Thirty minutes of classical inspiration
Episode m000twc1, broadcast at Wednesday 7th April 2021, 7:00pm.
“Tonight's mixtape introduces us to Esther the queen, Gretchen the spinner, Mimi the seamstress and Rosie the riveter (courtesy of Handel, Schubert, Puccini and The Four Vagabonds). Plus something from the hard-working harpsichordist Anna Magdalena and composers Louise Farrenc and Dobrinka Tabakova. Produced by Roger Short.”
Track listing
- 0:01 – Esther - oratorio vers. 1718: The Lord our enemy has slain
- Choir The Sixteen
- Conductor Harry Christophers
- Composer George Frideric Handel
- Singer Mark Padmore
- Singer Michael Chance
- Singer Robert Evans
- Singer Simon Birchall
- Singer Lynda Russell
- Orchestra Orchestra of The Sixteen
- 4:44 – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Aria) (track , J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations: Matthew Halls)
- Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer Matthew Halls
- 9:30 – O Virga mediatrix
- Composer Hildegard von Bingen
- Ensemble Ensemble for Medieval Music
- 11:55 – Etudes, Book 2: No. 18, Moderato e cantabile (track 1301, Louise Farrenc: Etudes & Variations for Solo Piano)
- Composer Louise Farrenc
- 15:04 – Rosie the Riveter (track , The Jive Is Jumpin': RCA And Bluebird Vocal Groups 1939-52)
- Performer The Four Vagabonds
- 17:24 – Gretchen am Spinnrade, D.118
- Composer Franz Schubert
- Singer Christa Ludwig
- Performer Geoffrey Parsons
- 20:30 – O soave fanciulla (La bohème)
- Composer Giacomo Puccini
- Performer Rolando Villazón
- Orchestra Staatskapelle Dresden
- Singer Anna Netrebko
- Conductor Nicola Luisotti
- 24:33 – Cello Concerto (3rd mvt 'Radiant')
- Composer Dobrinka Tabakova
- Conductor Maxim Rysanov
- Orchestra Lietuvos kamerinis orkestras
- Performer Kristina Blaumane