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Katie Derham celebrates the 60th anniversary of Brighton Festival from BBC Radio Sussex, with music from pianist Sherri Lun and an interview with conductor Joanna MacGregor.

Katie Derham celebrates the 60th anniversary of Brighton Festival with music and conversation with festival artists, live from BBC Radio Sussex.

Conductor, pianist and composer Joanna MacGregor talks to Katie about her Brighton Festival concert with the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra performing Shostakovich's 10th Symphony, accompanied by a dream-like film directed by artist William Kentridge, featuring collage, puppets and masked actors.
Pianist Sherri Lun performs music by Bach, Ravel and Ponce ahead of her lunchtime recital at Brighton Dome Studio Theatre.
Katie talks to Brighton Festival Chief Executive Lucy Davies about the highlights of their 60th edition, and visits the Brighton Festival Chorus as they rehearse for a performance of Bach's St John Passion.

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Mon 4 May 202617:00
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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.40 in G minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Douglas Boyd.
    • Avie Records.

  • Angélique Kidjo

    Aisha

    • OYO (Deluxe Edition).
    • Razor & Tie.
    • 17.

  • John Glover-Kind

    I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside

    Performer: Reginald Dixon.
    • Farewell, Mr. Blackpool.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony no.1 in D major Op.25 'Classical' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Prokofiev: 7 Symphonies: Berliner Philharmoniker/Ozawa.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639

    Performer: Sherri Lun. Music Arranger: Ferruccio Busoni.

  • Frank Bridge

    Summer

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Phillips.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Waltzes Nos. 3-7 (Valse nobles et sentimentales)

    Performer: Sherri Lun.

  • Rebecca Dale

    Salve Regina

    Singer: Rosanna Wicks. Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Night Seasons.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 6.

  • John Williams

    Princess Leia's Theme (Star Wars)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Star Wars: A New Hope (Originalnyi Saundtrek).
    • Walt Disney Records.
    • 3.

  • George Gershwin

    An American in Paris

    Orchestrator: Stephen Buck. Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz. Performer: Daniel Röhn. Orchestra: Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn. Conductor: Case Scaglione.
    • BERLIN CLASSICS.

  • Manuel Ponce

    Estrellita

    Performer: Sherri Lun. Music Arranger: Sherri Lun.

  • Leoš Janáček

    The Cunning Little Vixen (Act 1 Prelude: How Sharp-Ears was caught)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Alison Balsom.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 5.

  • Roger Quilter

    It Was a Lover and His Lass (5 Shakespeare Songs)

    Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Singer: Iestyn Davies.
    • Lost Is My Quiet.
    • BIS.
    • 1701.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No 10 in E minor, Op 93 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphonies, Vol. 4 - Symphony No. 10: Royal Liverpool Philh.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Mazurka in B minor, Op 33 No 4

    Performer: Joanna MacGregor.
    • SoundCircus.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Playful Pizzicato (Simple Symphony Op.4)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Orpheus Chamber Orchestra – Modern & 20th Century Classics.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    St John Passion [excerpt]

    Ensemble: Brighton Festival Chorus. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: James Morgan.

  • Grace Williams

    Elegy

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes.
    • G. Williams: Elegy.
    • Rubicon.
    • 1.

  • Nicola Matteis

    Ayres for the Violin: Aria burlesca

    Performer: Cristina Prats Costa. Performer: Lucas Harris. Performer: Naghmeh Farahmand.
    • Spiritillo Mediterraneo.
    • PENTATONE.

Broadcast

  • Mon 4 May 202617:00
    BBC Radio 3

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