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Episode m000gd6c, broadcast at Monday 22nd May 2023, 7:00pm, and Monday 16th March 2020, 7:00pm.
“Vivaldi's Concerto for Two Violins contrasts with Max Richter's contemplative Mercy. Romantic vocal music from Wagner and Verdi, and English music from Vaughan Williams and Arnold. Producer Nick Holmes”
Track listing
- 0:05 – Concerto in D minor for 2 violins, RV 511 (1st mvt) (track 4, Vivaldi: Double Concertos: Mullova/Carmignola/Marcon)
- Composer Antonio Vivaldi
- Performer Giuliano Carmignola
- Conductor Andrea Marcon
- Orchestra Venice Baroque Orchestra
- Performer Viktoria Mullova
- 4:38 – Im Treibhaus (Wesendonck Lieder arr Mottl) (track 9, Jonas Kaufmann: Wagner: Runnicles)
- Composer Richard Wagner
- Singer Jonas Kaufmann
- Orchestra Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
- Conductor Donald Runnicles
- 10:42 – Sea Songs
- Composer Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Orchestra Bournemouth Sinfonietta
- Conductor George Hurst
- 14:29 – Mercy
- Performer Hilary Hahn
- Composer Max Richter
- Performer Cory Smythe
- 19:49 – Brass Quintet no.1, Op.73 (1st mvt) (track 16, Malcolm Arnold)
- Composer Malcolm Arnold
- Ensemble Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
- 23:41 – Chorus of the Bohemians and Matadors (La traviata) (track 6, Les Plus Celebres Choeurs d'Opera)
- Composer Giuseppe Verdi
- Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Choir The John Alldis Choir
- Conductor Aldo Ceccato