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From Britten to The Beatles

Geneva Lewis dazzles in Waxman's Carmen Violin Fantasy, the Leonkoro Quartet plays Britten's 2nd Quartet and Hugh Cutting sings songs by Dowland and The Beatles.

Current members of Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme in music ranging from the melancholy songs of John Dowland to the passion of Waxman's Carmen Fantasy. And, between them, a performance of the quartet that Benjamin Britten wrote in 1945 to mark the 250th anniversary of the death of English composer Henry Purcell.

Franz Waxman : Carmen Fantasy
Geneva Lewis (violin), Ryan Corbett (accordion)

Dowland: Can she excuse
Fleetwood Mac / Christine McVie: Songbird
The Beatles: Blackbird
Dowland: In Darkness let me Dwell
Hugh Cutting (counter tenor) Daniel Murphy (lute)

Britten: String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op.36
Leonkoro Quartet

Duparc: Extase
Duparc L'invitation au voyage
Johanna Wallroth (soprano), Simon Lepper (piano)

Richard Rodgers: Spring's Here
Fergus McCreadie (solo piano)

1 hour, 14 minutes

Music Played

  • Franz Waxman

    Carmen Fantasy

    Performer: Geneva Lewis. Performer: Ryan Corbett.
  • John Dowland

    Can she excuse my wrongs

    Performer: Daniel Murphy. Singer: Hugh Cutting.
  • Christine McVie

    Songbird

    Performer: Daniel Murphy. Singer: Hugh Cutting.
  • Lennon/McCartney

    Blackbird

    Singer: Hugh Cutting. Performer: Daniel Murphy.
  • John Dowland

    In Darkness let me Dwell

    Performer: Daniel Murphy. Singer: Hugh Cutting.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Morning Prayer

    Performer: Leonkoro Quartet.
  • Henri Duparc

    Extase

    Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: Johanna Wallroth.
  • Henri Duparc

    L'invitation au voyage

    Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: Johanna Wallroth.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Old French Song

    Performer: Ryan Corbett.
  • Richard Rodgers

    Spring's Here

    Performer: Fergus McCreadie.

Broadcast

  • Wed 28 Aug 2024 21:00