The eclectic classical mix
Episode m001n83n, broadcast at Thursday 13th February 2025, 7:00pm, and Wednesday 5th July 2023, 7:00pm.
“Take time out with a soundscape of classical music including Eric Coates's overture The Merrymakers, Chopin's Fantaisie-Impromptu in C sharp minor which inspired the song "I'm always chasing rainbows" and the lilting waltz from Bernstein's Divertimento. Also in the mix are Byrd's Vigilate for 5 voices, Bach's "Awake, we are called by the voice of the watchmen" arranged for solo organ, a minuet for strings by Mozart and Rachel Portman's music for the film 'Emma'. Producer: Ian Wallington”
Track listing
- 0:00 – The Merrymakers (track 1, Coates: Orchestral Works Vol. 1)
- Orchestra BBC Philharmonic
- Composer Eric Coates
- Conductor John Wilson
- 4:23 – Fantasie-Impromptu in C sharp minor, Op 66
- Composer Frédéric Chopin
- Performer Anna Vinnitskaya
- 9:02 – Vigilate for 5 voices (track 1, The Tallis Scholars Sing William Byrd)
- Composer William Byrd
- Choir Tallis Scholars
- Director Peter Phillips
- 13:50 – Waltz (Divertimento)
- Conductor Leonard Bernstein
- Orchestra Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
- 15:58 – Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645
- Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer Simon Preston
- 20:46 – String Quartet in B flat major, K 458, 'Hunt' (2nd mvt) (track 2, Mozart: Oboe Quartet/Horn Quintet: The Lindsays)
- Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Ensemble Lindsay String Quartet
- Performer Peter Cropper
- Performer Ronald Birks
- Performer Robin Ireland
- Performer Bernard Gregor-Smith
- 24:57 – Emma; Main Titles (track 1, Emma)
- Orchestra Studio Orchestra
- Composer Rachel Portman
- Conductor David Snell