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Recent Presentations

14th March 2020 : David W

Beethoven: String Quartet no. 2 in G major op. 18 no. 2

Tokyo Quartet

1993 recording

7th March 2020 : Dermot (Theme: A tribute to Mariss Jansons)

Wagner: 'Lohengrin' – Prelude to Act I of opera

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mariss Jansons

Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite (1911 version)

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mariss Jansons

Mariss Jansons died on 30th November 2019

29th February 2020 : Séamus

Saint-Saëns: Piano Quartet in B flat major op. 41

Quatuor Kandinsky

1993 recording

22nd February 2020 : Éamon

Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 21 in C major op. 53 ('Waldstein')

Richard Goode

Beethoven: Andante favori in F major WoO 57

Alfredo Perl (piano)

The Andante favori was the original second movement of the Waldstein Sonata

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