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Alexandra Dariescu and Susan Wokoma

Pianist Alexandra Dariescu plays live on In Tune ahead of the release of her latest album, A Child's Dream.
Katie Derham chats to BAFTA Breakthrough Brit writer, actor and director Susan Wokoma about writing the book for the new National Youth Theatre musical 'Handel and Hendrix'.

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Music Played

  • Carl Filtsch

    Mazurka in E flat minor (Premières pensées musicales, Op 3)

    Performer: Alexandra Dariescu.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Double Concerto in D minor BWV 1043 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Gottfried von der Goltz. Performer: Petra Müllejans. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Jessica Horsley

    colours of light's sound (Engelsmusik)

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 70 in D major H.1.70 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Haydn: Sinfonien Nos. 60 "Il distratto", 70 & 90.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.

  • Henryk Wieniawski

    Capriccio-Valse in E major, Op 7

    Performer: Jascha Heifetz. Performer: Brooks Smith.
    • The Magic of Jascha Heifetz.
    • Masterworks.
    • 13.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Czech Suite (Polka)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: José Serebrier.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Henryk Mikołaj Górecki

    Totus tuus

    Choir: Exultate Singers. Director: David Ogden.
    • Panufnik/Vaughan Williams/Tavener/Gorecki: All shall be well: Exultate Singers.
    • Naxos.

  • Emmy Schäfer Klein

    A Child's Dream

    Performer: Alexandra Dariescu.

  • Leokadiya Kashperova

    Songs Without Words No 5

    Performer: Alexandra Dariescu. Music Arranger: Graham Griffiths.

  • James Lee III

    Humble Birth

    Performer: Alexandra Dariescu.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Orchestra: Consort of London. Conductor: Robert Haydon Clark.
    • Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves/Lark Ascending etc: Consort of London.
    • 1.

  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez (1st mvt)

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Milos Karadaglic - Aranjuez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Tudor Ciortea

    Romanian Dance

    Performer: Alexandra Dariescu.

  • Jean‐Baptiste Lully

    Atys, LWV 53: Prologue (extract)

    Lyricist: Philippe Quinault. Singer: Virginie Thomas. Singer: Éléonore Pancrazi. Singer: David Witczak. Orchestra: Les Ambassadeurs ~ La Grande Écurie. Choir: Les Pages et les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles. Conductor: Alexis Kossenko.
    • Lully: Atys.
    • Alpha Classics.

  • Samara Joy

    Autumn Nocturne

    • Portrait.
    • Verve.
    • 3.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Simple Symphony (2nd mvt, Playful pizzicato)

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Steuart Bedford.
    • Benjamin Britten: Temporal Variations: Northern Sinfonia, Daniel, Wyn-Rogers, Du.
    • Collins Digital.

  • George Frideric Handel

    For unto us a child is born (Messiah)

    Choir: The English Concert Choir. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: John Nelson.
    • Handel: Messiah, HWV 56.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 12.

  • Naomi Hammerton

    Home (Handel and Hendrix)

    Performer: Handel and Hendrix Cast.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in A Major Op.6`11 (Allegro)

    Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Director: Bernhard Forck.
    • Handel: 12 Concerti grossi, Op. 6 Nos. 7-12.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 505.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.3 in E flat major Op.55 'Eroica' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • The Beethoven Symphonies: Live from the Edinburgh Festival.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Trio in A minor Op.114 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Paul Watkins. Performer: Ian Brown.
    • Brahms: Cello Sonatas/Clarinet Trio.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.

Broadcast

  • Monday17:00
    BBC Radio 3

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