Russia - Orthodox and unorthodox
Episode m000b0ms, broadcast at Wednesday 6th November 2019, 7:00pm.
“A musical journey taking us from England old and new (Dowland and Elgar), Scotland new and newer (a track from Anna Meredith's new album, plus Peter Maxwell Davies's arrangements of Bach) via Sweden (Berwald) to Russian orthodox and not-so-orthodox (music from Borodin and the folk band Otava Yo).”
Track listing
- 0:04 – Mistress Winter's Jumps
- Composer John Dowland
- Ensemble ExTempore
- 1:52 – Once upon a time on a high hill
- Performer Otava Yo
- 5:29 – Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor)
- Conductor Herbert von Karajan
- Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
- Composer Alexander Borodin
- 7:42 – Impromptu ("Nocturne") in F sharp major (track 11, Vladimir Horowitz: Studio Recordings)
- Composer Franz Liszt
- Performer Vladimir Horowitz
- 10:56 – Prelude and Fugue in C sharp major, BWV.848 (track 6, Renaissance & Baroque Realisations)
- Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
- Conductor Peter Maxwell Davies
- Ensemble The Fires of London
- 15:05 – moonmoons (track , Fibs)
- Performer Anna Meredith
- Performer Maddie Cutter
- 19:17 – Salut d'Amour (track 8, Elgar: Cello Concerto: Natalie Clein)
- Orchestra Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
- Composer Edward Elgar
- Conductor Vernon Handley
- Performer Natalie Clein
- Music Arranger Julian Milone
- 22:13 – Hail, O Virgin (track 012, Orthodox Chants)
- Composer Trad.
- Ensemble Optina Pustyn
- 23:41 – Septet in B flat major (3rd mvt)
- Performer Gervase de Peyer
- Composer Franz Berwald
- Ensemble Melos Ensmble