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Recent Presentations

7th December 2019 : Jim

Weinberg: Piano Trio in A minor op. 24 (1945)

Gidon Kremer (violin), Yulianna Avdeena (piano), Giedré Dirbanauskaité (cello)

Recorded in Latvia in September 2018.

30th November 2019 : Éamon

Brahms: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel op. 24

Rudolf Serkin (piano)

1979 recording

23rd November 2019 : Tom F (Theme: Remembering Remembrance Sunday)

Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen op. 53 (study for 23 solo strings)

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

16th November 2019 : Peadar

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor op. 18

Hélène Grimaud, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Jesús Lopez-Cobos

CD release from 2010

9th November 2019 : Ken

Ethel Mary Smyth: Mass in D major: Sanctus, Benedictus, Gloria

Susanna Hurrell (soprano), Catriona Morison (mezzo-soprano), Den John son (tenor, Duncan Rock (baritone), BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Sakari Oramo

26th October 2019 : Séamus

Paganini: Violin Concerto no. 1 in D op. 6

Itzhak Perlman, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Lawrence Foster

1971 recording

19th October 2019 : Éamon

Prokofiev: Violin Concerto no. 2 in G minor op. 63

David Oistrakh, Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Alceo Galliera

Recorded in May 1958

12th October 2019 : October Concert 2019 (Theme: Beethoven Old and New)

Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major op. 61 (1806)

Arthur Grumiaux, New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Alceo Galliera

Jim's (first-half) contribution to Concert programme. 1966 Philips recording. Actual date and recording venue unknown.

Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 in D minor op. 125 ('Choral', 1822-24)

Camilla Nylund (soprano), Gerhild Romberger (alto), Klaus Florian Vogt (tenor), Georg Zeppenfeld (bass), Wiener Singverein, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Andris Nelsons

Tom F's (2nd-half) contribution to Concert programme. Recorded in Vienna in the Musikverein, Großer Saal, on 8–13 May 2018. Part of a new set of the complete Beethoven symphonies released by DG in October 2019 to mark the 250th Anniversary of the birth of Beethoven in 2020.

5th October 2019 : Roy

Richard Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder

Jessye Norman (soprano), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig conducted by Kurt Mazur

Recorded in June 1982. Presented as a tribute to Jessye Norman, who died on 30th September

28th September 2019 : Séamus

Beethoven: Symphony no. 1 in C major op. 21

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan

First outing for the 1st Symphony as a presentation. 1971 video recording transferred to DVD.

Beethoven: 'Fidelio': 'O welche Lust!' (Prisoners' Chorus from Act I of opera).

Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Otto Klemperer

The classic recording from 1961.