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Recent Presentations

20th July 2024 : Jim (Theme: Lutosławski Symphonies — 1)

Lutoslawski: Symphony no. 1 (1947)

Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hannu Lintu

Lutoslawski: Variations on a Theme by Paganini (1941)

Martha Argerich, Evgeny Kissin (pianos)

Recorded at the Verbier Festival in 2011

13th July 2024 : July Concert 2024

Handel: Jephta (Dramatic Oratorio): Act 2 – Scene 1 (conclusion), Scenes 2 to 4; Act 3 – Beginning of Scene 1

John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Michael George (bass), Christiane Oelze (soprano), RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin conducted by Marcus Creed

Séamus's 1st-half Concert choice. Recorded in June 1992 in the Kirche ‘Zur frohen Botschaft’, Berlin-Karlshorst.

Bruckner: Symphony no. 4 in E flat major ('Romantic', 1880/81 version)

Munich Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Christian Thielemann

Séamus's 2nd-half Concert choice. On DVD. Live performance recorded in the Baden-Baden Festspielhaus in 2008.

6th July 2024 : Tom F

Elgar: Symphony No. 1 in A flat major op. 55: 1st and 3rd movements

Hallé Orchestra conducted by John Barbirolli

1957 recording. Remastered 2020.

29th June 2024 : Ken

Britten: Violin Concerto op. 15

Isabelle Faust, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jakub Hrůša

Harmonia Mundi live recording in the Munich Isarphilharmonie, 28/29 October 2021. Released in 2024.

15th June 2024 : David W (Theme: Instrumental combination)

Schumann: Märchenerzählungen op. 132: Movements III and IV

Joaquin Valdepeñas (clarinet), Rivka Golani (viola), Bernadene Blaha (piano)

Bruch: Concerto in E minor for Clarinet, Viola and Orchestra op. 88

Paul Meyer (clarinet), Gérard Caussé (viola), Lyon Opera Orchestra conducted by Kent Nagano

Bruch: Eight Pieces for Clarinet, Viola and Piano op. 83: No. 7

Paul Meyer (clarinet), Gérard Caussé (viola), François-René Duchable (piano)

Items 2 and 3 appear on a 1990 Erato recording

8th June 2024 : Ron

Mozart: 'Don Giovanni': FInal scene of Opera

Soloists, including Philippe Sly (baritone), Le Cercle de l'Harmonie conducted by Jérémie Rhorer

Stage DIrector: Jean-François Sivadier. Recorded in Théâtre de l'Archevêché during the 2017 Aix-en-Provence Festival.

1st June 2024 : Séamus (Theme: In memory of Maurizio Pollini)

Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor S.178

Maurizio Pollini

1990 DG recording. Maurizio Pollini died on 23rd March 2024.

25th May 2024 : Tom F

Bruckner: Symphony no. 5 in C minor

New Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Otto Klemperer

1973 recording re-mastered in high-resolution in 2023