Classics for Concentration
Episode m000413j, broadcast at Tuesday 9th April 2019, 7:00pm.
“From the energetic rhythm of a Handel concerto to the dreamy sublimity of a Mozart aria, from there is plenty here for anyone looking for music to help you revise or study. Also featured in this specially curated non-stop music sequence: romantic Schubert, quirky Prokofiev and classic Macca - a folk-like charmer from Paul McCartney.”
Track listing
- 1:06 – Organ Concerto in B flat major, HWV 290 (2nd mvt) (track 6, Handel: Organ Concertos, Op.4)
- Composer George Frideric Handel
- Ensemble Accademia Bizantina
- Performer Ottavio Dantone
- 6:46 – Impromptu in G flat major, D.899 no.3 (track 3, Le Voyage Magnifique, Schubert: Impromptus; Maria Joao Pires)
- Composer Franz Schubert
- Performer Maria João Pires
- 12:30 – Deh vieni, non tardar (Le Nozze di Figaro) (track 208, Icon: Lucia Popp)
- Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Conductor Leonard Slatkin
- Orchestra Munich Radio Orchestra
- Librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte
- Singer Lucia Popp
- 15:59 – Cello Sonata in C major, Op 119 (2nd mvt)
- Performer Leonard Elschenbroich
- Performer Alexei Grynyuk
- Composer Sergei Prokofiev
- 21:17 – My bonny boy (English Folk Song Suite orch Jacob) (track 11, Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto)
- Composer Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Music Arranger Gordon Jacob
- Orchestra Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor James Judd
- 24:28 – Calico Skies
- Singer Paul McCartney
- 26:11 – Diverse bizzarie sopra la vecchia sarabanda ò pur ciaccona (track 3, An Excess of Pleasure)
- Performer Rachel Podger
- Composer Nicola Matteis
- Ensemble Palladian Ensemble