Songscapes for wintry journeys
Episode m0001nhx, broadcast at Tuesday 18th December 2018, 7:00pm.
“Indulge your evening with this specially curated In Tune playlist featuring an eclectic mix of music in the run-up to the festive season, including field recordings of Balinese Gamelan made by David Attenborough, Dame Janet Baker's immortal take on Strauss' Morgen, and Schubert's winterreise accompanied by a hurdy gurdy. With other musical favourites, lesser-known gems, and a few surprises.”
Track listing
- 2:42 – The Nutcracker Op.71 (Coffee 'Arabian Dance') (track 4, Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Berliner Philharmoniker/Rattle)
- Conductor Sir Simon Rattle
- Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
- 6:25 – Balinese Gamelan Orchestra
- Composer Anonymous
- Orchestra Balinese Gamelan Orchestra
- 8:40 – Intermezzo in F minor from 6 Pieces Op.118
- Composer Johannes Brahms
- Performer Garrick Ohlsson
- 11:19 – Fantasia on Greensleeves
- Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra
- Composer Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Conductor Bryden Thomson
- 15:47 – Morgen, Op 27 No 4 (track 26, Strauss: English Song: Dame Janet Baker)
- Singer Janet Baker
- Performer Gerald Moore
- Composer Richard Strauss
- 19:56 – Serenata alla spagnola
- Composer Alexander Borodin
- Ensemble Borodin Quartet
- 22:10 – Quare fremuerunt (Oratorio de Noël, Op 12) (track , Saint-Saens: Christmas Oratorio: Dresdner Kreuzchor, Flamig)
- Composer Camille Saint‐Saëns
- Orchestra Dresdner Philharmonie
- Choir Choir of Kreuzkirche, Dresden
- Conductor Martin Flämig
- 25:40 – Karelia Suite (Intermezzo) (track 5, Sibelius: Symphony No.3 etc: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra/Maazel)
- Composer Jean Sibelius
- Orchestra Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor Lorin Maazel