Beat Blue Monday with Sheku’s soothing classical mix
Episode m001gy41, broadcast at Monday 16th January 2023, 7:00pm.
“Relax with an uplifting classical soundscape curated by star cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, including music by Shostakovich, Bach, Elgar, Schumann, and Marian Anderson. Music includes Shostakovich's Symphony No. 11, Villa-Lobos's Song of the Black Swan, Bach's Largo from Sonata for organ No. 5 BWV 529 in a piano arrangement, Elgar's Sospiri, Schumann's String Quartet No. 3, Marian Anderson singing the spiritual Deep River, and Violeta Parra's Gracias a la Vida (Here's to Life) in an arrangement for guitar. Producer: Juan Carlos Jaramillo”
Track listing
- 0:48 – Deep River
- Composer Trad.
- Performer Franz Rupp
- Singer Marian Anderson
- Composer Henry Thacker Burleigh
- 3:16 – Song of the Black Swan, W122 (track 10, Steven Isserlis: The Complete RCA Recordings)
- Composer Heitor Villa‐Lobos
- 5:45 – Summer Afternoon (track , Senses)
- Performer Seven Eyes
- 9:21 – Sospiri, Op 70
- Composer Edward Elgar
- Orchestra City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor Mirga Gražinytė‐Tyla
- 13:36 – Symphony No. 11 in G Minor, Op. 103 "The Year 1905": III. In Memoriam (track 3, Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 "The Year 1905", Jazz Suites & Tahiti Trot)
- Composer Dmitry Shostakovich
- Conductor Mariss Jansons
- Orchestra The Philadelphia Orchestra
- 16:05 – Jupiter (track , The Seed)
- Performer Seven Eyes
- 19:07 – Gracias A La Vida (track , Saudade)
- Composer Violeta Parra
- Performer Plinio Fernandes
- Music Arranger Emmanuel Sowicz
- 21:24 – String Quartet No. 3 in A Major, Op. 41 No. 3: III. Adagio molto (track 3, Schumann: String Quartet, Op. 41 No. 3 - Mozart: String Quartet No. 3, K. 156)
- Composer Robert Schumann
- 24:11 – Largo from Trio Sonata No 5, BWV 529 (transc. Samuil Feinberg) (track 003, Bach Piano Transcriptions 4)
- Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer Martin Roscoe