Classical music to lift the spirits
Episode m000gvx8, broadcast at Friday 3rd April 2020, 7:00pm.
“In tonight's Mixtape, Bach goes for the max with a glorious chorus with trumpets and drums, and there are delightful sounds from Domenico Scarlatti and from Gwenan Gibbard's Welsh harp to lift the spirits - but slow and meditative music can lift the spirits too, and we hear Elgar's moving Sospiri and a South African gospel chorus. Producer Roger Short”
Track listing
- 0:00 – Preise dein Glücke, gesegnetes Sachsen, BWV 215: No. 1, Preise dein Glücke, gese (track 12, Bach: Celebratory Cantatas)
- Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
- Conductor Masaaki Suzuki
- Orchestra Bach Collegium Japan
- Choir Bach Collegium Japan Chorus
- 7:32 – La pastorella al prato, D.513 (track 7, Globe Glo 5021 Schubert - Utrecht Vocal Soloists - Reinemann)
- Composer Franz Schubert
- Performer Ronald Brautigam
- Choir Utrecht Vocal Soloists
- Conductor Udo Reinemann
- 9:03 – Keyboard Sonata in F-Sharp Major, Kk. 319 (track 901, Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 20)
- Composer Domenico Scarlatti
- 12:20 – Polcas Llewelyn Alaw (track 02, Y gwenith gwynnaf)
- Performer Gwenan Gibbard
- 15:33 – Sospiri, Op.70
- Orchestra BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Composer Edward Elgar
- Conductor Sir Andrew Davis
- 20:09 – Emendemus in melius for 5 voices (track 4, The Deer's Cry)
- Choir The Sixteen
- Conductor Harry Christophers
- Composer William Byrd
- 23:59 – Ungababek'Ityala (track 16, God bless Africa - the very best of South African Gospel)
- Performer Lusanda Spiritual Group