What a Wonderful World
Episode m0006mj3, broadcast at Tuesday 9th July 2019, 7:00pm.
“What a Wonderful World. A specially curated playlist celebrating wonderment in life and nature, featuring a spine-tingling sunrise by Haydn, Vivaldi's joyous Spring, a pastoral ramble with Beethoven, Bernstein feeling pretty, and George Harrison's Here Comes the Sun. An eclectic music mix of favourites and nice surprises.”
Track listing
- 0:06 – The Creation Part I: 12. In Splendour bright (track 113, Haydn: The Creation)
- Composer Joseph Haydn
- Conductor Sir Simon Rattle
- Orchestra City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- Choir CBSO Chorus
- 1:36 – Here comes the sun
- Performer Miloš Karadaglić
- Music Arranger Christopher Austin
- Composer George Harrison
- Ensemble Navarra String Quartet
- 4:35 – I feel pretty (West Side Story) (track 17, Leonard Bernstein Conducts West Side Story)
- Singer Kiri Te Kanawa
- Conductor Leonard Bernstein
- Orchestra Unnamed orchestra
- 8:44 – The Four Seasons - Spring (track 101, Vivaldi: The Four Seasons)
- Composer Antonio Vivaldi
- Orchestra English Chamber Orchestra
- 11:40 – The Four Seasons: Spring 0 and Spring 1 (track 1-2, The Four Seasons Recomposed By Max Richter)
- Composer Antonio Vivaldi
- Performer Daniel Hope
- Composer Max Richter
- Orchestra Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin
- Conductor André de Ridder
- 12:01 – Piano Sonata in D major, Op 28, 'Pastoral' (4th mvt) (track 8, Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp.7 & 28 "Pastoral" & 49 No.2: Brendel)
- Composer Ludwig van Beethoven
- Performer Alfred Brendel
- 17:38 – March (The Love of Three Oranges) (track 201, Prokofiev: Orchestral Works)
- Conductor Marin Alsop
- Composer Sergei Prokofiev
- Orchestra São Paulo Symphony Orchestra
- 19:11 – Parade of the Ewoks (from Return of the Jedi)
- Conductor John Williams
- Orchestra Skywalker Symphony Orchestra
- 22:47 – Floating Clouds (Memories in Watercolour) (track 17, Touches & Traces)
- Composer Tan Dun
- Performer Warren Lee
- 25:10 – Chacona ytaliana 'Sencilla pastora' (track 4, Spanish Renaissance Wind Music: Piffaro - The Renaissance Band)
- Composer Anonymous
- Ensemble Piffaro
- 28:16 – What a Wonderful World
- Composer George David Weiss
- Performer Vincent Peirani
- Singer Serena Fisseau