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In Part 2 of our conversation with Ellen, we hear about her music choices that didn't make the top seven and discuss music for weddings and funerals...   Honourable mentions: Mambo No. 5 (a Little Bit of...) - Lou Bega Lydia - Gabriel Fauré (performed by The King's Singers) Chanson triste - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (performed by Gérard Souzay)

Alex speaks to mezzo soprano Ellen Pearson about her seven tracks of the moment, in a conversation that also covers weight lifting, Faversham in the winter, Byrd alto lines, and pigeon French!    Music choices: When the sun goes down - Arctic Monkeys The Lodger - Jack Thackray Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35, 3. Finale - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky German - EO Nadia - Nitin Sawhney 'Una Voce Poco Fa' from Il barbiere di Siviglia - Gioachino Rossini (performed by Maria Callas) Elegie in E-flat Minor, Op. 3, No. 1 - Sergei Rachmaninoff   Listen to the full selection of music on the Spotify playlist available at https://www.alexpatterson.co.uk/

In Part 2 of our conversation with Catherine, we hear her music choices that didn't make the top seven and talk about the woes of playing in G flat major! 

Alex speaks to cellist Catherine Lark about her seven tracks of the moment featuring music by Robert Schumann, Ernest Bloch, John Tavener, Camille Saint-Saëns and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky as well as music from The Sound of Music and Into the Woods. Listen to the full selection of music on the Spotify playlist available at https://www.alexpatterson.co.uk/

In Part 2 of our conversation with Ross, we hear his music choices that didn't make the top seven and talk opera!