franz Schubert. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Benjamin Grosvenor: Liszt.
    • Decca.

  • Samuel Barber

    Violin Concerto (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Isaac Stern. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Barber: Adagio for Strings / Violin Concerto / Schuman: To Thee Old Cause.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.

  • Clarice Assad

    Sin fronteras

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen.
    • Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers.
    • Cedille.
    • 201.

  • Franz Liszt

    Berceuse S174ii

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Benjamin Grosvenor: Liszt.
    • Decca.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 2 in C minor, 'Resurrection' (5th mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Singer: Magdalena KoĆŸenĂĄ. Singer: Kate Royal. Choir: Berlin Radio Choir. Conductor: Simon Halsey.
    • G. Mahler, Symphony no. 2 'Resurrection': Berliner Philharmoniker/Rattle.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Sun 4 Apr 2021 21:00
    ±«Óătv Radio Scotland