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Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason with a special selection of music for summer

Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason sits in for Hannah French on Radio 3’s Breakfast show with a special selection of music for summer.

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Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in F major: Op. 17 No. 2 (3rd mvt Adagio)

    Ensemble: London Haydn Quartet.
    • HYPERION.
    • CDS4465170.

  • Edward Elgar

    Serenade in E minor for String Orchestra: 2nd mvt Larghetto

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • ONYX.
    • ONYX4205.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Scarf Dance (Callirhoë Suite)

    Orchestra: Orchestre National de Metz Grand Est. Conductor: David Reiland.
    • BRUZANE.
    • BZ2006.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata no. 12 in F major, K. 332 (2nd mvmt Adagio)

    Performer: Maria João Pires.
    • DG.
    • E4776607.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite no. 6 in D major, BWV 1012: IV. Sarabande

    Performer: Abel Selaocoe. Orchestra: Manchester Collective.
    • Warner.
    • GBAYC2401202.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen.., no.2; Ging heut' Morgen ubers Feld

    Performer: Christian Gerhaher. Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. Conductor: Kent Nagano.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
    • 88883701332.

  • Luise Adolphe le Beau

    Sonata for piano & cello, Op. 17: 2nd mvmt Andante tranquillo

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Connie Shih.
    • HYPERION.
    • CDA68394.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Trio Sonata, HWV 386b in B minor, Op. 2 No.

    Ensemble: Ensemble Hesperi.
    • BIS.
    • BIS2508.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19: 3rd mvmt Rondo Allegro

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Orchestra: 水戸室内管弦楽団. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • DECCA.
    • 4850592.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony no. 5: 3rd mvmt Romanza Lento

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • ONYX.
    • ONYX4184.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    String Quartet No. 1 in C Major, Op. 49: 1st mvmt Moderato

    Ensemble: Borodin Quartet.
    • DECCA.
    • 4788205.

  • Clara Schumann

    3 Romances, Op. 22: no. 1 Andante molto

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Elena Urioste.
    • DECCA.
    • 4850020.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Requiem: In paradisum

    Choir: Tenebrae. Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • LSO LIVE.
    • LSO0728.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Simple Symphony, Op. 4: 2nd mvmt Playful Pizzicato

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
    • DECCA.
    • E4175092.

  • Franz Schubert

    Quintet in A major D.667 (Trout): 4th mvmt

    Ensemble: The Kanneh‐Masons.
    • DECCA.
    • 4871265.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Romeo and Juliet: The Young Juliet

    Orchestra: Antwerp Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Elim Chan.
    • Alpha.
    • ALPHA1038.

  • François Couperin

    Les baricades mistérieuses (from Pièces de clavecin II: Ordre 6ème in B flat)

    Music Arranger: Thomas Adès. Ensemble: Composers Ensemble. Conductor: Thomas Adès.

    Les baricades mistérieuses (from Pièces de clavecin II: Ordre 6ème in B flat)

    • WARNER.
    • 5576102.

  • Edward Elgar

    Sea Pictures: no. 2 In haven

    Performer: Janet Baker. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
    • WARNER.
    • 9029643842.

  • Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor

    Ballade in A minor, Op.33: 1st mvmt

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kalena Bovell.
    • DECCA.
    • 4853322.

  • Frank Bridge

    Miniatures for Piano Trio. Set 1: no.1 Minuet

    Performer: Jack Liebeck. Performer: Alexander Chaushian. Performer: Ashley Wass.
    • NAXOS.
    • 8570792.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music: Alla Hornpipe

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Argo.
    • 4145962.

  • Aidan O’Rourke

    The Girl Climbed the Stairs to Bed

    Composer: Kit Downes. Performer: Aidan O’Rourke. Performer: Kit Downes.
    • REVEAL.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114: 3rd mvmt Andantino grazioso

    Performer: Martin Fröst. Performer: Torleif Thedéen. Performer: Roland Pöntinen.
    • BIS.
    • BIS2063.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Le Tombeau de Couperin: II. Forlane

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.
    • CHSA5324.

  • William Walton

    Five Bagatelles: II Lento

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • DELPHIAN.
    • DCD34193.

  • Florence Price

    Symphony No. 1: 3rd mvmt Juba Dance

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • DG.
    • 4862029.

Broadcast

  • Last Saturday06:30
    BBC Radio 3