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Joyce DiDonato, Paul McCreesh

Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato joins presenter Sean Rafferty as a special guest and performs music from her new album Eden, live in the studio.

Superstar mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato joins presenter Sean Rafferty as a special guest and performs music from her new album Eden, live in the studio, with conductor Maxim Emelyanychev and musicians from Il Pomo d'Oro, ahead of her mini-residency. Plus conductor Paul McCreesh joins us ahead of his concert with the Royal Northern Sinfonia in music by written by Elgar, Parry and Vaughan Williams for English coronations.

2 hours

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Ombra mai fu (Serse)

    Performer: Joyce DiDonato. Orchestra: Il Pomo d’Oro.
  • Florence Price

    Symphony no.3 in C minor (Juba)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Libertango

    Ensemble: Quinteto Nuevo.
    • Astor Piazzolla: The Soul of Tango, Greatest Hits.
    • Milan.
    • 6.
  • Biagio Marini

    Con le stelle in ciel che mai

    Performer: Joyce DiDonato. Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Academic Festival Overture

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Pierre Monteux.
    • Decca.
  • Francesco Cavalli

    Piante Ombrose (Le Calisto)

    Performer: Joyce DiDonato. Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita no.1 in B flat major BWV.825 (Praeludium)

    Performer: Sir András Schiff.
    • Decca.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita No 1 in B flat, BWV 825: Allemande

    Performer: Sir András Schiff.
    • DECCA.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 101 in D major, 'The Clock' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.
    • Linn.
  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    5 Preludes (no.3 in A minor)

    Performer: Julian Bream.
    • SONY.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Chers Tyriens, tant de nobles travaux (Les Troyens, Act 3)

    Performer: Joyce DiDonato. Choir: Choeur Philharmonique de Strasbourg. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg. Choir: Chœur de l'Opéra national du Rhin. Choir: Badisches State Opera Chorus. Conductor: John Nelson.
    • Erato.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Polonaise in A flat major Op.53 'Eroica'

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Chopin: Polonaises: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Ich atmet' einen linden Duft (Ruckert-Lieder)

    Performer: Joyce DiDonato. Performer: Maxim Emelyanychev.

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  • Mon 4 Apr 2022 17:00

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