Our Classical Century - Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony
Episode m0002hfc, broadcast at Monday 11th February 2019, 7:00pm.
“A non-stop half-hour sequence of music inspired by Shostakovich's Symphony No.7, the 'Leningrad' - one of the pieces featured this week in Radio 3's Our Classical Century. With favourites, lesser-known gems, and a few surprises, by composers from Byrd to Mozart, Ravel to Steve Reich, it's the perfect way to usher in your evening.”
Track listing
- 0:11 – Symphony No 7 in C major, Op 60, 'Leningrad' (1st mvt)
- Composer Dmitry Shostakovich
- Orchestra St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor Yuri Temirkanov
- 4:28 – Bolero
- Composer Maurice Ravel
- Orchestra The Philadelphia Orchestra
- Conductor Eugene Ormandy
- 8:14 – Drake's Drum (Songs of the Sea)
- Orchestra Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- Composer Charles Villiers Stanford
- Conductor Norman Del Mar
- Singer Benjamin Luxon
- Choir Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
- 11:32 – The Battle arr. for brass ensemble (No 15, The Earl of Oxford's March) (track 24, La Battaglia: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble)
- Composer William Byrd
- Ensemble Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
- Music Arranger Elgar Howarth
- 14:23 – Non più andrai (The Marriage of Figaro)
- Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Music Arranger Johann Went
- Ensemble Mozart Ensemble of the Vienna Volksoper
- 17:59 – Adagio from Cinderella arr for cello and piano (track 13, Prokofiev: Works for Cello and Piano: Wallfisch/York)
- Composer Sergei Prokofiev
- Performer Raphael Wallfisch
- Performer John York
- 22:01 – Drumming (Part 4)
- Ensemble Steve Reich
- 24:04 – Music for the Royal Fireworks - Overture (track 19, Handel: Water Music & Fireworks: Concert Spirituel, Niquet)
- Composer George Frideric Handel
- Director Hervé Niquet
- Ensemble Concert Spirituel