The perfect classical half hour
Episode m000fpwy, broadcast at Tuesday 11th April 2023, 7:00pm, and Friday 28th February 2020, 7:00pm.
“A Mixtape with a bit of a brass theme going on, with a William Byrd Battle, Walton's Orb and Sceptre March, a little John Philip Sousa and a Balinese gamelan ensemble. With some welcome relief from Bach, Chopin and Liszt.”
Track listing
- 0:21 – The Battle arr. for brass ensemble (No 15, The Earl of Oxford's March) (track 24, La Battaglia: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble)
- Composer William Byrd
- Ensemble Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
- Music Arranger Elgar Howarth
- 3:11 – Washington Post (track 15, Brass & Percussion - Sousa / Goldman / Gould)
- Composer John Philip Sousa
- Ensemble Morton Gould's Symphonic Band
- 5:35 – Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion (3rd mvt)
- Performer Martha Argerich
- Composer Béla Bartók
- Performer Stephen Kovacevich
- Performer Michael De Roo
- Performer Willy Goudswaard
- 7:36 – Gambangan (track , Homage to Wayan Lotring)
- Performer Wayan Lotring
- 12:27 – Prelude and fugue from Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, bk.1 no. 3 in C sharp major
- Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
- Ensemble Trio SR9
- 14:05 – Waltz in C sharp minor, Op 64 No 2 (track 4, The Chopin Experience)
- Composer Frédéric Chopin
- Performer Jean‐Bernard Pommier
- 17:52 – Consolation in D flat major, S.172 no.3 (track 24, Le rossignol en amour)
- Composer Franz Liszt
- Performer Agnès Clément
- 21:41 – Orb and Sceptre coronation march
- Composer William Walton
- Orchestra Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor Frederick Fennell