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Radio 3,03 Mar 2026,176 mins

The Armed Man - A Mass for Peace from Germany

Classical Live

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Al Ryan with concert recordings of distinctive settings of the church mass, today with music by Karl Jenkins - his immensely popular intercultural Mass for Peace, The Armed Man. Plus further highlights from the recent Belfast International Chamber Music Festival. Today an arrangement of a baroque masterpiece performed by trombonist Peter Moore plus pianist Jeneba Kannah-Mason playing music by William Grant Still and Florence Price Johannes Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat, Op. 83 Vadym Kholodenko (piano) Norwegian Radio Symphony Orchestra Leslie Suganandarajah (conductor) Belfast International Chamber Music Festival: Johann Sebastian Bach Oboe Concerto in D Minor (after Marcello, arr. Ralph Sauer) Peter Moore (trombone) Zeynep Özsuca (piano) Maurice Ravel Tombeau de Couperin Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Budapest János Kovács (conductor) Karl Jenkins The Armed Man - An Intercultural Peace Mass Nabil Al Chalabi (muezzin) Beth Taylor (mezzo-soprano) Arcis Vocalists Munich Munich Radio Orchestra Anu Tali (conductor) Belfast International Chamber Music Festival: William Grant Still Summerland Florence Price Fantasie Nègre No 1 Jeneba Kannah-Mason (piano)

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat, Op. 83
    Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat, Op. 83
    Johannes Brahms
  3. 2.
    Oboe Concerto in D minor (after Marcello)
    Oboe Concerto in D minor (after Marcello)
    Johann Sebastian Bach
  4. 3.
    Le Tombeau de Couperin
    Le Tombeau de Couperin
    Maurice Ravel
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