Bells, bulls and celestial balls
Episode m0009c8p, broadcast at Tuesday 15th October 2019, 7:00pm.
“A bit of a bell theme in this specially curated playlist, from Papageno's magic bells in Mozart's Magic Flute, via Holst's The Planets and Bizet's Carmen, to a special appearance by Buddy Holly. Two arrangements by the bell-loving Percy Grainger end the sequence, including a wacky 'ramble' for brass band on a song by John Dowland.”
Track listing
- 0:52 – Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen (The Magic Flute) (track 9, Simon Keenlyside: Tales of Opera)
- Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Singer Simon Keenlyside
- Orchestra Munich Radio Orchestra
- Conductor Ulf Schirmer
- 4:57 – Everyday
- Performer Buddy Holly
- 7:03 – Saul: Symphony, Recitative and Chorus 'Welcome, welcome mighty king' (track 23, Saul)
- Composer George Frideric Handel
- Conductor Charles Mackerras
- Orchestra English Chamber Orchestra
- Performer Leeds Festival Chorus
- Performer Sheila Armstrong
- 10:11 – La cloche a sonné (Carmen) (track 008, 111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon: The Collectors' Edition 2)
- Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra
- Composer Georges Bizet
- Conductor Claudio Abbado
- Choir Ambrosian Singers
- 15:22 – Mercury (The Planets)
- Conductor Edward Gardner
- Composer Gustav Holst
- Orchestra National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
- 19:02 – La vallée des cloches (track 7, Percy Grainger In a Nutshell)
- Composer Maurice Ravel
- Conductor Sir Simon Rattle
- Orchestrator Percy Grainger
- Orchestra City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- 24:19 – Bell Piece (Ramble on J. Dowland's "Now, O Now I Needs Must Part") (track 2, Grainger: Complete Music for Wind Band, Vol. 1)
- Composer Percy Grainger
- Conductor Bjarte Engeset
- Singer Marius Roth Christensen
- Orchestra Kongelige norske marines musikkorps