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Prokofiev's Cinderella

Prokofiev's ballet score Cinderella from Stuttgart, and new recordings from the BBC Singers and BBC Philharmonic.

Ian Skelly introduces the perfect afternoon of classical music, including live concert recordings from the BBC's ensembles and from around Europe.

Prokofiev's ballet score to the classic fairy tale of Cinderella takes the 3pm spotlight, in a recording from the SWR Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart, with the Finnish conductor Dima Slobodeniouk. Also today, a Mozart symphony from Salzburg, Evgeny Kissin plays Rachmaninov in Rome, new recordings from the BBC Singers, and Ben Gernon conducts the BBC Philharmonic in a recent studio recording of Brahms's Variations on the St Anthony chorale.

Including:

Rachmaninov: Lilacs, op. 21/5
Evgeny Kissin, piano

Berlioz: Le Corsaire - overture (Op.21)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thierry Fischer, conductor

Alan Bullard: Peace in the World (2nd movement of cycle ‘Images of Peace’)
BBC Singers
Grace Rossiter, conductor

c.2.20pm
Mozart: Symphony No. 30 in D, K.202/186b
Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi, conductor

Chopin: Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise brillante in E flat, op. 22
Ryan Martin Bradshaw, piano
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Marek Sedivy, conductor

3pm
Prokofiev: Cinderella, Op.87, ballet music
SWR Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor

Kristina Arakelyan: An ode to the world
BBC Singers
Sofi Jeannin, conductor

Tchaikovsky: Voyevoda
BBC Philharmonic
Juanjo Mena, conductor

c.16.05pm
Brahms: Variations on the St Antony Chorale
BBC Philharmonic
Ben Gernon, conductor

2 hours, 31 minutes

Last on

Mon 19 Jun 2023 14:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Johann Strauss II

    Tarantella (Cinderella)

    Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • DECCA.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Lilacs Op.21`5

    Performer: Evgeny Kissin.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Le Corsaire - overture (Op.21)

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.
    • GBBBC.

  • Alan Bullard

    Images of Peace - Peace in the world

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Grace Rossiter.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 30 in D, K.202/186b

    Orchestra: Europa Galante. Director: Fabio Biondi.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise brillante in E flat, op. 22

    Performer: Ryan Martin Bradshaw. Orchestra: Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marek Sedivy.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Cinderella, op. 87, ballet music

    Orchestra: SWR Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart. Conductor: Dima Slobodeniouk.

  • Kristina Arakelyan

    An ode to the world

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Voyevoda

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    In dulci jubilo, BWV 729

    Performer: Ton Koopman.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Variations on the St Antony Chorale

    Performer: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Ben Gernon.

  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Concerto à 5 in D major, Op 9 No 7 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Andrew Manze. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Albinoni: 12 concertos, op.9: Academy of Ancient Music, Hogwood.
    • Decca.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Mon 19 Jun 2023 14:00
    BBC Radio 3