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Eliane Correa, Juanita Euka, and Las Salseras perform the music of Celia Cruz

Katie Derham speaks to John Fulljames & Laura Tunbridge about Oxford's new Schwarzman Centre, and chats to Dobrinka Tabakova. Plus, live music from Eliane Correa and Las Salseras.

Katie Derham presents live music from pianist Eliane Correa who performs with singer Juanita Euka and members of Las Salseras, a 10-piece salsa orchestra made up of the UK's leading female salsa musicians. They will be performing as part of La Linea, London's Latin music festival, with a tribute to the iconic Cuban singer, Celia Cruz.
Katie also chats to director John Fulljames and musicologist Laura Tunbridge about the brand new Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre, a new world-class centre for the Arts and Humanities in Oxford.
Also, Dobrinka Tabakova joins Katie in the studio ahead of the BBC Music Magazine 2026 Awards tonight, as she is nominated for the Premiere Award.

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Music Played

  • Georges Bizet

    Carillon (L'Arlésienne Suite No 1)

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Bizet: L'Arlésienne Suites Nos.1 & 2; Carmen Suite.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata No 7 in C minor, Op 30 No 2 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Yehudi Menuhin. Performer: Wilhelm Kempff.
    • Yehudi Menuhin - In Memoriam.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Sun Triptych: II. Day

    Performer: Roman Mints. Performer: Kristina Blaumane. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Dobrinka Tabakova.
    • Tabakova: Sun Triptych.
    • ECM New Series.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in G major RV.151 'Concerto Alla Rustica'

    Ensemble: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.
    • Avie.
  • Ramón Cabrera

    Tu Voz

    Performer: Eliane Correa. Performer: Juanita Euka. Performer: Alley Lloyd. Performer: Lilli Elina.
  • Jean Sibelius

    The Swan of Tuonela (Lemminkainen Suite)

    Conductor: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hannu Lintu.
    • Winter with Sibelius.
    • ONDINE.
    • 2.
  • Antônio Carlos

    Usted Abusó

    Composer: Jocáfi. Performer: Eliane Correa. Performer: Juanita Euka. Performer: Alley Lloyd. Performer: Lilli Elina.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Bergamasca (Ancient Airs and Dances)

    Orchestra: Sinfonia 21. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Respighi: Ancient Airs & Dances.
    • Chandos.
    • 14.
  • Herbert Spencer

    Underneath The Stars

    Music Arranger: Josef Pasternack. Performer: Charlie Siem. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Goodwin.
    • Under The Stars.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 01.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    The Great Gate of Kiev (Pictures at an Exhibition)

    Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • ONYX.
  • Victor Daniel

    La Vida Es Un Carnaval

    Performer: Eliane Correa. Performer: Juanita Euka. Performer: Alley Lloyd. Performer: Lilli Elina.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Rachel Beckett. Performer: Marion Scott. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Director: Monica Huggett.
    • J.S. Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 3.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Après un rêve (3 Songs Op 7 No 1)

    Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: Jonathan Ware. Music Arranger: Timothy Ridout.
    • Alto appassionato.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 8.
  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Serenade for Strings, Op 48 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Ensemble. Conductor: Jonathan Morton.
    • Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings, Op. 48 - & Shostakovich: String Quartet, Op..
    • Linn Records.
    • 4.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No 30 in E major, Op 109 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Opus 109 (Beethoven _ Bach _ Schubert).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 13.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La Traviata - opera in 3 acts: Act 1, no.6c; Sempre libera - SUNG IN ENGLISH

    Singer: Valerie Masterson. Singer: John Brecknock. Orchestra: English National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Schön Rosmarin

    Performer: Ray Chen. Performer: Julien Quentin.
    • The Golden Age.
    • DECCA.
    • 8.
  • Frank Ticheli

    Earth Song for chorus

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • After Silence.
    • Voces8 Records.
  • Florence Price

    Piano Sonata in E Minor (Arr. for Wind Quintet): 2nd mvt Andante

    Music Arranger: Jelte Althuis. Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet.
    • An American Rhapsody.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 12.

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