Aki Takahashi performs a number of Iannis Xenakis's piano works. 'Akea', 'Morisima/Amorsima' and 'Palle in the Wind' are some notable pieces included in the performance, many of which are difficult recordings to find.
Double bill of Spanish and Latin American ballet's directed by Eduardo Vilaro and performed by Ballet Hispanico. Gustavo Ramírez Sansano choreographs 'CARMEN.maquia', a contemporary take on Bizet's 'Carmen', in which Christopher Bloom performs as Don José. In 'Club Havana', the intoxicating atmosphere of a Cuban club is brought to life by choreographer Pedro Ruiz, featuring dances such as the rhumba, cha-cha-cha and mambo.
Baritone Thomas Hampson joins the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra in this performance of 'Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen' by Gustav Mahler. Also in the programme, conducted by Neeme Järvi, the orchestra performs Mahler's 'Symphony No. 1 in D Major'.
This 59th volume of the Romantic Piano Concerto series features Jonathan Plowright, whose brilliant and utterly idiomatic performances of Romantic Polish piano music have confirmed him as a master of this repertoire. Here he collaborates with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Łukasz Borowicz to perform three very obscure but fascinating works. The music of Żeleński has already been championed by Plowright in a disc of Polish chamber music (see below); now he performs his Piano Concerto in E flat major, which was written in 1903 and dedicated to the young Ignacy Friedman, who gave the premiere the following year. A Piano Concerto in A flat major by Aleksander Zarzycki is also included, plus his barnstorming Grande Polonaise, an outrageous masterpiece which is unknown even in specialist piano circles.
Live concert performance from singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of her Grammy-award-winning debut album 'She's So Unusual', Cyndi performs the album in full on the American TV programme 'Front and Center'.
James Lancelot performs works by, among others, Bach, Haydn and Franck on Durham Cathedral's grand organ.
Kerry Beaumont performs works by, among others, Holst, Mendelssohn and Walton on Coventry Cathedral's grand organ.
Richard Lea performs works by, among others, Henry Purcell, Franz Liszt and Paul McCartney, on Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral's grand organ.
Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell performs live on Oscar Brand's TV show 'Let's Sing It Out'. The tracks performed include 'Night in the City', 'Just Like Me' and 'Blue On Blue'.
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra performs live at the Sydney Opera House gala opening night in 1973. Joined by soprano Birgit Nilsson and conductor Charles Mackerras, the orchestra performs a selection of pieces from Wagner's 'Götterdämmerung' including 'Siegfried's Journey' and 'Funeral March'.