The perfect classical half hour
Episode m001jtl9, broadcast at Friday 17th March 2023, 7:00pm.
“A specially curated mix of classical music, including works by Dvořák, Franck and Bittencourt, as well as music from Mozart's Don Giovanni and ending with Bob Chilcott's Five days that changed the world. Producer: Anna Heywood”
Track listing
- 0:00 – Suite in A major Op.98b 'American' (1st mvt) (track 7, Janacek: Lachian Dances/Dvorak: Suite in A major)
- Composer Antonín Dvořák
- Conductor David Zinman
- Orchestra Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
- 4:54 – Violin Sonata in A Major M.8 (4th mvt) (track 104, Cesar Franck: Sonata for Piano and Violin - Ernest Chausson: Concert)
- Composer César Franck
- Performer Isabelle Faust
- Performer Alexander Melnikov
- 11:01 – Là ci darem la mano (Don Giovanni) (track 6, Sospiri: Cecilia Bartoli)
- Singer Bryn Terfel
- Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Orchestra Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome
- Conductor Myung-Whun Chung
- Singer Cecilia Bartoli
- 14:08 – Cello Concerto in A major (3rd mvt)
- Composer Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
- Performer Marc Coppy
- Ensemble Zagrebački solisti
- 19:13 – Bittencourt: Assanhado (Arr. for Guitar by Sérgio Assad) (track 1, Saudade)
- Composer Sérgio Assad
- Performer Plinio Fernandes
- Composer Jacob do Bandolim
- 23:12 – II. Friday 1 August 1834: The Abolition of Slavery (track 2, Bob Chilcott: The Angry Planet)
- Composer Bob Chilcott
- Ensemble BBC Singers
- Conductor David Hill
- Performer Gemma Beeson
- Performer Markus Gruett