Classical music to inspire you
Episode m0015v57, broadcast at Friday 8th April 2022, 7:00pm.
“Tonight, we begin with Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake and delve into Saint-Saens's Aquarium. Schubert’s Arpeggione Sonata leads us to Handel’s Acis and Galetea. We enjoy a folk dance courtesy of Mahler, a mambo courtesy of Bernstein, and end with a Bugler’s Holiday.”
Track listing
- 0:00 – Swan Lake - ballet Op.20: Act 2, no.10; Scene
- Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra
- Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Conductor André Previn
- 2:45 – Le Carnaval des Animaux 'Aquarium'
- Performer Timothy Ridout
- Performer Isata Kanneh-Mason
- Composer Camille Saint‐Saëns
- Performer Sheku Kanneh-Mason
- Performer Braimah Kanneh-Mason
- Performer Ayla Sahin
- Performer Alasdair Malloy
- Performer Konya Kanneh-Mason
- Performer Adam Walker
- 5:29 – Sonata in A minor D.821 for arpeggione (or viola or cello) and piano: 3rd mvt
- Composer Franz Schubert
- Performer Alexandre Tharaud
- Performer Jean‐Guihen Queyras
- 14:29 – Acis and Galatea - masque, Act 2; O ruddier than the cherry [aria]
- Composer George Frideric Handel
- Ensemble Arcangelo
- Director Jonathan Cohen
- Performer Christopher Purves
- 17:36 – Symphony no. 1 in D major: 2nd movement; 'Kraftig bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell'
- Composer Gustav Mahler
- Conductor François‐Xavier Roth
- Orchestra Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra
- 24:40 – Symphonic dances from 'West Side story' orch. Ramin & Kostal, 'Mambo' [Presto]
- Composer Leonard Bernstein
- Orchestra Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor David Zinman
- 26:56 – Bugler's holiday for 3 trumpets and orchestra
- Composer Leroy Anderson
- Conductor Frederick Fennell
- Orchestra Eastman-Rochester Pops Orchestra