Classical music mix associated with Coventry
Episode m0012h06, broadcast at Wednesday 15th December 2021, 7:00pm.
“The Coventry Mixtapes In Tune's specially curated sequence of music, focussing on Coventry, this year’s UK City of Culture. Producer Helen Garrison Cherry Tree Carol Featuring Jeremy Filsell (organ) who is now Director of Music at St Thomas Church New York, and is originally from Coventry I remember you Coventry born country singer Frank Ifield's biggest hit in the 1960s Victor Hely-Hutchinson: Carol Symphony - 3rd mvt Romance Famously used as a theme tune for a BBC Radio drama "Box of Delights", the music is based around two carols - The First Nowell, and The Coventry Carol. Gustav Holst: In the bleak midwinter Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) and Michael George (baritone) Choirs of Lichfield and Coventry Cathedrals BBC Philharmonic conducted by Robin Stapleton. Coventry came under the diocese of Lichfield until the early 20th Century Gilbert and Sullivan: Ruddigore - When the night wind howls Bryn Terfel (bass baritone) Swedish Radio Choir and Orchestra Conducted by Paul Daniel, former Coventry Cathedral chorister St Louis Blues - from the album "Larkin's Jazz", a collection reflecting the poet's passion. Philip Larkin, born and educated in Coventry, is said to have declared that he could live a week without poetry, but not a day without jazz Ernest Bloch: Melody for violin and piano Miriam Kramer (violin) Simon Over (piano), originally from Coventry Benjamin Britten: Agnus Dei from the War Requiem, written for the consecration of Coventry Cathedral in 1962. Peter Pears (tenor) London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra conducted by the composer”
Track listing
- 0:00 – Cherry tree carol
- Composer Trad.
- Performer Jeremy Filsell
- Choir Choir of Keble College, Oxford
- Conductor Matthew Martin
- 2:40 – I remember you (track , The Yodeling Song (Extended Remix))
- Composer Johnny Mercer
- Composer Victor Schertzinger
- Singer Frank Ifield
- Ensemble Backroom Boys
- 4:41 – Romance (Carol Symphony) (track 3, Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony: Pro Arte, Barry Rose)
- Composer Victor Hely-Hutchinson
- Orchestra Pro Arte Orchestra
- Conductor Barry Rose
- 13:21 – In the bleak midwinter
- Orchestra BBC Philharmonic
- Composer Gustav Holst
- Singer Kiri Te Kanawa
- Singer Michael George
- Choir Coventry Cathedral Choir
- Choir Lichfield Cathedral Choir
- Conductor Robin Stapleton
- 17:40 – When the night wind howls (Ruddigore) (track 8, Bryn Terfel: Bad Boys; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra)
- Orchestra Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Composer Arthur Sullivan
- Librettist W. S. Gilbert
- Singer Bryn Terfel
- Choir Radiokören
- Conductor Paul Daniel
- 20:02 – St. Louis Blues (track 014, Larkin's Jazz)
- Composer William Christopher Handy
- Ensemble Louis Armstrong Orchestra
- 23:02 – Melody for violin & piano
- Composer Ernest Bloch
- Performer Miriam Kramer
- Performer Simon Over
- 25:43 – War Requiem (Agnus Dei)
- Conductor Benjamin Britten
- Singer Peter Pears
- Choir Bach Choir
- Choir London Symphony Chorus
- Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra