Tom Service talks to Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
Tom Service talks to the legendary soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa as she celebrates both her 80th birthday and the 21st anniversary of her Foundation, supporting young artists.
Tom Service talks to the legendary soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa as she celebrates both her 80th birthday and the 21st anniversary of her Foundation, which supports young artists. He also talks to the pioneering composer, Annea Lockwood, about mapping the Housatonic River in sound.
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Dame Kiri Te Kanawa speaks to Tom about her life in opera and what makes a great operatic voice and what she’s looking for in new singers for her Foundation. She also talks about her recent recognition in the New Zealand Parliament and her Maori heritage.
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Tom speaks to Charisse Beaumont, the CEO of Black Lives in Music, and Hillary Juma, a collaborator with Attitude is Everything, about putting into action the key findings of the Unseen, Unheard report, which explores the experiences of Black British disabled music creators and professionals. The soprano Victoria Oruwari, who was the soloist in the Paraorchestra's performances of Hannah Peel's Unfolding, talks about her own experiences working alongside professional orchestras.
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The pioneering New Zealand born composer, Annea Lockwood, talks to Tom about her Sound Map of the Housatonic River, which is part of the South Bank Centre Festival, Sounds Within Sound. She talks about the sounds that she is searching for in her field recordings and how she draws people into the sounds within sounds.
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Gustav Holst
Jupiter, Bringer of Jollity (The Planets)
Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.- HELIOS.
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Einojuhani Rautavaara
Danza (from Notturno e Danza)
Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland.- Nordic Rhapsody.
- BIS.
- 501.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-Flat Major, K. 271 "Jeunehomme": I. Allegro
Conductor: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.- Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 "Jeunehomme" & 18.
- Warner Classics.
- 1.
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Avishai Cohen
Remembering
Performer: Sean Shibe.- PENTATONE.
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César Franck
Symphony in D minor: III. Finale: Allegro non troppo
Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin. Orchestra: Orchestre Métropolitain.- Schmitt: La Tragédie de Salome Franck: Symphonie en ré.
- ATMA Classique.
- 6.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Quartet in C major Op.59`3 (Rasumovsky) for strings: 4th mvt; Allegro molto (finale)
Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.- Belcea Quartet - Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets.
- Zig Zag Territories.
- 8.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Prelude in C Major, Op 87 No 1
Performer: Igor Levit.- On DSCH.
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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Alessandro Marcello
Oboe Concerto in D minor
Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Ensemble: New Seasons Ensemble.- In Venice: Albrecht Mayer.
- Decca.
- 8-10.
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Kiri Te Kanawa
Karu karu (Expectation)
Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.- SONY.
- 88883781702.
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Kiri Te Kanawa
Le Nozze di Figaro - opera in 4 acts K.492: Act 3, no.19a; E Susanna non vien [recitative]. No.19b; Dove sono [Aria]
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.- Decca.
- 410-1502.
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Franz Schubert
Symphony No 9 in C major, D944 'The Great': Andante - Allegro ma non troppo
Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.- Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 8 'unfinished' & 9 'the Great'.
- DG.
- 3.
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Sylvius Leopold Weiss
Passacaglia
Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.- Passacaglia.
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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Giya Kancheli
The Eccentrics (Miniatures)
Performer: Andrea Cortesi. Performer: Marco Venturi.- Miniatures for Violin and Piano.
- Brilliant Classics.
- 1.
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Richard Wagner
Wesendonck Lieder: No. 1, Der Engel
Music Arranger: Felix Mottl. Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev. Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro.- Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder.
- Warner Classics.
- 1.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat Major, BWV 1051: III. Allegro
Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.- J.S. Bach: Six Brandenburg Concertos.
- Linn Records.
- 19.
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Claude Debussy
Arabesque no.1 in E major
Performer: Simon Trpceski.- Debussy: Images/Children's Corner etc: Simon Trpceski.
- EMI Classics.
- 2.
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հä
Morning Nightcap
Performer: Daniel Hope. Music Arranger: Lúnasa. Ensemble: Lúnasa.- DG.
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Paraorchestra
The Universe before Matter (from The Unfolding)
Conductor: Charles Hazlewood.- REAL WORLD.
- 00884108010501.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 92 in G Major, Hob. I:92 "Oxford": I. Adagio - Allegro spiritoso
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.- Haydn: Symphonies Nos 88-92 & Sinfonia Concertante.
- Warner Classics.
- 5.
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John Lennon
Norwegian Wood / Greensleeves - medley
Composer: Paul McCartney. Ensemble: Lautten Compagney.- SONY.
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Joe Hisaishi
Viola Saga: Movement 2
Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker.- DG.
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Nikolai Karlovich Medtner
Fairy Tale in E flat major, Op 26 No 2 (Four Fairy Tales)
Performer: Daniil Trifonov.- DG.
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Maurice Ravel
Daphnis et Chloé: Part 3
Choir: Sinfonia of London Chorus. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.- Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (Complete Ballet).
- Chandos.
- 14.
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