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Conductor John Wilson

Petroc talks to John Wilson about conducting the Sinfonia of London Strings at their upcoming BBC Prom.

CarmenCo trio also perform live music from A Pocket Opera, a performance featuring Spanish music and roughly based on the story of Bizet’s Carmen.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Niccolò Paganini

    Moto perpetuo in C major, Op 11

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Boston Symphony Orchestra - Great Recordings.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 62.
  • Art Pepper

    Four Brothers

    • Art Pepper + Eleven: Modern Jazz Classics.
    • Original Jazz Classics.
    • 5.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Concerto no.1 in F sharp minor Op.1 for piano and orchestra; 2nd mvt Andante

    Performer: Lukáš Vondráček. Orchestra: Prague Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Tomáš Brauner.
    • SUPRAPHON.
  • Manuel de Falla

    Spanish Dance No. 1 from La Vida Breve

    Ensemble: CarmenCo Trio.
  • Dimitri Tiomkin

    The Old Man And The Sea Theme (arranged by Pete King)

    Conductor: Richard Kaufman. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • The Old Man and the Sea.
    • Intrada.
    • 36.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Scherzo (Octet in E flat major Op.20)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.
  • Johann Pachelbel

    Suite no.6 in B flat

    Orchestra: Gli Incogniti. Director: Amandine Beyer.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Georges Bizet

    Aragonaise

    Ensemble: CarmenCo Trio.
  • Georges Bizet

    L'amour est un oiseau rebelle

    Ensemble: CarmenCo.
  • Eric Coates

    March: The Dam Busters

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Eric Coates – Orchestral Works, Vol. 3.
    • Chandos.
  • Claude Debussy

    2 Arabesques: No. 1 in E Major. Andantino con moto

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Piano Book 2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 30.
  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de matin, Op 15 No 2

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • WARNER.
  • Federico García Lorca

    Canciones espanolas antiguas; no.8; Nana de Sevilla

    Ensemble: CarmenCo Trio.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance No 9 in B major, Op 72

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Dvořák: Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 & 72.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.
  • Robert Kahn

    Es war der Tag der weißen Chrysanthemen, Op. 61 No. 10

    Performer: Aleksandra Myslek. Singer: Florian Störtz.
    • Harbingers of Exile: Songs from the In-Between.
    • Delphian.
  • Cécile Chaminade

    Concertino, Op.107

    Performer: Sharon Bezaly. Orchestra: Residentie Orkest. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Great works for flute and orchestra.
    • BIS.
    • 007.
  • Lennox Berkeley

    Divertimento, Op.18: I. Prelude. Moderato

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London.
    • Ravel, Berkeley, Pounds: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 105.
  • Frank Loesser

    Guys and Dolls: Overture (extract)

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Guys and Dolls.
    • Chandos.
    • 101.
  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Notturno in G, for violin and string quartet

    Performer: Lydia Dubrovskaya. Ensemble: Diogenes Quartett.
    • CPO.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in B flat major, BWV 866

    Performer: Glenn Gould.
    • SONY.

Broadcast

  • Tue 1 Sep 202617:00

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