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Expand your horizons with Jamie Barton's favourite music

Mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton chooses her perfect half hour of music for Pride Month by Arlen, Chopin, Smyth, Handel, Bernstein, Rorem, Poulenc and Saint-Saens.

Mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton chooses her perfect half hour of music for Pride Month including Ethel Smyth's Serenade conducted by Odaline de la Martinez, Handel's Ombra mai fu sung by Anthony Roth Costanzo and Bernstein's Serenade performed by Philippe Quint and Marin Alsop. Nicky Spence sings Ned Rorem's For Poulenc and we hear Poulenc's Gloria. There is is also music from Harold Arlen, Chopin and Saint-Saens.

30 minutes

Music Played

  • Harold Arlen

    Over the Rainbow

    Singer: Jamie Barton. Orchestra: ±«Óãtv Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Last Night of the Proms - 2019 - ±«Óãtv Recording.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Andante spianato in E flat, Op.22

    Performer: Claudio Arrau.
    • Claudio Arrau – Arrau Heritage - Chopin.
    • Philips Classics.
    • 4.
  • Ethel Smyth

    Serenade in D (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: ±«Óãtv Philharmonic. Conductor: Odaline de la Martinez.
    • Chandos.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Serse, HWV 40 - "Ombra mai fù"

    Performer: Jonathan Cohen. Lyricist: Silvio Stampiglia. Lyricist: Nicolò Minato. Singer: Anthony Roth Costanzo. Ensemble: Les Violons du Roy.
    • ARC.
    • UMC - Decca Gold.
    • 11.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Serenade: II. Aristophanes

    Performer: Philippe Quint. Performer: Timothy Walden. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Bernstein: Marin Alsop's Complete Naxos Recordings.
    • Naxos.
    • 302.
  • Ned Rorem

    For Poulenc

    Performer: Joseph Middleton. Lyricist: Frank O'Hara. Singer: Nicky Spence.
    • A Most Marvellous Party.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 104.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Gloria, FP 144: III. Domine Deus

    Performer: Kathleen Battle. Performer: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Choir: Tanglewood Festival Chorus. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • DG.
  • Camille Saintâ€Saëns

    Le carnaval des animaux, R 125: VII. Aquarium

    Performer: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.
    • Warner.

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  • Fri 21 Jun 2024 19:00

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