Music for Valentine's Day
Episode m0002hk4, broadcast at Thursday 14th February 2019, 7:00pm.
“A romantic half hour mix for Valentine’s Day, featuring passionate orchestral works from Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev, a heartfelt duet from Puccini, and Britten, trying to discover the truth about love. Produced by Dominic Wells.”
Track listing
- 0:21 – Cabaret Songs: O tell me the truth about love; Funeral Blues
- Composer Benjamin Britten
- Performer Malcolm Martineau
- Singer Ann Murray
- 5:36 – Fantasy Overture, 'Romeo and Juliet'
- Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Orchestra Budapest Festival Orchestra
- Conductor Iván Fischer
- 11:07 – My Funny Valentine arr Stevens 'in memoriam Chet Baker'
- Composer Richard Rodgers
- Orchestra Academy of St Martin in the Fields
- Performer Håkan Hardenberger
- 15:24 – Turangalila Symphony: VI. Jardin du sommeil d'amour
- Conductor Sir Simon Rattle
- Orchestra City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- Performer Peter Donohoe
- Composer Olivier Messiaen
- Performer Tristan Murail
- 16:45 – Nocturne in F sharp major, Op 15 No 2 (track 5, Chopin: The Solo Piano Works: Ashkenazy)
- Composer Frédéric Chopin
- Performer Vladimir Ashkenazy
- 20:34 – Les Surprises de l'amour, RCT 58, Act II, Scene 8: Loure (track 108, Enfers)
- Composer Jean‐Philippe Rameau
- Orchestra Ensemble Pygmalion
- Conductor Raphaël Pichon
- 22:41 – La Boheme (O soave Fanciulla)
- Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
- Singer Luciano Pavarotti
- Composer Giacomo Puccini
- Singer Mirella Freni
- Conductor Herbert von Karajan
- 26:27 – Romeo and Juliet (Act 4) (track 27, Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet: Valery Gergiev, LSO)
- Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor Valery Gergiev
- Composer Sergei Prokofiev