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Actor Helen George and pianist Ariel Lanyi

Katie Derham talks to acclaimed actor Helen George, who is currently starring in High Society at the Barbican in London. Helen performs a number from the show live accompanied by pianist Liam Dunachie. Pianist Ariel Lanyi also plays live in the studio ahead of his appearance at Lichfield Festival.

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Fri 26 Jun 202617:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Antonín Dvořák

    String Quartet No 12 in F major, Op 96, 'American' (Finale)

    Ensemble: Keller Quartet.
    • Dvorák : String Quartet No.12 & String Quintet in E flat major - Apex.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 4.

  • Max Steiner

    Gone with the Wind (Tara's Theme)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Carl Davis.
    • Cinema Classics conducted by Carl Davis.
    • Royal Philharmonic.
    • 9.

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Naïs: Overture; Rigaudons I & II

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • ALIA VOX.

  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de matin Op.15`2

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton.
    • Elgar: Enigma variations etc: London Philharmonic/Hilary Davan-Wetton.
    • Collins Classics.

  • Claude Debussy

    Brouillards (Preludes - Book 2)

    Performer: Ariel Lanyi.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Introit, Op 6

    Performer: Thomas Gould. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 9.

  • Robert Schumann

    Grillen (Fantasiestücke, Op 12)

    Performer: Ariel Lanyi.

  • George Gershwin

    It Ain't Necessarily So

    Ensemble: Tim Kliphuis Trio.
    • Lowland Records.

  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Sussex Landscape (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Roderick Cox.
    • Chineke! Records.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, H.7e.1 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Håkan Hardenberger. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Hardenberger/Marriner.
    • Philips.
    • 10.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Notturno

    Performer: Ariel Lanyi.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Le Tombeau de Couperin (Prélude)

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Ravel: La valse, M. 72 & Other Works.
    • BIS.
    • 101.

  • Edward Picton-Turbervill

    Spell of Creation

    Choir: London Choral Sinfonia. Conductor: Michael Waldron.
    • Orchid Classics.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Organ Sonata Variation

    Performer: Eldbjørg Hemsing. Music Arranger: Tim Allhoff. Ensemble: Norwegian String Quartet.
    • Sony.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 39 in E flat major, K 543 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39 & 41: Sir Colin Davis.
    • Philips.
    • 3.

  • Cole Porter

    It's All Right With Me (High Society)

    Performer: Liam Dunachie. Singer: Helen George.

  • Cole Porter

    Well Did You Evah (High Society)

    Singer: Freddie Fox. Singer: Julian Ovenden. Orchestra: High Society Orchestra - 2026 London production. Director: Stephen Ridley.

  • Franz Liszt

    La Campanella

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Liszt - My Piano Hero.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Florence Price

    Dances in the Canebrakes (Tropical Noon)

    Music Arranger: William Grant Still. Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen.
    • Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers.
    • Cedille.
    • 102.

Broadcast

  • Fri 26 Jun 202617:00
    BBC Radio 3

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