The perfect classical half hour
Episode m001lzcx, broadcast at Friday 4th October 2024, 7:00pm, and Tuesday 23rd May 2023, 7:00pm.
“Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music. This edition of the Classical Mixtape opens with de Morales's iconic Parce Mihi Domine, performed by saxophonist Jan Garbarek and the Hilliard Ensemble, before moving onto another classical reimagining: a Recomposed Bach Prelude by cellist-composer Peter Gregson. There's orchestral music from Respighi and Copland and choral harmonies from chamber ensemble Voces8 and the huge choir of Brahms's A German Requiem. The mix closes with a filmic take on Elgar's Nimrod, from the soundtrack to Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk. Producer: Christina Kenny for BBC Audio”
Track listing
- 0:43 – Parce mihi Domine
- Composer Cristóbal de Morales
- Performer Jan Garbarek
- Choir The Hilliard Ensemble
- 7:14 – 1. Prelude, Recomposed by Peter Gregson: Bach - Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major (track 1, Recomposed by Peter Gregson - Bach: the Cello Suites)
- Performer Peter Gregson
- Performer Katherine Jenkinson
- Performer Richard Harwood
- Performer Reinoud Ford
- 9:08 – Serenata, P. 54 (track 1, Respighi: The Birds)
- Composer Ottorino Respighi
- Performer Chamber Orchestra of New York
- Performer Salvatore Di Vittorio
- 13:37 – Variations on a Shaker Hymn (Appalachian Spring)
- Conductor Nicholas Collon
- Orchestra Aurora Orchestra
- Composer Aaron Copland
- 16:40 – Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (A German Requiem) (track , Brahms: Ein Deutsches requiem: Blomstedt)
- Composer Johannes Brahms
- Orchestra San Francisco Symphony
- Conductor Herbert Blomstedt
- Choir San Francisco Symphony Chorus
- 22:12 – Underneath the Stars
- Composer Kate Rusby
- Choir VOCES8
- 24:18 – Variation 15 from Dunkirk (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (track 10, Dunkirk (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack))
- Composer Edward Elgar
- Performer Studio Orchestra
- Composer Benjamin Wallfisch