Evelyn Grant's Weekend Drive Sunday 15 September 2019
Evelyn Grant's Weekend Drive
Some of the world's best music played by the world's finest musicians, familiar favourites and new releases. Plus news and traffic updates.
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Having a physics background can be a useful thing indeed if you are ace percussionist Alex Petcu. So the required sounds don't exist on conventional instruments? No problem, you just invent and build what you need. And that's what audiences can expect when he and fellow percussion adventurers Emma King and Brian Dungan take to the road with their kit bag of the usual suspects of the drum world, along with a fascinating array of metal, wood and string. Three young and energetic virtuosos cook up a menu of new music (a pity Beethoven never wrote for marimba) which will tickle tastebuds and defy expectations. Their appetite for exploring rhythmic influences from around the world – Flamenco, Afro-Cuban, Javanese gamelan – is healthy, hearty and irrepressible (please note: no sausages will be harmed in the making of this programme).
Tune in to the programme Saturday 21st September for your chance to win two tickets to a concert from Bangers and Crash Percussion Group at The Sugar Club, Leeson Street, Dublin 2 on Wednesday 2nd October followed by an overnight stay at the 5-star Merrion Hotel. Includes bed and breakfast (1 double room based on two people sharing) at the 5-star Merrion Hotel in Dublin City, one of the most luxurious 5-star hotels Dublin city centre has to offer. This elegant hotel in four restored Georgian townhouses is a 5-minute walk from the concert venue.
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Music Played on the Show
Title: March
Composer: Kabalevsky, Dimitri
Performer(s): Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Album: Kabalevsky / Naxos / 8.553411
Duration: 1:26
Title: Ave Maria (Mascagni)
Composer: Mascagni, Pietro
Performer(s): Angela Gheorghiu (Soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Romanian National Chamber Choir
Album: Mysterium / Decca / 466102-2
Duration: 3:20
Title: Caruso
Composer: Dalla, Lucio
Performer(s): Vittorio Grigolo (Tenor), Orchestra Del Teatri Regio Di Parma, Coro Del Teatro Regio Di Parma
Album: Vittorio Grigolo - Arrivederci / Sony / 88691931752
Duration: 4:52
Title: Symphony No. 5 In B-Flat Major, D. 485 (1st Movement) Allegro
Composer: Schubert, Franz
Performer(s): Wiener Philhamoniker
Album: Abbado Rediscovered / Deutsche Grammophon / 483 5620
Duration: 7:19
Title: Scherzo No.3 In C Sharp Minor Op.39
Composer: Chopin, Frederic
Performer(s): Maurizio Pollini (Piano)
Album: Chopin Complete Edition Various Artists (Recordno: 4778457) / Deutsch Grammophon / 4778457
Duration: 7:23
Title: Wedding Day At Troldhaugen
Composer: Grieg, Edvard
Performer(s): Bbc Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Album: Peer Gynt / Naxos / 8.550864
Duration: 6:03
Title: Brightly Dawns Our Wedding Day
Composer: Gilbert And Sullivan
Performer(s): Marie Mclaughlin (Soprano), Anne Howells (Soprano); Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Tenor); Nicholas Folwell (Baritone)
Album: The Mikado (Recordno: Cd-80284) / Telarc / Cd-80284
Duration: 3:58
Title: Wedding March
Composer: Mendelssohn, Felix
Performer(s): Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Philip Jones Ensemble
Album: Grand March / Decca / 4173292
Duration: 4:28
Title: Liebesleid
Composer: Kreisler, Fritz
Performer(s): Gil Shaham (Violin), Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Album: Not Available (Recordno: 449923-2) / Deutsche Grammophon / 449923-2
Duration: 3:40
Title: Lovliest Of Trees (1941)
Composer: Somervell
Performer(s): John Mccormack (Tenor)
Album: John McCormack - A Patrician Artist Complete Electrical Recordings / Marston / 51601-2
Duration: 2:08
Title: There Is A Flower That Bloometh (1912)
Composer: Wallace, William Vincent
Performer(s): John Mccormack (Tenor)
Album: Naxos McCormack Edition, Vol. 3 / Naxos Historical / 8.11030
Duration: 3:06
Title: Finnegan's Wake
Composer: Potter, Archibald James
Performer(s): Rte National Symphony Orchestra
Album: AJ Potter / Marco Polo / 8.225158
Duration: 2:49
Title: Capriccio D'Amore
Composer: Jenkins, Karl
Performer(s): Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano), London Symphony Orchestra
Album: Not Available (Recordno: 094635325720) / Emi Classics / 094635325720
Duration: 3:59
Title: 'Candide' Suite - Auto De Fe (What A Day)
Composer: Bernstein, Leonard
Performer(s): University Of South Carolina Wind Ensemble
Album: Bernstein - Transcriptions for Wind Band / Naxos / 8.573056
Duration: 1:57
Title: Entr'acte Music No.2
Composer: Schubert, Franz
Performer(s): The Hanover Band
Album: Schubert (Recordno: Ni 5274) / Nimbus / Ni 5274
Duration: 6:18
Title: Academic Festival Overture
Composer: Brahms, Johannes
Performer(s): Rte National Symphony Orchestra
Album: RTE National Symphony Orchestra - Tchaikovsky & Brahms / RTE
Duration: 10:16
Title: Concerning Hobbits
Composer: Shore, Howard
Performer(s): London Philharmonic Orchestra
Album: The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring / Reprise / 936248110 2
Duration: 2:55
Evelyn Grant's Weekend Drive
Presenter: Evelyn Grant
Producer : Eoin Brady
Production Co-Ordinator : Linda McGlynn