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Simon Halsey, Mona Golabek, Elisso Bolkvadze

In Tune

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. With pianist Elisso Bolkvadze, CBSO choral director Simon Halsey and pianist/author Mona Golabek.

Sean Rafferty presents a lively mix of music, chat and arts news, with guests including pianist and author of 'The Children of Willesden Lane', Mona Golabek, performing live as she brings the stage version to St James Theatre in London. City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Choral Director, Simon Halsey joins Sean to discuss his upcoming projects and there's more live music from Georgian pianist and past winner of the Van Cliburn Competition, Elisso Bolkvadze as she prepares for a concert at Cadogan Hall.

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Tue 19 Jan 2016 16:30

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Gabriel Fauré

Cantique de Jean Racine arr Rutter
Music Arranger: John Rutter. Choir: Rundfunkchor Berlin. Orchestra: Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin. Conductor: Simon Halsey.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
Claude Debussy

Clair de lune
Performer: Mona Golabek.
Johann Sebastian Bach

Partita no.1 in Bb BWV825 - Gigue
Performer: Mona Golabek.
Amilcare Ponchielli

The Meeting
Performer: Daniel Ottensamer. Performer: Ernst Ottensamer. Ensemble: Wiener Virtuosen.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
Sergey Rachmaninov

Prelude in C# minor Op.3 no.2
Performer: Mona Golabek.
Percy Grainger

The Brisk Young Sailor (A Lincolnshire Posy)
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
- EMI.
George Frideric Handel

Suite in D major HWV.341 for orchestra: Gigue - Allegro
Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
- Sound the Trumpet.
- EMI Classics.
- 18.
Jonathan Dove

From all the jails (There was a Child)
Conductor: Simon Halsey. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Choir: CBSO Chorus. Choir: City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus. Choir: City of Birmingham Symphony Children's Chorus. Singer: Joan Rodgers. Singer: Toby Spence.
- Dove: There Was A Child: CBSO, Spence, Rodgers, Halsey.
- Signum Classics.
- 4.
Joseph Haydn

The heavens are telling the glory of God (The Creation)
Singer: Arleen Augér. Singer: Philip Langridge. Singer: David Thomas. Choir: CBSO Chorus. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
- Warner.
Ralph Vaughan Williams

Oboe Concerto in A minor (2nd mvt)
Performer: Stephane Rancourt. Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
- Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony & Oboe Concerto.
- HALLE.
- 6.
Johann Christian Bach

Symphony in E flat (Sieber 1773 No. 2)
Orchestra: The Hanover Band. Conductor: Anthony Halstead.
- CPO.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Piano Sonata in Bb K570 - 1st movement
Performer: Elisso Bolkvadze.
Camille Saint‐Saëns

Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix (Samson et Dalila)
Singer: Angela Gheorghiu. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marco Armiliato.
- EMI.
Johann Sebastian Bach

Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Aria)
Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Thomas Gould.
- Harmonia Mundi.
Michel Sogny

Entrevisions
Performer: Elisso Bolkvadze.
Schubert

Impromptu in Eb Op.90 no.2
Performer: Elisso Bolkvadze.
Umberto Giordano

Andrea Chenier - Act 4; Vicino a te s'acqueta [aria]
Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Choir: Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
- Verismo Arias: Jonas Kaufmann, Antonio Pappano.
- Decca.
- 17.
Henry Purcell

Moonlight on the Green - Scotch Tune
Composer: James Oswald. Ensemble: Concerto Caledonia.
- Purcell's Revenge - Sweeter Than Roses?.
- Delphian.
- 1.