Classical music to inspire you
Episode m001h69c, broadcast at Thursday 26th January 2023, 7:00pm.
“Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites. A mix featuring some truly iconic tunes, from the Doctor Who main theme to Fauré's Pavane, Holst's Mars to Bernstein's Mambo, and Debussy's Arabesque to Bach's Air on a G string. Produced by David Fay.”
Track listing
- 0:00 – Arabesque no.1 in E major (track 7, Debussy: Complete works for piano vol.3: Bavouzet)
- Composer Claude Debussy
- Performer Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
- 3:55 – Caprice in E major, Op.1 no.1 (track 1, Paganini: 24 Capricci: Leonidas Kavacos)
- Composer Nicolò Paganini
- Performer Leonidas Kavakos
- 5:36 – Doctor Who (Original Theme)
- Composer Ron Grainer
- Music Arranger Delia Derbyshire
- 7:55 – The Planets Suite, Op. 32: I. Mars (track 101, Holst: The Planets)
- Composer Gustav Holst
- Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor Vladimir Jurowski
- 14:13 – Pavane, Op.50 arr McFerrin for voice and orchestra.
- Composer Gabriel Fauré
- Orchestra Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
- Singer Bobby McFerrin
- 19:30 – Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV1068: Air ('Air on a G String')
- Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer Joshua Bell
- Orchestra Academy of St Martin in the Fields
- 24:16 – Prelude and fugue no.5 in D major Op.87 no.5
- Composer Dmitry Shostakovich
- Performer Igor Levit
- 25:43 – Who is Silvia (Let us garlands bring, Op 18 No 2) (track 2, A Finzi Anthology)
- Composer Gerald Finzi
- Performer Iain Burnside
- Singer Roderick Williams
- 27:10 – Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: Mambo
- Orchestra Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor Gustavo Dudamel
- Composer Leonard Bernstein