Mozart's tears
Episode m000231p, broadcast at Tuesday 22nd January 2019, 7:00pm.
“The In Tune MixTape. Drawing pictures on the radio. From Dowland's Crystal tears, and Michael Nyman's theory of Optics, Paul Robeson looks over Jordan and Gershwin hopes there's someone to watch over me - all things visual in an aural world.”
Track listing
- 3:25 – An Eye for Optical Theory (The Draughtsman's Contract) (track , The Essential Michael Nyman Band)
- Director Michael Nyman
- Ensemble Michael Nyman Band
- 7:43 – Lacrimosa (Requiem in D minor, K.626) (track 8, Mozart Requiem Reconstruction of First Performances)
- Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Ensemble Dunedin Consort
- Conductor John Butt
- 10:43 – Lasst mich allein Op.82 / Songs my mother taught Op.55 no.4
- Composer Antonín Dvořák
- Performer Alisa Weilerstein
- Performer Anna Polonsky
- 12:56 – Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (track 13, Paul Robeson: The Complete EMI Sessions 1928-1939)
- Composer Trad.
- Performer Paul Robeson
- Performer Rutland Clapham
- Music Arranger Lawrence Brown
- 15:45 – Someone to Watch Over Me
- Composer George Gershwin
- Orchestra New York Philharmonic
- Conductor Zubin Mehta
- 19:10 – String Quintet in G major (4th mvt) (track 12, Carl Nielsen: String Quartets Vol.1)
- Ensemble Danish String Quartet
- Composer Carl Nielsen
- Performer Tim Frederiksen
- 24:24 – Study in A flat major, Op 25 No 1
- Composer Frédéric Chopin
- Performer Grigory Sokolov
- 26:51 – Dolly suite (Op.56), no.1; Berceuse (arr. for cello and piano)
- Composer Gabriel Fauré
- Performer Andreas Brantelid
- Performer Bengt Forsberg