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Ease into your evening with classical music

Sean Rafferty with live music from viol consort Fretwork, and Sir Mark Elder on the baritone Benjamin Luxon, who has died. Sean will also be talking to Irish singing group the Shamrock Tenors ahead of their London debut.

2 hours

Last on

Mon 29 Jul 2024 17:00

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 (Menuet 1 and 2)

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade no.2 in A major, Op.16 (5th mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • LSO Live.
  • Philip Glass

    Olympian: Lighting Of The Torch

    • Valentina Lisitsa Plays Philip Glass.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.
  • Heitor Villaâ€Lobos

    Aria (Bachiana brasileira no.5)

    Singer: Renée Fleming. Orchestra: New World Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • RCA.
    • 5.
  • Clara Schumann

    3 Romances; No.3 (Passionately fast)

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Performer: Julius Drake.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Le Corsaire

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Berlioz: Overtures: London Symphony Orchestra/Davis.
    • Philips.
    • 5.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue no 16 in G minor BWV 885

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
  • Edward Elgar

    O salutaris hostia No 2

    Performer: George Castle. Singer: Ben Cooper. Choir: Worcester Cathedral Chamber Choir. Director: Stephen Shellard.
    • Rise Heart, Romantic English choral works: Worcester Cathedral Chamber Choir.
    • Regent.
  • Georges Bizet

    Farandole (L'Arlesienne Suite no.2)

    Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Naive.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 41 in C major, K.551 ('Jupiter'): Finale

    Ensemble: Ensemble Appassionato. Conductor: Mathieu Herzog.
    • Naive.
  • Henry Purcell

    Fantasia no 12

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Owen Wingrave; Excerpt from Act 2 - "In peace I have found my image..."

    Lyricist: Myfanwy Piper. Singer: Benjamin Luxon. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
    • Britten: Owen Wingrave; 6 Hölderlin Fragments; The Poet's Echo.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 13.
  • George Butterworth

    Bredon Hill (Bredon Hill)

    Singer: Benjamin Luxon. Performer: David Willison.
    • Decca.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op 214

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Jeux d'eau

    Performer: Alexandre Kantorow.
  • Alexander McQuinn

    Belfast

    Music Arranger: Matthew Campbell. Singer: Shamrock Tenors.
  • Craig Armstrong

    Glasgow Theme (Love Actually)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Bateman.
    • CLASSIC FM MOVIES - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 8.
  • Traditional Irish

    Whiskey in the Jar - Live

    Music Arranger: Matthew Campbell. Singer: Shamrock Tenors.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Bonny at morn (Eight Folk Song Arrangements)

    Composer: Trad.. Performer: David Willison. Singer: Benjamin Luxon.
    • Britten: Song Cycles.
    • Chandos.

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