Our Classical Century: Proud Thames
Episode m0002zj5, broadcast at Monday 4th March 2019, 7:00pm.
“A concerto by committee, and a Coronation commission all going with the flow on a river-based MixTape, beginning with Elizabeth MaConchy's Proud Thames as part of Our Classical Century.”
Track listing
- 0:15 – Proud Thames (track 1, Maconchy: Serenata Concertante; Symphony for Double String Orchestra)
- Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor Vernon Handley
- Composer Elizabeth Maconchy
- 5:57 – Ol' Man River (Show Boat)
- Composer Jerome Kern
- Singer Paul Robeson
- 9:36 – Vltava (Má vlast)
- Composer Bedrich Smetana
- Orchestra Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor Ferenc Fricsay
- 16:56 – Arabesques on Johann Strauss's "By the Beautiful Blue Danube" (track 024, Dances - Benjamin Grosvenor)
- Performer Benjamin Grosvenor
- Composer Adolf Schulz-Evler
- 18:08 – Boatman Dance
- Performer James Baillieu
- Composer Aaron Copland
- Singer Ashley Riches
- 20:35 – The Yellow River in Wrath (Yellow River Piano Concerto)
- Orchestra New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
- Composer Xian Xinghai
- Performer Chen Jie
- Conductor Carolyn Kuan
- 22:54 – Song of the Volga Boatmen
- Singer Arthur Eizen
- Composer Traditional Russian
- Choir Soviet Army Chorus
- Ensemble Soviet Army Band
- Conductor Col. Boris Alexander
- 25:41 – Spoon River (track 12, Grainger: Complete Music for Wind Band, Vol. 1)
- Composer Percy Grainger
- Conductor Bjarte Engeset
- Orchestra Kongelige norske marines musikkorps