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Soprano Mary Bevan live from Wigmore Hall and performances from the Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra

Linton Stephens showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, featuring soprano Mary Bevan live from Wigmore Hall and performances from the Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra.

Linton Stephens showcases the best performances by Â鶹Éç orchestras, choirs, ensembles and other great performing groups from Europe and around the globe.
 
Today's programme begins with a live concert from Wigmore Hall featuring soprano Mary Bevan, with pianist Joseph Middleton in a cleverly curated programme entitled 'From Earth to Heaven'.
 
Classical Live from 2pm includes recordings from the Â鶹Éç Singers, the Calidore String Quartet and pianist Alim Beisembayev with the Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra performing a piano concerto by Mozart.
 
Introduced by Fiona Talkington:

Maurice Ravel
Kaddish

Franz Schubert
Götter Griechenlands; Nachtstück; Auflösung

Edvard Grieg
Dereinst, Gedanke mein

Samuel Barber
The Desire for Hermitage

Robert Schumann
Requiem

Henry Purcell
Evening Hymn

Frank Bridge
Come to me in my Dreams

Hugo Wolf
Ganymed

Gustav Mahler
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen

Richard Strauss
Morgen

Mary Bevan (soprano)
Joseph Middleton (piano)

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With Linton Stephens:
 
Edward Elgar
Romance for bassoon & orchestra
Graham Salvage (bassoon)
Halle Orchestra
Mark Elder (conductor)

Bedřich Smetana
Ma Vlast - 'Vysehrad'
Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Rozen (conductor)

Richard Strauss
Capriccio - Prelude
Eivind Ringstad (viola)
Andrei Ionita (cello)
Calidore String Quartet

Alice Mary Smith
By the waters of Babylon
Â鶹Éç Singers
Gabriella Teychenne (conductor)
Richard Pearce (organ)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major K. 503
Alim Beisembayev (piano)
Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Rozen (conductor)

Malcolm Arnold
Excerpts from 'Four Scottish Dances' Op. 59
WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

2 hours, 58 minutes

Music Played

  • Maurice Ravel

    2 Melodies Hebraiques ; No.1; Kaddische

    Performer: Mary Bevan. Performer: Joseph Middleton.
  • Franz Schubert

    Strophe Aus 'Die Gotter Griechenlands' D.677

    Performer: Mary Bevan. Performer: Joseph Middleton.
  • Franz Schubert

    Nachtstuck D.672

    Performer: Mary Bevan. Performer: Joseph Middleton.
  • Franz Schubert

    Auflösung, D807

    Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Mary Bevan.
  • Edvard Grieg

    6 Songs Op.48 ; No.2; Dereinst, Gedanke Mein

    Performer: Mary Bevan. Performer: Joseph Middleton.
  • Samuel Barber

    Hermit Songs Op.29 ; No.10; The Desire For Hermitage

    Performer: Mary Bevan. Performer: Joseph Middleton.
  • Robert Schumann

    7 Songs Op.90 ; No.7; Requiem

    Performer: Mary Bevan. Performer: Joseph Middleton.
  • Henry Purcell

    Now That The Sun Hath Veiled His Light Z.193 (An Evening Hymn On A Ground)

    Performer: Mary Bevan. Performer: Joseph Middleton.
  • Frank Bridge

    Come to me in my dreams

    Singer: Mary Bevan. Performer: Joseph Middleton.
  • Hugo Wolf

    Goethe-Lieder ; No.50; Ganymed

    Performer: Mary Bevan. Performer: Joseph Middleton.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Ich Bin Der Welt Abhanden Gekommen

    Performer: Mary Bevan. Performer: Joseph Middleton.
  • Richard Strauss

    4 Lieder Op.27 ; No.4; Morgen

    Performer: Mary Bevan. Performer: Joseph Middleton.
  • Henry Purcell

    Dido's Lament

    Performer: Mary Bevan. Performer: Joseph Middleton.
  • Ronald Binge

    A Scottish Rhapsody

    Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    Vysehrad from Ma Vlast (My Country)

    Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří Rožeň.
  • Richard Strauss

    Capriccio (Prelude)

    Performer: Andrei Ioniţă. Performer: Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad. Ensemble: Calidore String Quartet.
  • Alice Mary Smith

    By the waters of Babylon

    Performer: Richard Pearce. Performer: Emma Tring. Performer: Katherine Nicholson. Performer: Ben Durrant. Performer: Jamie W. Hall. Choir: Â鶹Éç Singers. Conductor: Gabriella Teychenné.
  • Ethel Smyth

    Piano Piece in E major

    Performer: Liana Șerbescu.
    • Ethel Smyth - Complete Piano Works.
    • CPO.
    • 004.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No.25 in C Major K503

    Performer: Alim Beisembayev. Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří Rožeň.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Excerpts from Four Scottish Dances, Op. 59

    Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
  • Cecilia McDowall

    To A Nightingale

    Ensemble: Wihan Quartet.
    • Kol Nidrei: Elegy For Pamela.
    • Nimbus Alliance.
    • 4.
  • Claude Debussy

    Petite Suite

    Performer: Paul Lewis. Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Hyperion.

Broadcast

  • Mon 24 Jun 2024 13:00