The eclectic classical mix
Episode m001ghhw, broadcast at Friday 6th January 2023, 7:00pm.
“Today's mixtape includes works by three masters of music for the stage - the Turkey Trot form Leonard Bernstein's Divertimento, Vissi d'arte form Puccini's Tosca and Jerry Bock's cadenza and variations for violin and orchestra from Fiddler on the Roof. There's also playful piano music from Dvorak, a graceful minuet by Boccherini, a relaxing guitar prelude by Villa-Lobos and evocative string music by Joanna Marsh. Artists performing include Leif Ove Andsnes, Kiri Te Kanawa, Julian Bream and Itzhak Perlman. Producer: Ian Wallington”
Track listing
- 0:00 – Turkey Trot (Divertimento) (track 5, Bernstein conducts Bernstein)
- Conductor Leonard Bernstein
- Orchestra Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
- 1:50 – Poetic Tone Pictures, Op 85 (No 2 Toying) (track 2, Dvorák: Poetic Tone Pictures, Op.85)
- Composer Antonín Dvořák
- Performer Leif Ove Andsnes
- 6:06 – Symphony for small orchestra No 6 (3rd mvt) (track 3, Boccherini Symphonies, London Festival Orchestra, Ross Pople (director))
- Composer Luigi Boccherini
- Director Ross Pople
- Orchestra London Festival Orchestra
- 9:21 – Vissi d'arte (Tosca) (track 3, Puccini's Heroines: The Power of Love)
- Singer Kiri Te Kanawa
- Composer Giacomo Puccini
- Conductor Kent Nagano
- Orchestra Lyon Opera Orchestra
- 12:22 – Prelude No 3 in A minor
- Composer Heitor Villa‐Lobos
- Performer Julian Bream
- 17:47 – In Winter's House (track 101, Renewal)
- Orchestra United Strings of Europe
- Conductor Julian Azkoul
- Composer Joanna Marsh
- 22:18 – Fiddler on the Roof - Main Title (cadenza & variations for violin and orchestra) (track 19, Fiddler on the Roof - 2016 Broadway Cast Recording)
- Performer Itzhak Perlman
- Composer Jerrry Bock
- Music Arranger John Williams
- Orchestra Orchestra of the 2016 Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof
- Conductor Ted Sperling
- 27:46 – Lessons in Love and Violence, Part 1, Scene 4: II. I'm cold
- Performer Barbara Hannigan
- Orchestra Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
- Performer Stéphane Degout
- Conductor Sir George Benjamin