Half an hour of the finest classical music
Episode m001m58p, broadcast at Thursday 1st June 2023, 7:00pm.
“Tonight's mix opens with John Barry's theme from the 1985 Oscar winning film, Out of Africa. From there, we'll hear music from the Grammy award-winning Danish String Quartet, as well as music by Eriks Esenvalds, Benjamin Britten and Henry Purcell. Produced by Calantha Bonnissent”
Track listing
- 3:08 – Romance in F major, op.36
- Orchestra Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
- Composer Camille Saint‐Saëns
- Performer Mischa Maisky
- 6:19 – Simple Symphony (Playful pizzicato) (track , Benjamin Britten: Temporal Variations: Northern Sinfonia, Daniel, Wyn-Rogers, Du)
- Composer Benjamin Britten
- Orchestra Royal Northern Sinfonia
- Conductor Steuart Bedford
- 9:16 – Naja's Waltz
- Ensemble Danish String Quartet
- Composer Fredrik Sjölin
- 12:28 – By Beauteous Softness (Now does the Glorious Day)
- Performer Joseph Middleton
- Composer Henry Purcell
- Singer Iestyn Davies
- 16:43 – Unaccompanied Cello Suite No.6 in D Major, BWV 1012: Gigue (track 18, Six Evolutions)
- Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer Yo‐Yo Ma
- 20:21 – Prelude in D major, Op.23 no.4 (track 5, Rachmaninov: 24 Preludes)
- Composer Sergey Rachmaninov
- Performer Nikolai Lugansky
- 25:16 – Stars (track 7, Lux)
- Composer Eriks Esenvalds
- Choir VOCES8