The perfect half hour of classical music
Episode b0b8g5bd, broadcast at Monday 19th October 2020, 7:00pm, and Monday 2nd July 2018, 7:00pm.
“A sparkling selection of uplifting music to usher in July and the start of the holiday season, featuring fish, birds, a medieval smash hit, and a Rainbow in Curved Air. With music by Gluck, Ravel and Gershwin, and performances by Evelyn Glennie, the King's Singers, Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli.”
Track listing
- 0:21 – La rencontre imprévue (Overture)
- Orchestra Concerto Köln
- Composer Christoph Willibald Gluck
- Ensemble Sarband
- 2:49 – Vers la source dans le bois (track 17, Images and Impressions: Music for Flute & Harp)
- Composer Marcel Tournier
- Performer Elinor Bennett
- 6:37 – Carnival of the Animals (Aquarium)
- Composer Camille Saint‐Saëns
- Conductor André Previn
- Orchestra Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
- 8:33 – A Rainbow in Curved Air
- Performer Terry Riley
- 9:54 – String Quartet No 3, Op 33 (The Bird) - 4th mvt
- Composer Joseph Haydn
- Ensemble Casals Quartet
- 12:26 – Toccatina (12 Divertimenti for Organ)
- Composer Pietro Yon
- Performer Peter Crompton
- 15:10 – Tandernack
- Composer Antoine Brumel
- Ensemble Sour Cream
- 17:27 – Poor Roger (track 1, Street Songs)
- Performer Evelyn Glennie
- Choir The King’s Singers
- Composer Steve Martland
- 20:35 – Jeux d'eau
- Composer Maurice Ravel
- Performer Steven Osborne
- 26:09 – The Spring Fairy (Cinderella, Op.87)
- Conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy
- Orchestra The Cleveland Orchestra
- Composer Sergei Prokofiev
- 26:56 – I Got Rhythm
- Composer George Gershwin
- Performer Django Reinhardt
- Performer Stéphane Grappelli
- Ensemble Quintette du Hot Club de France