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Reconnecting with the sitar

19 May 2025

Indian-born classical musician Shalu Garg has gone to great lengths to re-learn the sitar. Video, Audio

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Wednesday 21 May

3:00 PM. Three to Seven

with Bryan Crump

Hubay, Jenő: Violin Concerto No 4 in A minor (2) - Hagai Shaham (vln), BBC Scottish SO/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion CDA 67367)

Dun, Tan: Herdboy's Song, from Eight memories in watercolour Op 1 - Tony Yan Tong Chen (piano) (Rattle RAT-D112)

Brahms, Johannes: Piano Trio No 2 in C Op 87 (1) - Wanderer Trio (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1915.16)

Traditional: Highland Battle: The March -They Mend their Pace - The Battle Be - The Curious Bards (Harmonia Mundi HMN916105)

Mompou, Federico: Carros de Galicia, from Paisajes - Julien Brocal (pno) (Rubicon RCD 1008)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Violin Concerto No 2 in D K211 - Julia Fischer (vln), Netherlands CO/Yakov Kreizberg (PENTATONE PTC 5186 094)

Bach, Johann Sebastian: Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F BWV1047 (3) - European Brandenburg Ensemble/Trevor Pinnock (dir) (Avie AV 2119)

4.00

Chopin, Frédéric: Waltz in Ab Op 64/3 - Ingrid Fliter (pno) (EMI 5 14899)

Grofe, Ferde: Mississippi Suite (4) - Bournemouth SO/William T Stromberg (Naxos 8.559007)

Saint-Saëns, Camille: Danse macabre - Peter Schaffer (vln), New Zealand SO/John Hopkins (Tartar TRL 020)

Fasch, Johan Friedrich: Lute Concerto in D minor (3) - Michael Dücker (lute), Cologne Musica Antiqua/Reinhard Goebel (dir) (Archiv 447 644)

Giacchino, Michael arr Alberto di Priolo: Married Life, from Up - Five Sax, Mariam Vardzelashvili (pno), Rupert Struber (perc) (Orlando OR 0016)

Gershwin, George arr Shaw: Summertime, from Porgy & Bess - Chanticleer (Warner Classics 2564683247)

Pachelbel, Johann: Canon & Gigue in D - London Baroque (HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 1539)

5.00

Brahms, Johannes: Piano Pieces Op 118 (3) - Murray Perahia (pno) (SONY 88697 79469)

Elgar, Edward: Pomp & Circumstance March No 5 - London Phil/Adrian Boult (EMI CDM 7 64015)

Fauré, Gabriel: En Prière - Dawn Harms (vln), Carolyn Mills (harp) (ATOLL ACD199)

Vejvanovský, Pavel Josef: Serenada - Ars Antiqua Austria/Gunar Letzbor (dir) (SYMPHONIA SY 96151)

Qi-Ming, Lu: Young Soldier's Joy - Shanghai Quartet (Delos DE 3308)

Chabrier, Emmanuel: Aubade - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion SACDA 67515)

Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da trans Stokowski: Adoramus te - Brussels Phil/Richard Egarr (GLOSSA GCDSA 922209)

Rossini, Gioachino: Il signor Bruschino, Overture - National Phil/Riccardo Chailly (Decca 400 049)

Bruch, Max: Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor Op 26 (3) - Nikolaj Znaider (vln), London Phil/Lawrence Foster (EMI 5 56906)

Murphy, Nicole: Spinning Top - Benaud Trio (ABC Classics ABC 4817995)

Falla, Manuel de Transc Liobet & Pujol: Nana, from Popular Spanish Suite - Jess Gillam (sop sax), Miloš Karadaglić (gtr) (Decca 7779637)

6.00

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Suite No 3 in G Op 55 (3) - Ulster Orch/Vladimir Altschuler (BBC Music BBC MM 258)

Dvořák, Antonín: Serenade in D minor for wind instruments Op 44 - Nash Ensemble (CRD 3410)

Montero, Gabriela: Improvisation on Handel's Sarabande - Gabriela Montero (pno) (EMI 5 14838)

Holst, Gustav: Brook Green Suite - City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox (Chandos CHAN 9270)

Dankworth, John: Picture of Jeannie - Emma Johnson (cl), John Lenehan (pno) (Naxos 8.57224)

Bach, Johann Sebastian arr Cohen: Sanctify us by thy goodness, from Cantata No 22 - Angela Hewitt (pno) (Hyperion CDA 67309)

Bishop, Henry R.: Home Sweet Home - Benjamin Appl (bar), James Baillieu (pno) (SONY 88985393032)

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