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Recent Presentations

19th January 2019 : January Concert 2019 (Theme: (re)Arranged)

Berio: Ritirata notturna di Madrid (1977. Arrangement of a movement from Boccherini’s Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid)

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hannu Lintu

First item in first half of Jim's Concert programme

Brahms: Piano Quartet no. 1 in G minor op. 25 (1856-61. Arranged for orchestra by Arnold Schoenberg, 1937)

Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Marc Albrecht

Second item in first half of Jim's Concert programme

Mahler: Symphony no. 4 in G major (1899–1900. Arranged for chamber ensemble by Erwin Stein, 1921)

Christiane Oelze, Festival Ensemble Spannungen — Christiane Oelze (soprano), Christian Tetzlaff, Benjamin Beilman (violins), Volker Jacobsen (viola)
Tanja Tetzlaff (cello), Alois Posch (double bass), Marie-Christine Zupancíc (flute), Blanca Gleisner (oboe)
Sharon Kam (clarinet), Mario Häring (piano), Ryoko Morooka (harmonium)
Hans-Christian Kjos Sørensen, Dirk Offelder (percussion)

Second half of Jim's Concert programme

12th January 2019 : Séamus

Mahler: Symphony no. 3: I. Kräftig. Entschieden

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Simon Rattle

1997 recording

5th January 2019 : Jim (Theme: Making Amends to Brahms)

Brahms: Hungarian Dance no. 3 in F major. Allegretto

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marek Janowski

Brahms: Hymne zur Verherrlichung des großen Joachim

Philippe Graffin, Hebe Mensinga (violins), Szymon Marciniak (double bass)

Brahms: Ballades op. 10: No. 2 in D major. Andante

Denis Kozhukin (piano)

Brahms: Vier Gesänge op. 43: I. Von ewiger Liebe

Daniel Behle (tenor), Oliver Schnyder (piano)

Brahms: Alto Rhapsody op. 53

Ann Hallenberg (mezzo-soprano), Collegium Vocale Gent, Orchestre des Champs-Elysées conducted by Philippe Herreweghe

22nd December 2018 : Roy

J.S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio BWV.248: Part III

Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano), Christoph Genz (tenor), Dietrich Henschel (bass-baritone), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists conducted by John Eliot Gardiner

Recording on DVD of the inaugural performance of the "Pilgrimage", in the Herderkirche, Weimar, December 1999

15th December 2018 : Ken

Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 2 in B flat major op. 19

Glenn Gould, Columbia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein

Recorded April 9 and 10 1957

8th December 2018 : Peadar

Grieg: Cello Sonata in C minor op. 36

Robert Cohen (cello), Roger Vignoles (piano)

1st December 2018 : Éamon

Debussy: Le Martyre de saint Sébastien: 'Mansions' IV and V

Iréne Jacob, Elizabeth Atherton, Jennifer Johnson, Tove Dahlberg, BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales conducted by Thierry Fischer

24th November 2018 : Tom F

Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C minor (Haas edition): IV. Finale. Feierlich, nicht schnell

London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Simon Rattle

On BluRay. Video recording of performance in the Barbican in London on 14th April 2016.

10th November 2018 : Séamus

Rossini: The Barber of Seville: Largo al Factotum from Act I Scene I & most of Act I Scene II of opera

Cecilia Bartoli, Gino Quilico, David Kuebler, Robert Lloyd, Carlos Feller, Radio Symphony Orchestra of Stuttgart conducted by Gabriele Ferro

On DVD. From the 1988 Schwetzingen Festival. For Rossini Day: 13th November is the 150th Anniversary of the composer's death.

3rd November 2018 : David W

Tchaikovsky: Concert Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra op. 56

Mikhail Pletnev, Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Vladimir Fedoseyev

For Tchikovsky Day: 6th November is the 125th Anniversary of the composer's death.