Byrd, Stravinsky, Fitkin
Episode m000b14h, broadcast at Thursday 7th November 2019, 7:00pm.
“In Tune’s specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music. An extract from Byrd's Mass for 3 voices; Bach's Well-tempered Klavier transcribed for string quartet by Mozart; Dawn Upshaw sings one of Esa-Pekka Salonen's Images after Sappho; Cecilia McDowell's evocative Church Bells Beyond The Stars; the Sacrificial Dance from The Rite of Spring; musical nonsense from Walton's Facade Suite; the eclectic swing of Graham Fitkin's Gordon and finally Yuja Wang brings her own flair to Mozart's Rondo alla Turca.”
Track listing
- 0:21 – Mass for 3 voices (Kyrie) (track 11, The Tallis Scholars Sing William Byrd)
- Composer William Byrd
- Choir Tallis Scholars
- Director Peter Phillips
- 0:55 – Fugue in E flat major, BWV 876 (track 01, Music@Menlo Live - 7 From Bach)
- Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
- Ensemble Danish String Quartet
- Music Arranger Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 2:44 – 5 Images After Sappho, No 2 'Without Warning'
- Orchestra Los Angeles Philharmonic
- Conductor Esa‐Pekka Salonen
- Singer Dawn Upshaw
- 6:12 – Church Bells Beyond the Stars
- Composer Cecilia McDowall
- Performer John Kitchen
- 11:31 – The Rite of Spring (Part 2: Sacrifical Dance) (track 16, 111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon)
- Composer Igor Stravinsky
- Orchestra The Cleveland Orchestra
- Conductor Pierre Boulez
- 16:16 – Fugue in D minor, BWV 877 (track 02, Music@Menlo Live - 7 From Bach)
- Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
- Ensemble Danish String Quartet
- Music Arranger Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 18:41 – Facade - An Entertainment For Reciter And Chamber Ensemble (opening, Nos 1-3) (track 1-3, Orchid Classics : ORC100067)
- Composer William Walton
- Narrator Carole Boyd
- Narrator Zeb Soanes
- Conductor John Wilson
- 23:23 – Gordon
- Composer Graham Fitkin
- Ensemble Graham Fitkin Band
- 27:05 – Rondo alla Turca (Piano Sonata in A major K.331)
- Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Performer Yuja Wang
- Music Arranger Arcadi Volodos