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Brahms's Violin Concerto in D, Op 77

María Dueñas plays Brahms's Violin Concerto with the RTVE Symphony Orchestra, Cecilia Bartoli sings Bellini's Casta Diva (Norma), plus the Â鶹Éç Singers in Tallis's Spem in alium.

Ian Skelly introduces a performance of Brahms's Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77, with Radio 3's New Generation Artist María Dueñas as soloist, accompanied by the RTVE Symphony Orchestra, under Joshua Wellerstein, who provides our Artist's choice too. Maria Dueñas also plays Saint-Saens Introduction And Rondo Capriccioso.

Also, Cecilia Bartoli sings Casta Diva from Bellini's opera Norma, and the Â鶹Éç Singers with a recording of Tallis' 40-part masterpiece 'Spem in alium'.

Including,

2pm
Granados (orch. Halffter): Danzas españolas Op.37 arr. for orchestra: no.8; Sardana (Asturiana)
RTVE Symphony Orchestra
Igor Markevitch, conductor

Saint-Saens: Introduction And Rondo Capriccioso Op.28
Maria Dueñas, violin
Julien Quentin, piano

Bellini: Norma - opera seria in 2 acts, Act 1 sc.1; Casta diva ... Ah! bello a me ritorno
Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano
International Chamber Vocalists
Orchestra La Scintilla
Giovanni Antonini, conductor

Busoni: Sonatina No. 6, BV 284 "Kammer-Fantasie über Carmen"
Peter Donohoe, piano

3pm
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
RTVE Symphony Orchestra
María Dueñas, violin
Joshua Wellerstein, conductor

Artist’s Choice - Joshua Wellerstein
Zemlinsky: Trio in D minor, Op. 3: I. Allegro ma non troppo
Trio Arcadis

Tallis: Spem in alium
Â鶹Éç Singers
Stephen Cleobury, director

Adams: The Chairman Dances - foxtrot [reworked from the opera 'Nixon in China']
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle, conductor

3 hours, 1 minute

Music Played

  • Enrique Granados

    Sardana (Danzas españolas Op.37)

    Orchestrator: Ernesto Halffter. Orchestra: Orquesta Sinfónica de Radio Televisión Española. Conductor: Igor Markevitch.
    • Espana: Works by Chabrier, Ravel, etc..
    • Philips.
    • 9.
  • Camille Saintâ€Saëns

    Introduction And Rondo Capriccioso Op.28

    Performer: María Dueñas. Performer: Julien Quentin.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Idomeneo (Overture)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: René Jacobs.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Casta diva (Norma)

    Singer: Cecilia Bartoli. Choir: International Chamber Vocalists. Orchestra: Orchestra La Scintilla. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Bellini: Norma: Cecilia Bartoli/Giovanni Antonini.
    • Decca.
    • 8.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Flute Concerto in A minor, RV.440

    Performer: Katy Bircher. Ensemble: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.
    • Vivaldi: The French Connection 2.
    • Avie.
    • 8.
  • Rebecca (Junior Carol Competition winner)

    Polaris

    Performer: Iain Farrington. Choir: Â鶹Éç Singers. Conductor: Nicholas Chalmers.
  • JUNIOR Carol 4 - Isabelle

    Polaris

    Performer: Iain Farrington. Choir: Â鶹Éç Singers. Conductor: Nicholas Chalmers.
  • Ferruccio Busoni

    Sonatina No. 6, BV 284 "Kammer-Fantasie über Carmen"

    Performer: Peter Donohoe.
    • Busoni: Toccata, BV 287, Elegien, BV 252, Sonatina No. 6, BV 284 & Toccata, Adag.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.
  • Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla

    A siolo flasiquiyo

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Choir: La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Villancicos y danzas criollas 1550-1750: Hesperion XXI/Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 12.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Concerto

    Performer: María Dueñas. Orchestra: Orquesta Sinfónica de Radio Televisión Española. Conductor: Joshua Weilerstein.
  • Alexander von Zemlinsky

    Trio in D minor, Op. 3: I. Allegro ma non troppo

    Ensemble: Trio Arcadis.
    • Poems.
    • Evidence Classics.
    • 5.
  • Thomas Tallis

    Spem in alium

    Choir: Â鶹Éç Singers. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 1 in C major, Op 15 - 3rd movement, Rondo (Finale)

    Performer: Ronald Brautigam. Orchestra: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Andrew Parrott.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 3: Brautigam.
    • BIS.
    • 3.
  • John Adams

    The Chairman Dances

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI.
  • Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Violin Sonata No 1 in D minor (6th mvt, Aria)

    Performer: Florence Malgoire. Ensemble: Les Dominos.
    • RICERCAR.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.96 in D major H.1.96 'Miracle' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Haydn, 12 London Symphonies: Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles.
    • Naive.
    • 1.
  • George Gershwin

    Three Preludes for piano

    Performer: Eugenie Russo.
    • American Piano Music, George Gershwin, Eugenie Russo, piano.
    • campion records.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Thu 14 Dec 2023 14:00