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Episode m001dfwc, broadcast at Monday 31st October 2022, 7:00pm.
“A Dutch Witch's Dance jigs down a path through Handel's Water Music, a Devil's Galop, Bach re-imagined for jazz trio, Vivaldi in similarly jazzy colours, and Tchaikovsky in nostalgic mood. There's also music by Shirley J Thompson, John Bull and Claudio Monteverdi.”
Track listing
- 0:00 – Witch Dance (track 1, Henkemans: Quatre Mains: Witch Dance)
- Composer Hans Henkemans
- Performer Lucas Jussen
- Performer Arthur Jussen
- 2:23 – Water music - suite in G major HWV.350
- Composer George Frideric Handel
- Conductor Marc Minkowski
- Orchestra Les Musiciens du Louvre
- 5:45 – Devil's Galop (track 9, British Light Music Classics vol.1)
- Conductor Ronald Corp
- Orchestra The New London Orchestra
- Composer Charles Williams
- 8:59 – Aria (Goldberg Variations) arr. Jacques Loussier (track 1, Bach's Goldberg Variations)
- Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
- Music Arranger Jacques Loussier
- Ensemble Jacques Loussier Trio
- 11:25 – Een kindeken is ons geboren (track 1, Bull: Een kindeken is ons geboren (MB 14/53))
- Composer John Bull
- Performer Kit Armstrong
- 13:32 – Semplice Sempre (track 1, Semplice Sempre)
- Composer Shirley J. Thompson
- Performer Esther Abrami
- Ensemble Her Ensemble
- 17:52 – Dopo i nembi (from La Verita in Cimento, RV 739) (track 17, New Vivaldi)
- Composer Antonio Vivaldi
- Conductor Wolfgang Katschner
- Ensemble Lautten Compagney
- 19:49 – Melodie (Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op 42) (track 8, Obsession)
- Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Orchestra Concertgebouw Kamerorkest
- Performer Niek Baar
- Music Arranger Alexandru Lascae
- 23:33 – Laetatus sum à 6 (track 11, Venetian Vespers)
- Ensemble Gabrieli Consort
- Conductor Paul McCreesh
- Composer Claudio Monteverdi
- Singer Peter Harvey
- Singer Charles Daniels
- Singer Tessa Bonner
- Singer Jonathan Best
- Singer Andrew Tusa
- Singer Susan Hemington Jones