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Sean Rafferty is joined in the studio by the Castalian String Quartet for some live music, plus composer James MacMillan chats to Sean about The Cumnock Trsy music festival in Scotland which celebrates its tenth anniversary this year.

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  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No.4 in A major, Op.90, 'Italian' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Christoph von DohnĂĄnyi.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos.3 - 5; THe Hebrides, etc. - Wiener Philharmoniker, D.
    • Decca.
    • 5.
  • Amy Beach

    Dreaming

    Performer: Judith Herbert. Performer: Diana Ambache.
    • Beach: Violin Sonata Etc. - Ambache.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.
  • Henry Wood

    Jack's the lad [Sailors' hornpipe] (Fantasia on British Sea Songs)

    Orchestra: ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • Philips.
  • Leos Janáček

    Kacena divoka [The wild duck]

    Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent. Director: Reinbert de Leeuw.
    • ALPHA.
  • Edvard Grieg

    4 Symphonic dances Op.64 (no.3)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2 etc..
    • ERATO.
    • 12.
  • Franz Liszt

    Mephisto Waltz no.1 'The Dance in the Village Inn'

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Liszt - The Collection.
    • Decca.
    • 2.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in G minor Op 20 No 3 1st mvt

    Ensemble: Castalian String Quartet.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: IvĂĄn Fischer.
    • Johann& Josef Strauss: Polkas.
    • HM.
    • 2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Zadok the priest

    Choir: The Sixteen. Orchestra: Orchestra of The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Coro.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet in G major, D.887, 2nd mvt

    Ensemble: Castalian String Quartet.
  • Peter Tranchell

    Festive Overture (conclusion)

    Composer: Hubert Murrill. Composer: Walter Collins. Composer: Lionel Sainsbury. Composer: Edward Elgar. Composer: Elis Pehkonen. Composer: John Ireland. Orchestra: ±«Óătv Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • John Ireland - Orchestral Songs and Miniatures.
    • Dutton Epoch.
    • 1.
  • James MacMillan

    Stabat Mater (1st mvt excerpt)

    Singer: Julie Cooper. Choir: The Sixteen. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    7 Bagatelles Op.33 (no.7 in A flat major)

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Beethoven: Bagatelles: Steven Osborne - piano.
    • Hyperion.
  • Sir James MacMillan

    O Radiant Dawn

    Choir: Apollo5.
    • VCM RECORDS.
  • Richard Addinsell

    Warsaw Concerto

    Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet. Orchestra: ±«Óătv Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Wolff.
    • Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto: Jean-Yves Thibaudet, ±«ÓătvSO, Hugh Wolff.
    • Decca.
  • Doreen Carwithen

    Noon

    Performer: JongSun Woo. Singer: Alessandro Fisher.

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