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Dame Kathryn McDowell and Vache Baroque

Sara Mohr-Pietsch chats to Dame Kathryn McDowell about her 21 years as Managing Director of the London Symphony Orchestra, ahead of stepping down in July.
Players from Vache Baroque perform on In Tune, ahead of their appearance at the Buxton International Festival.

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Music Played

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Piano Concerto no.2 in G minor Op.22 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Saint-Saens: The Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra: Stephen Hough, CBSO, Or.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • Franco Margola

    Sonata No.2 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Valerio Celentano.
    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS.

  • Adrian Sutton

    Polperro Beach (5 Miniatures)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Seal.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Nicola Matteis

    Passaggio rotto

    Performer: Mayah Kadish.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Sonata in E flat major Op.120`2 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Laudate Dominum

    Choir: I Fagiolini. Choir: The 24. Ensemble: The English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble. Director: Robert Hollingworth.
    • Monteverdi: The Other Vespers.
    • DECCA.
    • 15.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.9 in E flat major K.271 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 & 18: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Leif Ove Andsn.
    • EMI.

  • John Dowland

    Semper Dowland semper dolens

    Ensemble: Vache Baroque.

  • Florence Price

    Symphony No 4 in D minor (2nd mvmt, Andante cantabile)

    Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra.
    • Florence Price: Symphony No. 4 – William Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.

  • Zoltán Kodály

    Viennese Musical Clock (Hary Janos - Suite)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: István Kertész.
    • Decca.

  • Henry Purcell

    Fantasia upon one note

    Ensemble: Vache Baroque.

  • Franz Liszt

    Valse impromptu S.213

    Performer: Leslie Howard.
    • Liszt Waltzes.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14, H 48: IV. Marche au supplice

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique.
    • LSO Live.
    • 4.

  • Joel Järventausta

    Suns extinguished

    Conductor: Jack Sheen. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • The Panufnik Legacies IV.
    • LSO Live.
    • 7.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Wonderful Town (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Bernstein: Wonderful Town.
    • LSO Live.
    • 1.

  • James MacMillan

    Carrickfergus

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Tambourin Chinois Op.3

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Performer: Paul Coker.
    • Joshua Bell: The Kreisler Album.
    • Decca.

  • Ēriks Ešenvalds

    Only In Sleep

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Northern Lights and other Choral works.
    • Hyperion.
    • 16.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Recorder Concerto in F major, RV.442 (3rd mvmt, Allegro)

    Performer: Frans Brüggen. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century.
    • Vivaldi: Concerti for Flute, Strings and Basso continuo, Op.10, Nos. 1-6; Marcel.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 15.

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