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Antonio Pappano, Santtu Matias-Rouvali, Sally Matthews and Simon Lepper

Sean Rafferty talks to Antonio Pappano, who leads the Coronation Orchestra, and conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali, and soprano Sally Matthews and pianist Simon Lepper perform live.

Conductor Antonio Pappano will lead the Coronation Orchestra at Westminster Abbey on May 6, during the service for the coronation of King Charles III. As he also launches his last season as Music Director of the Royal Opera House, he talks to Sean Rafferty tonight.

Finnish conductor and percussionist Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Principal Conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra, talks to Sean Rafferty ahead of his concerts in London and Leicester.

And British soprano Sally Matthews performs live, accompanied by pianist Simon Lepper, ahead of their recital at the Wigmore Hall, in London.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Il Signor Bruschino (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song without Words Op. 53 no. 3

    Performer: Peter Donohoe.
    • Chandos.
  • Vittorio Monti

    Czardas

    Performer: Avi Avital. Performer: Richard Galliano.
    • Avi Avital - Between Worlds.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 18.
  • Nigel Hess

    Piano Concerto 2nd mvt

    Performer: Lang Lang. Orchestra: London Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Warren‐Green.
    • UCJ.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No 1 in G minor

    Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.
    • Brahms: Haydn Variations etc: Robin Ticciati.
    • Tudor.
    • 17.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    España

    Ensemble: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Musicales Actes Sud.
  • Umberto Giordano

    Un dì, all'azzuro spazio (Andrea Chenier)

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Verismo Arias: Jonas Kaufmann, Antonio Pappano.
    • Decca.
    • 2.
  • William Walton

    Crown Imperial

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Walton: The Centenary Edition: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Litton.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Act I: No. 8, Dance of the Goblets from Swan Lake, Op. 20 (Excerpts)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
    • Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake.
    • Signum Records.
    • 5.
  • George Gershwin

    Gershwin: Porgy and Bess - Bess, You Is My Woman Now (Arr. Heifetz for Violin an

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Zhu Wang. Lyricist: Ira Gershwin. Lyricist: DuBose Heyward. Lyricist: Dorothy Heyward.
    • Roots.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.
  • Hugo Wolf

    Verborgenheit (from Mörike-Lieder)

    Performer: Sally Matthews. Performer: Simon Lepper.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Après un rêve

    Performer: María Dueñas. Performer: Itamar Golan.
    • Fauré: 3 Songs, Op. 7: I. Après un rêve (Version for Violin and Piano).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Rückert Lieder, No. 2: Liebst du um Schönheit

    Performer: Sally Matthews. Performer: Simon Lepper.
  • Johannes Brahms

    6 Lieder, Op. 86, No. 1: Therese

    Performer: Sally Matthews. Performer: Simon Lepper.
  • Hugo Wolf

    Auf ein altes Bild (from Mörike-Lieder)

    Performer: Sally Matthews. Performer: Simon Lepper.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto in G minor after BWV 1056

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • Rachel Podger, Brecon Baroque - J.S. Bach violin concertos.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 7.
  • Karol Szymanowski

    Etude in E flat minor Op.4 no.1

    Performer: Cédric Tiberghien.
    • Hyperion.
  • Hubert Parry

    I was Glad

    Music Arranger: Grayston Ives. Choir: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Performer: Daniel Cook. Ensemble: Onyx Brass. Conductor: James O’Donnell.
    • Hyperion.

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  • Wed 26 Apr 2023 17:00

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