Your daily classical soundtrack
Episode m001pg3l, broadcast at Tuesday 15th August 2023, 7:00pm.
“Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music. Tonight's mix includes Stanford's exquisite partsong The Blue Bird, and similarly tranquil music by Tchaikovsky. Plus a dance from Dvorak, bewitching Rachmaninov piano and a beautiful Weber aria arranged for clarinet. Producer: David Fay”
Track listing
- 0:00 – Slavonic Dance in B flat minor Op.72 no.5 (track , Dvorak: Complete Slavonic Dances: Slavonic Dances Nos. 9-16, Op. 72 Nos. 1-8)
- Composer Antonín Dvořák
- Conductor Neeme Järvi
- Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra
- 2:35 – The Blue Bird (8 Partsongs Op.119) (track 1, McCreesh: Silence & Music)
- Choir Gabrieli Consort
- Conductor Paul McCreesh
- Composer Charles Villiers Stanford
- 6:19 – Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, H VIIe 1 (2nd mvt) (track 5, Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Alison Balsom)
- Composer Joseph Haydn
- Performer Alison Balsom
- Orchestra Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
- 9:46 – Prelude in G sharp minor, Op 32 No 12
- Composer Sergey Rachmaninov
- Performer Anna Fedorova
- 12:17 – Leise, leise, fromme Weise (Der Freischutz) arr. for clarinet and orchestra
- Composer Carl Maria von Weber
- Performer Roeland Hendrikx
- Music Arranger Andreas Tarkmann
- Orchestra Rheinische Philharmonie
- Conductor Michel Tilkin
- 18:48 – I'll sail upon the Dog Star (A Fool's Preferment) (track 5, Henry Purcell: Love's Madness)
- Composer Henry Purcell
- Singer Dorothee Mields
- Conductor Wolfgang Katschner
- Ensemble Lautten Compagney Berlin
- 20:56 – Andante Cantabile (Op.11) arr for cello and orchestra from String Quartet No. 1
- Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Performer Gautier Capuçon
- Conductor Douglas Boyd
- Orchestra Chamber Orchestra of Paris