The Eclectic Classical Mix
Episode m001kvt8, broadcast at Friday 21st April 2023, 7:00pm.
“Today's classical mixtape celebrates the glory of Spring Sunshine! Light and warmth exude form Elgar's Sun Dance, Charpentier's Pastoral Tribute to the Sun King, Piazzolla's Spring, Tchaikovsky's April Snowdrop, Gilbert and Sullivan's The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze, James Oswald's Air for the Season of Spring and the finale of Schumann's Spring Symphony. Sunglasses on, sit back and bask in the rays! Producer: Ian Wallington”
Track listing
- 0:00 – Sun Dance (The Wand of Youth Suite No 1) (track 4, Elgar: Wand of Youth Suites No.1 & 2: New Zealand SO/Judd)
- Composer Edward Elgar
- Orchestra New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor James Judd
- 2:39 – A pastoral tribute to the Sun King: Pastorale H.486 (excerpt)
- Conductor Paul O’Dette
- Composer Marc‐Antoine Charpentier
- Performer Boston Early Music Festival Chorus
- Ensemble Boston Early Music Festival Ensemble
- 6:34 – Primavera Porteña (4 Estaciones Porteñas) (track 101, Four Seasons)
- Composer Astor Piazzolla
- Orchestra Münchener Kammerorchester
- Performer Arabella Steinbacher
- Music Arranger Peter von Wienhardt
- 11:19 – April 'Snowdrop' (The Seasons, Op.37b)
- Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Performer Yefim Bronfman
- 13:58 – The sun, whose rays are all ablaze (The Mikado) (track 212, Barbara Hendricks: Operetta Arias & Duets)
- Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra
- Composer Arthur Sullivan
- Singer Barbara Hendricks
- Conductor Lawrence Foster
- Librettist William Gilbert
- 20:32 – Airs for the Seasons; The Lady's Mantle (Spring)
- Composer James Oswald
- Performer Jeremy Barlow
- Ensemble Broadside Band
- 21:29 – Symphony No.1 in B flat "Spring" (4th mvt) (track 4, Schumann : Symphonies 1-4 & Violin & Piano Concertos)
- Composer Robert Schumann
- Orchestra Chamber Orchestra of Europe
- Conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt