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Graham Ross and the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge perform live. Femi Elufowoju Jr on directing Rigoletto

Graham Ross and the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge perform live from their upcoming album Reaching Farther, released to mark the 700th anniversary of Clare College, Cambridge.

Theatre and opera director Femi Elufowoju Jr talks to Katie about directing his production of Rigoletto at Opera North.

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Music Played

  • John Adams

    Short Ride in a Fast Machine

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Adams: The Shaker Loops/The Wound Dresser: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Alsop.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Theme from Samson and Delilah

    Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason. Music Arranger: Nina Simone.
    • Sony.
  • Alexander Goedicke

    Concert Study Op.49

    Performer: Matilda Lloyd. Music Arranger: Lee Reynolds. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lee Reynolds.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Joshua Pacey

    Now the Day is Over

    Conductor: Graham Ross. Ensemble: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Romanze from Eine kleine Nachtmusik

    Orchestra: Tafelmusik. Conductor: Bruno Weil.
    • Mozart: Overtures/Eine Kleine Nachtmusik: Tafelmusik/Weil.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 10.
  • Anna Richmond

    Momentum of a New Age

    Performer: Anna Richmond. Performer: Gemma Webster.
  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    From the Hills

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews.
    • Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Concerto & Orchestral Works.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 9.
  • Cecilia McDowall

    The Magi

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Graham Ross.
  • Graham Ross

    Magnificat (Clare Service)

    Performer: Jacob Costard. Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Director: Graham Ross.
    • Reaching Farther.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 107.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Sicilienne (Pelléas et Mélisande)

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Anitra's Dance (Peer Gynt)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Grieg : Peer Gynt Suites 1, 2 & Symphonic Dances.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 3.
  • Ayo Bankole

    Òrìşà bí òfun kò sí

    Ensemble: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Graham Ross.
  • John Rutter

    A Clare Benediction

    Performer: Jacob Costard. Ensemble: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Graham Ross.
  • Ferdinand Hérold

    Clog Dance; Dance of the Cock and Hens (La Fille Mal Gardée)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • EMI.
  • Max Richter

    Quiet

    Performer: Max Richter. Performer: Ian Burge. Performer: Louisa Fuller.
    • While The Flood Rages.
    • Decca.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Melody No 4 (from Five Songs Without Words Op.35)

    Performer: Sofia Demetriades. Performer: Simon Callaghan.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La Donna e Mobile (Rigoletto)

    Singer: Juan Diego Flórez. Orchestra: Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi. Conductor: Carlo Rizzi.
    • Decca.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Rigoletto, Act I: Zitti, zitti - Soccorso, padre mio

    Singer: Ileana Cotrubaș. Singer: Walter Gullino. Singer: Luigi De Corato. Singer: Dirk Sagemüller. Singer: Piero Cappuccilli. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini. Choir: Philharmonia Chor Wien.
    • Verdi: Rigoletto.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Rigoletto, Act II: Duca, duca! - Chorus. Scorrendo uniti remota via

    Singer: Walter Gullino. Singer: Plácido Domingo. Singer: Luigi De Corato. Singer: Dirk Sagemüller. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini. Choir: Philharmonia Chor Wien.
    • Verdi: Rigoletto.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Henri Vieuxtemps

    Violin concerto No 4 in D minor, Op 31 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Ning Feng. Orchestra: Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias. Conductor: Rossen Milanov.
    • Virtuosismo.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 06.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    12 Études, Op. 10: No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor

    Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.
    • Nikolai Lugansky Plays Chopin.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 28.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Quartet No.4 in B Minor; I. Prelude

    Ensemble: London Händel Players.
    • Telemann: Paris Quartets, Vol. 2.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 201.

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