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15th February 2020 : Jim

Beethoven: Leonore (op. 72a, 1805 version) : Overture (Leonore No. 2)

Freiburger Barockorchester conducted by René Jacobs

Recorded in November 2017

Beethoven: Fantasia in C minor for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra op. 80 (‘Choral Fantasy’)

Bertrand Chamayou (Pleyel piano from 1892), Sandrine Piau, Kristina Vahrenkamp (sopranos), Anaïk Morel (contralto), Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Jean-François Chiama (tenors), Florian Sempey (baritone), Accentus (chorus master Marc Korovitch), Insula Orchestra conducted by Laurence Equilbey

Recorded live in April 2017

8th February 2020 : Ken

Sibelius: Symphony no. 1 in E minor op. 39: 1st, 3rd and 4th Movements

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Santtu-Matias Rouvali

2018 recording

25th January 2020 : Peadar

Schumann: Symphony no. 3 in E flat major op. 97 ('Rhenish')

Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique conducted by John Eliot Gardiner

1997 recording

18th January 2020 : Séamus

Verdi: 'La Forza del Destino': Act II, Scene 2

Maria Callas, Richard Tucker, Carlo Tagliabue, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Renato Capecchi, Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala Milan conducted by Tullio Serafin

1955 (mono) recording

11th January 2020 : January Concert 2020

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 4 in G minor op. 40

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Ettore Grocis

1957 recording. Éamon's first item in first half of Concert programme.

Scarlatti: 2 Piano Sonatas – In C minor K.11 and in C major K.159

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)

Éamon's second item in first half of Concert programme.

Chopin: 2 Mazurkas – In G minor op. 33 no. 1 and in G sharp minor op. 33 no. 4

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)

Éamon's third item in first half of Concert programme.

Ravel: Homage à Rameau (from Images, Set 1)

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)

Éamon's fourth item in first half of Concert programme. Items 2 to 4 (on DVD) were part of a recital filmed in Paris on 5th January 1965. The first half of the Concert was a tribute to Michelangeli who was born 100 years ago, on 5th January 1920.

Schubert: Symphony in C major D.944 (The Great')

Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Maxim Emelyanychev

Roy's (2nd-half) contribution to Concert programme. 2019 recording.

4th January 2020 : Roy

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

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

14th December 2019 : Séamus

Beethoven: Piano Trio in B flat major op. 97 ('Archduke')

Andre Previn (piano), Viktoria Mullova (violin), Heinrich Schiff (cello)

1995 recording

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