Movies, Operas, Cathedrals...
Episode m0008417, broadcast at Friday 6th September 2019, 7:30pm.
“This mixtape whisks us off to the movies with Korngold's score for The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex; it has a look into an opera house with Rossini's The Thieving Magpie; and it pays a brief visit to St Paul's Cathedral with music by Stanford. There's also Chopin in night-time mood, Debussy's attempt at writing a waltz, and celebrated tenor Jonas Kaufmann singing Wagner.”
Track listing
- 0:46 – The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex Suite
- Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra
- Composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold
- Conductor André Previn
- 2:35 – The Thieving Magpie (Overture) (track 10, Rossini: 10 Overtures - Chailly)
- Composer Gioachino Rossini
- Orchestra La Scala Philharmonic
- Conductor Riccardo Chailly
- 6:24 – Sonata in G major, Kk.455
- Composer Domenico Scarlatti
- Performer Yuja Wang
- 8:03 – Magnificat (Evening Service in G major) (track 8, Hear my Prayer: Budd/St Paul's Cathedral Choir/Scott)
- Composer Charles Villiers Stanford
- Performer Andrew Lucas
- Singer Jeremy Budd
- Choir St Paul's Cathedral Choir
- Singer Timothy Jones
- Director John Scott
- 12:26 – La plus que lente (arr. orchestra)
- Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas
- Composer Claude Debussy
- Orchestra San Francisco Symphony
- 18:39 – Nocturne in G major, Op 37 No 2 (track 2, Chopin: The Nocturnes: Maria Joao Pires)
- Composer Frédéric Chopin
- Performer Maria João Pires
- 24:21 – Der Engel (Wesendonck-Lieder) (track 7, Kaufmann: Wagner)
- Composer Richard Wagner
- Singer Jonas Kaufmann
- Conductor Donald Runnicles
- Orchestra German Opera Orchestra
- 27:29 – Violin Concerto in G major, RV 303 (1st mvt) (track 14, Italian Concertos; Alison Balsom, Scottish Ensemble)
- Performer Alison Balsom
- Composer Antonio Vivaldi
- Ensemble Scottish Ensemble