30 minutes of classical inspiration
Episode m000k33n, broadcast at Wednesday 17th June 2020, 7:00pm.
“An eclectic 30-minute mix handpicked by Anna-Maria Helsing, the BBC Concert Orchestra’s Principal Guest Conductor: Amy Beach: Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 34 Andrea Tarrodi: Paradisfåglar (Birds of Paradise) Ella Fitzgerald sings the Cole Porter Song Book: Do I love you? Johannes Brahms: Intermezzo in A major, Op. 118 No 2. Steve Reich: WTC 9/11 for string quartet and recorded voices Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs Dora Pejačević: Meditation, Op. 51 Sebastian Fagerlund: Partita for Percussion and String Orchestra Producer: Ian Wallington”
Track listing
- 0:00 – Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 34 (2nd mvt) (track 2, Works For Violin and Piano)
- Composer Amy Beach
- Performer Tasmin Little
- Performer John Lenehan
- 4:12 – Paradisfåglar (Birds of Paradise) (track 5, Andrea Tarrodi: Highlands - Cello Concerto)
- Composer Andrea Tarrodi
- Orchestra Västerås Sinfonietta
- Conductor Andreas Stoehr
- 7:58 – Do I Love You (track 7, The Cole Porter Songbook Volume 1)
- Singer Ella Fitzgerald
- Composer Cole Porter
- Orchestra Buddy Bregman Orchestra
- 11:48 – Intermezzo in A major, Op.118 No.2
- Composer Johannes Brahms
- Performer Stephen Kovacevich
- 16:46 – WTC 9/11 for string quartet and pre-recorded voices - I. 9/11/01 (track 5, New York)
- Composer Steve Reich
- Ensemble Ensemble intercontemporain
- 20:23 – Im Abendrot (4 Last Songs) (track , Strauss, R.: Four Last Songs; 6 Orchestral Songs - Norman, Gewandhausorchester L)
- Composer Richard Strauss
- Orchestra Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
- Conductor Kurt Masur
- Singer Jessye Norman
- 24:04 – Canzonetta, Op 8; Meditation, Op 51
- Composer Dora Pejačević
- Performer Andrej Bielow
- Performer Oliver Triendl
- 26:49 – Partita for percussion and string orchestra - II. Risonanza (track 6, Sebastian Fagerlund: Isola)
- Conductor Dmitri Slobodeniouk
- Orchestra Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
- Composer Sebastian Fagerlund