16/05/2022
Episode m00175s0, broadcast at Monday 16th May 2022, 7:00pm.
“An eclectic mix featuring classical favourites, lesser-known gems and a few surprises”
Track listing
- 0:00 – Concerto for 2 trumpets and orchestra RV.537 in C major: 1st mvt    - Composer Antonio Vivaldi
- Orchestra English Chamber Orchestra
- Performer Wynton Marsalis
- Conductor Raymond Leppard
 
- 3:06 – Media vita in morte sumus    - Choir Huelgas Ensemble
- Conductor Paul Van Nevel
- Composer Nicolas Gombert
 
- 9:19 – Danza del gaucho matrero, Op 2 No 3     (track 11, Ginastera: Piano Works Vol. 1: Nissman) - Composer Alberto Ginastera
- Performer Barbara Nissman
 
- 12:10 – Va pensiero (Nabucco)     (track 2, Opera Spectacular: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Stapleton) - Conductor Robin Stapleton
- Composer Giuseppe Verdi
- Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Choir Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
 
- 17:12 – Violin Concerto in D (Capriccio)     (track 7, Braham / Stravinsky - Violin Concertos - Hilary Hahn) - Composer Igor Stravinsky
- Orchestra Academy of St Martin in the Fields
- Conductor Neville Marriner
- Performer Hilary Hahn
 
- 22:40 – E Susanna non vien... Dove sono (The Marriage of Figaro)    - Singer Kiri Te Kanawa
- Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor Georg Solti