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John chats with Cameron Menzies about an upcoming performance of La bohème, which is also the subject of his Classical Connection
We have live music from Finghin Collins performing Stanford with Ulster Orchestra.

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach & Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046: I.

  • Eric Coates & Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

    Coates: The Dam Busters (Arr. Duthoit)

  • Giacomo Puccini & Leontyne Price

    La bohème: Act II: Quando me'n vo' (Musetta's Waltz)

  • Astor Piazzolla & Alison Balsom

    Oblivion (Arr. Barker & Balsom for Trumpet and Orchestra)

  • Jacques Offenbach, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Ben Gernon

    Les contes d'Hoffmann, Act III: Barcarolle

  • John Williams

    Flying Theme (From E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial)

  • George Gershwin & Nicholas McCarthy

    Summertime (Arr. McCarthy for Piano)

  • Anton Bruckner & VOCES8

    Bruckner: Locus iste, WAB 23

  • Franz Lehár

    Schön wie die blaue Sommernacht (From 'Giuditta')

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Singer: Nikola Hillebrand. Orchestra: Hungarian State Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Dirk Kaftan.

  • Alessandro Marcello, Emma Kirkby & Clare Shanks

    Marcello: Oboe Concerto in D minor S.Z799: 2. Adagio (feat. Michael Copley, Academy of Ancient Music & Christopher Hogwood)

  • Charles Gounod & Fatma Said

    Je veux vivre (Roméo et Juliette)

  • Ernest Chausson, Josep Fuster & Isabel Hernández

    Andante et allegro: II. Allegro assai

  • Karl Goldmark

    Magische Töne, berauschender Duft (From 'Die Königin von Saba')

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Singer: Nikola Hillebrand. Orchestra: Hungarian State Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Dirk Kaftan.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford, Finghin Collins & Jac van Steen

    Piano Concerto No.2, Finale (feat. Ulster Orchestra)

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Adagio and Rondo for Glass Harmonica, Flute, Oboe, Viola, & Cello in C Minor, K. 617: 2. Rondo

    Ensemble: Amadeus Quartet. Ensemble: Ensemble Wien-Berlin. Conductor: James Levine.

  • Alexis Ffrench

    Suddenly

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina & I Fagiolini

    Dum complerentur

  • Joep Beving

    Elysium

  • George Frideric Handel, Irish Baroque Orchestra & Peter Whelan

    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: No. 9, O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion (feat. Irish Baroque Choir)

Broadcast

  • Yesterday19:03
    BBC Radio Foyle & BBC Radio Ulster