Classical music for your journey
Episode m001fnjm, broadcast at Thursday 8th December 2022, 7:00pm.
“An eclectic mix featuring classical favourites, lesser-known gems and a few surprises; including music by Bizet, Puccini, Beethoven, Britten, Handel and Verdi.”
Track listing
- 0:00 – Symphony in C major (4th mvt) (track , Prokofiev, Britten, Bizet: Symphonies: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra)
- Orchestra Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
- Composer Georges Bizet
- 6:03 – The Humming Chorus (Madama Butterfly)
- Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra
- Choir Ambrosian Singers
- Composer Giacomo Puccini
- Conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli
- 9:05 – Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2 "The Tempest": III. Allegretto (track 303, Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 7)
- Composer Ludwig van Beethoven
- Performer Jonathan Biss
- 15:04 – Playful Pizzicato (Simple Symphony) (track , Britten: The Young Person's Guide etc: LSO/ECO/Britten)
- Conductor Benjamin Britten
- Orchestra English Chamber Orchestra
- 18:06 – Water Music, Suite No 1 in F major (3rd mvt, Allegro-Andante-Allegro)
- Composer George Frideric Handel
- Ensemble Academy for Ancient Music Berlin
- 24:43 – Ave Maria (Otello, Act IV)
- Orchestra Vienna Philharmonic
- Composer Giuseppe Verdi
- Singer Margaret Price
- Conductor Georg Solti