Half an hour of classical music to reflect the anniversary of National Lockdown
Episode m000tdtg, broadcast at Tuesday 23rd March 2021, 7:00pm.
“Half and hour of uninterrupted music in response to the first anniversary of the UK's first National Coronavirus Lockdown. Reflections on a difficult year of loss and loneliness, time passing, and the occasional smile, portrayed through music by Bach, Debussy, John Barry and Howells. Producer: Helen Garrison”
Track listing
- 0:59 – Cantata No. 106 BWV.106 Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit: Sonatina (track 1, JS Bach: Actus Tragicus)
- Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
- Ensemble Vox Luminis
- Conductor Lionel Meunier
- 3:49 – Lonely house (Street Scene) (track 6, Dawn Upshaw: The World So Wide)
- Singer Dawn Upshaw
- Conductor David Zinman
- Composer Kurt Weill
- Orchestra Orchestra of St. Luke’s
- 7:28 – Reverie
- Composer Claude Debussy
- Performer Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
- 11:37 – Abendlied
- Conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Choir Monteverdi Choir
- Composer Josef Rheinberger
- 15:12 – We'll meet again (track 20, Songs of Comfort and Hope)
- Performer Yo‐Yo Ma
- Performer Kathryn Stott
- Composer Ross Parker
- Composer Hugh Charles
- Music Arranger Jorge Calandrelli
- 18:09 – Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet
- Composer Gavin Bryars
- Singer Tom Waits
- Ensemble Gavin Bryars Ensemble
- 22:07 – We Have All The Time In The World (track 1, On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack))
- Singer Louis Armstrong
- Orchestra Studio Orchestra
- Conductor John Barry
- 25:19 – Requiem aeternam I (track 903, A Song of Farewell: Music of Mourning and Consolation)
- Composer Herbert Howells
- Choir Gabrieli Consort
- Conductor Paul McCreesh