Sparklingly festive classical music for a wintry walk
Episode m000qbhk, broadcast at Tuesday 12th December 2023, 7:00pm, and Wednesday 16th December 2020, 7:00pm.
“Plug into half an hour of uninterrupted music full of lightness, brightness and luminosity - from shimmering choral works and radiant orchestral favourites to translucent folk interpretations and the gossamer harmonies of a muted winter palette. This is music that shines and glints, sparkles and glows in all tones and hues. This mix is part of BBC Radio 3's Light in the Darkness season, Producer: Christina Kenny.”
Track listing
- 0:00 – Lux aurumque
- Conductor Stephen Layton
- Composer Eric Whitacre
- Choir Polyphony
- 4:03 – Hedwig's Theme (Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone)
- Performer Anne‐Sophie Mutter
- Conductor John Williams
- Orchestra Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles
- 8:00 – Corpus Christi Carol (track 8, Grace)
- Composer Benjamin Britten
- Performer Jeff Buckley
- 10:55 – A Ceremony of Carols (This little babe) (track 7, Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, Saint Nicolas: Trinity College Choir, City of Lon)
- Composer Benjamin Britten
- Conductor Stephen Layton
- Performer Sally Pryce
- Choir Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge
- 14:26 – Che gelida manina (La bohème) (track , Favourite Tenor Arias: Luciano Pavarotti & Friends)
- Conductor Herbert von Karajan
- Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
- Singer Luciano Pavarotti
- Composer Giacomo Puccini
- 14:26 – The Four Seasons: Winter, RV297. II. Largo (track 11, Vivaldi: The Four Seasons)
- Composer Antonio Vivaldi
- Orchestra English Chamber Orchestra
- Director Nigel Kennedy
- 19:02 – Bonfire (from The Witcher) (track , The Witcher (Music from the Netflix Original Series))
- Composer Sonya Belousova
- Composer Giona Ostinelli
- Performer Lindsay Deutsch
- 21:15 – Verbum Caro Factum Est de Virgine (Arr. The Telling) (track , The Secret Life of Carols - 800 Years of Christmas Music)
- Composer The Telling
- Performer Clare Norburn
- Performer Ariane Prüssner
- 23:24 – The Nutcracker (Waltz of the Flowers) (track 9, Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet, Nutcracker Suite; Maazel, the Cleveland Orchestra)
- Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Orchestra The Cleveland Orchestra
- Conductor Lorin Maazel