The perfect classical half hour of music about spring
Episode m000t6dh, broadcast at Thursday 18th March 2021, 7:00pm.
“In Tune's specially curated playlist: listen to the sounds of spring with birdsong, including Vivaldi's The Goldfinch, Rimsky-Korsakov's Dance of the Birds and Ella Fitzgerald's Skylark. Produced by Calantha Bonnissent.”
Track listing
- 0:08 – Dance of the Tumblers (Snow Maiden suite) (track 002, Efrem Kurtz - Profile)
- Composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conductor Efrem Kurtz
- 3:12 – Birds' Song
- Composer Mart Saar
- Author J. Oro
- Ensemble Tallinn Chamber Choir
- Conductor Ants Üleoja
- 4:21 – Concerto for flute and orchestra (RV.428) (Op.10`3) in D major "Il Gardellino [The Goldfinch]": 1st movement; Allegro (track 10, Vivaldi: 6 Flute Concertos Op.10: Beznosiuk, The English Concert, Pinnock)
- Director Trevor Pinnock
- Composer Antonio Vivaldi
- Orchestra The English Concert
- Performer Lisa Beznosiuk
- 8:20 – Skylark (track 6, Ella Fitzgerald: the Johnny Mercer Songbook)
- Performer Ella Fitzgerald
- 11:29 – The Lark [after Glinka's song]
- Composer Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev
- Performer Evgeny Kissin
- 16:48 – The Lullaby of Spring
- Performer Donovan
- 20:11 – A Bird's Prelude (The Fairy Queen)
- Director Jordi Savall
- Composer Henry Purcell
- Ensemble Le Concert des Nations
- 21:47 – Oiseaux tristes (Miroirs) (track 8, Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music: Steven Osborne, Piano)
- Composer Maurice Ravel
- Performer Steven Osborne
- 26:15 – Firebird (Berceuse) (track 13, La symphonie des oiseaux)
- Composer Igor Stravinsky
- Music Arranger Samuel Dushkin
- Performer Geneviève Laurenceau
- Performer Shani Diluka
- Ensemble Les Chanteurs d'Oiseaux