The perfect classical half hour
Episode m001jcvh, broadcast at Wednesday 1st March 2023, 7:00pm.
“Today's Classical Mixtape features a Praeludium by Sibelius' brother in law Armas Järnefelt arranged for brass band, a favourite piano sonata by Mozart, Errollyn Wallen's Chorale for String Orchestra and Elmer Bernstein's Coplandesque theme for The Magnificent Seven. Also in the mix is music by Rameau, Ravel, Joaquim Malats and Thomas Tomkins. Producer: Ian Wallington”
Track listing
- 0:00 – Contredanse en rondeau (Les Boréades)
- Composer Jean‐Philippe Rameau
- Conductor Marc Minkowski
- Orchestra Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble
- 2:59 – Praeludium
- Performer Black Dyke Band
- Conductor Major Peter Parkes
- Composer Armas Järnefelt
- Music Arranger Arthur Pearce
- 5:33 – Be strong and of good courage - anthem (track 9, The Great Service)
- Ensemble Tallis Scholars
- Director Peter Phillips
- Composer Thomas Tomkins
- 7:59 – Chorale for string orchestra (track 1201, Timelapse)
- Composer Errollyn Wallen
- Orchestra Orchestra of the Swan
- Director David Le Page
- 12:59 – Piano Sonata in C major, K.545 (1st mvt)
- Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Performer Christian Blackshaw
- 17:42 – Conversation of Beauty and the Beast (Mother Goose) (track 106, Ravel: Ma Mère l'Oye, Le tombeau de Couperin & Shéhérazade, ouverture de féerie)
- Composer Maurice Ravel
- Orchestra Les Siècles
- Conductor François‐Xavier Roth
- 21:40 – Serenata espanola
- Performer Xavier de Maistre
- Composer Joaquim Malats
- 24:21 – The Magnificent Seven (main theme) (track 1, Elmer Bernstein by Elmer Bernstein)
- Conductor Elmer Bernstein
- Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Pops Orchestra