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Today (April 20th, 2018), my piece "Vincent's Night" for solo guitar performed by Kristen Waligora was broadcast on BBC's Radio 3 program "In Tune" (a show about "news, views and an eclectic choice of live and recorded music, plus developments from the arts world"), hosted by Katie Derham. The show's episode information page and track lists can be found at the following link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b10n17
This episode also featured several remarkable performances including a performance (and music) by Portuguese fado singer Gisela João, newly performed/discovered works by Edward Elgar, J.S. Bach, W.A. Mozart, and many more(!):
- Lord Berners's "Polka" (performed by the Royal Ballet Sinfonia and conducted by David Lloyd-Jones)
- Träd's "Fado Para Esta Noite", "Carlos Paião", and "Casimiro Ramos" (performed by Gisele João and Bernardo Romao)
- Edward Elgar's "Air de Ballet" and "The Marksmen from Three Bavarian Dances" (performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra and conducted by David Lloyd-Jones)
- Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber's "Sonata Sancti Polycarpi" (performed by the Gabrieli Players and conducted by Paul McCreesh)
- Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka's "The Lark" (performed by Evgeny Kissin, and arranged by Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev)
- Nicholas Ludford's "Alleluia. Ora pro nobis" (performed by the Choir of Westminster Abbey" and conducted by James O'Donnell)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "The Abduction from the Seraglio (Overture)" (performed by the Concerto Köln ensemble)
- Johann Sebastian Bach's "Easter Oratorio: Preis und Dank" (performed by the Monteverdi Choir with the English Baroque Soloists and conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner)
- Carl Maria von Weber's "Invitation to the Dance" (orchestrated by Hector Berlioz, performed by the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, and conducted by Andrew Manze)
- Traditional Persian music "Pishrow Golestan" (performed by Kiya Tabassian and Didem Başar)
- Kiya Tabassian's "Parvaz" (performed by the Ensemble Constantinople)
- Marcel Zidani's "Butterflies" (performed by Marcel Zidani)
- William Walton's "Sonata for String Orchestra (4th mvt)" (performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Edward Gardner)
- Franz Liszt's "Three Petrarch Sonnets: No. 3 I vidi in terra" (performed by Joseph Middleton and singer Louise Alder)
- Eric Coates' "The Merrymakers (Overture)" (performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and conducted by Rumon Gamba)
You can also listen to "Vincent's Night" as it was broadcast on the episode of "In Tune" by clicking below.
Many heartfelt thanks goes to Kristen Waligora for her beautiful interpretation and recording of "Vincent's Night", to producer of BBC Radio 3's "In Tune", Mr. Dominic Wells, and to "In Tune" show host, Katie Derham. Thank you all for making my composition available to many audiences and aficionados of classical guitar music around the world!