Music for Bonfire Night
Episode m000114x, broadcast at Monday 5th November 2018, 7:00pm.
“In Tune's specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, featuring favourites, lesser-known gems, and a few surprises. Tonight we head out into the chilly November air in a musical celebration of Bonfire Night. Expect musical fireworks courtesy of Handel and Oliver Knussen, sparks flying from the fingers of pianist Stephen Hough, and Ēriks Ešenvalds spine-tingling evocation of the night sky.”
Track listing
- 0:00 – Flourish with Fireworks, Op 22
- Orchestra London Sinfonietta
- Conductor Oliver Knussen
- 0:30 – Music for the Royal Fireworks (La réjouissance)
- Composer George Frideric Handel
- Conductor Trevor Pinnock
- Orchestra The English Concert
- 2:27 – Étincelles, Op.36 no.6
- Performer Stephen Hough
- Composer Moritz Moszkowski
- 5:19 – Waltz on the Ice (Winter Bonfire, Op 122) (track 19, Prokofiev: Winter Bonfire Op. 122)
- Composer Sergei Prokofiev
- Orchestra Russian Season Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor Vincent Figuri
- 8:52 – Stars (track 7, Lux)
- Composer Eriks Esenvalds
- Choir VOCES8
- 12:52 – Ritual Fire Dance (El Amor Brujo) (track 2, Erato : 0190295888503)
- Composer Manuel de Falla
- Performer Olivier Latry
- 17:05 – Magic Fire Music (Die Walkure)
- Composer Richard Wagner
- Conductor Bernard Haitink
- Singer James Morris
- Orchestra Bavarian Symphony Orchestra
- 20:40 – Ave maris stella
- Conductor Rory McCleery
- Composer John Sheppard
- Choir Marian Consort