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Iestyn Davies and Oliver Wass in session.

Katie Derham welcomes countertenor Iestyn Davies and harpist Oliver Wass to 80A for a live performance. Kevin O'Hare is in studio to discuss the Royal Ballet School at 100.

Katie Derham is joined live in 80A by countertenor Iestyn Davies and harpist Oliver Wass. They perform ahead of their appearance at Wigmore Hall in London on 08/10, and Oliver also presents his new album Harp music · Chamber music · Harp concerto, released on Tactus Records in August 2026. Katie also welcomes Royal Ballet Director Kevin O'Hare to discuss a milestone for The Royal Ballet School, celebrating its centenary this Autumn.

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Music Played

  • Maurice Ravel

    Rigaudon (Le Tombeau de Couperin)

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Ravel, Berkeley, Pounds: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 104.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 130: V. Cavatina. Adagio molto espressivo

    Ensemble: Ariel Quartet.
    • Beethoven: The complete String Quartets Vol. III.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 305.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Songs without Words, op 19 no 1

    Performer: Ryan Wang.

  • Samuel Scheidt

    Galliarda Battaglia (Galliard)

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • La Morte della Ragione.
    • Alpha.
    • 27.

  • Franz Schubert

    Die Forelle

    Performer: Iestyn Davies. Performer: Oliver Wass.

  • Doreen Carwithen

    Men of Sherwood Forest (Overture)

    Music Arranger: Philip Lane. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
    • Dutton.

  • Aaron Copland

    Quiet City

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Scott David Stroman.
    • Quiet City.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Misha Mullov-Abbado

    Red Ruth

    Performer: Oliver Wass.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg concerto no.4 in G major (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
    • J.S. Bach: Six Brandenburg Concertos.
    • Linn Records.
    • 11.

  • Claude Debussy

    Feux d'artifice (Preludes, Book 2)

    Performer: Francesco Piemontesi.
    • NAÏVE.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    March. Folk Songs from Somerset (English Folk Song Suite)

    Music Arranger: Phillip Littlemore. Ensemble: Tredegar Band. Conductor: Ian Porthouse.
    • Albion Records.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Che faro (Orfeo ed Euridice)

    Performer: Iestyn Davies. Performer: Oliver Wass. Music Arranger: Iestyn Davies. Music Arranger: Oliver Wass.

  • Reynaldo Hahn

    Le reveil de Flore (Le rossignol eperdu)

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Poemes & Valses.
    • Hyperion.
    • 24.

  • Alex North

    Space Station Docking (2001: A Space Odyssey)

    Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jerry Goldsmith.
    • 2001.
    • Varese Sarabande.
    • 7.

  • Antoine Forqueray

    Jupiter

    Performer: Thomas Dunford. Performer: Jean Rondeau.
    • ERATO.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Rondeau (Les biches)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Paris 1920.
    • Philips.
    • 2.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Birthday Offering Ballet Music

    Conductor: Robert Irving.
    • Russian Masters, Vol. 8.
    • Editions Audiovisuel Beulah.
    • 8.

  • Arthur Bliss

    Checkmate Suite: III. Entry of the Black Queen

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Bliss: A Colour Symphony & Checkmate Suite.
    • Chandos.
    • 107.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 23, K.488 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jean‐Efflam Bavouzet. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Gábor Takács‐Nagy.
    • Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22, K. 482 & No.23, K. 488.
    • Chandos.
    • 303.

  • Howard Goodall

    Blackadder

    Performer: Band of the Royal Air Force Germany. Conductor: Donald Wood.
    • BANDLEADER RECORDINGS.

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