Golden Slumbers
Episode m00051sj, broadcast at Friday 17th May 2019, 7:00pm.
“From William Byrd's Midnight to Thelonius Monk's 'Round Midnight (in a version by Bill Evans), a specially curated mix of non-stop nocturnal music and music to slumber to. Including Elgar's Sea Slumber, Truman Sleeps from Philip Glass's film soundtrack, restless Nocturnes from Vivaldi and Vaughan Williams and, finally, John Rutter's dreamy setting of the traditional song Golden Slumbers.”
Track listing
- 0:01 – Truman Sleeps (The Truman Show)
- Composer Philip Glass
- Performer Valentina Lisitsa
- 2:35 – Sea Slumber Song (Sea Pictures Op.37) (track 5, Elgar: Cello Concerto/Sea Pictures: Du Pre/Baker/LSO/Barbirolli)
- Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra
- Composer Edward Elgar
- Singer Janet Baker
- Conductor John Barbirolli
- 7:36 – Concerto in G minor, RV 104, 'La notte' (track 21, Vivaldi: The French Connection 2)
- Ensemble La Serenissima
- Performer Adrian Chandler
- Composer Antonio Vivaldi
- Performer Katy Bircher
- Performer Peter Whelan
- 10:34 – On an Overgrown Path Bk.1 (The little owl has not flown away) (track 10, Schumann: Kinderszenen / Janacek: On the Overgrown Path)
- Composer Leos Janáček
- Performer Marc-André Hamelin
- 14:13 – Mr. Dowland's Midnight (track 1901, Nocturnal)
- Composer John Dowland
- 15:06 – Round About Midnight
- Composer Thelonious Monk
- Ensemble Bill Evans Trio
- 18:31 – Midnight Bells (Der Opernball, Op.40) (track 12, Estrellita)
- Composer Richard Heuberger
- Performer Elena Urioste
- Performer Tom Poster
- Music Arranger Fritz Kreisler
- 21:51 – A London Symphony (3rd mvt) (track 3, Vaughan Williams: London Symphony/Oboe Concerto: Halle/Elder)
- Composer Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Orchestra Hallé
- Conductor Sir Mark Elder
- 27:43 – Golden Slumbers
- Conductor John Rutter
- Choir The Cambridge Singers
- Composer Trad.