Classical music for focus or relaxation
Episode m001pn47, broadcast at Thursday 24th August 2023, 7:00pm.
“Romantic music from Clara Schumann opens your Classical Mixtape, full of theatricality, from Lully's comedy-ballet Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, to Bernstein's 'Oh Happy We', adapted from another French literary classic, Candide. The party continues with Handel's birthday gift to Queen Anne and the little known treasure that is Auber's Violin Concerto from a composer mostly famous for his work in French opéra-comique. Plus, sing along opportunities with Bach's Prelude and Shostakovich's Jazz Suite, before finishing with musical magic in John Williams's score for the film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Producer: Julien Rosa”
Track listing
- 0:00 – Romance in F major, Op 21 No 2
- Composer Clara Schumann
- Performer Nataša Veljković
- 1:03 – Suite 'Le bourgeois gentilhomme' (Marche) (track 4, Jean-Baptiste Lully: L'Orchestre du Roi Soleil/Le Concert Des Nations/Jordi Sava)
- Director Jordi Savall
- Composer Jean‐Baptiste Lully
- Orchestra Concert Des Nations
- 3:00 – Eternal source of light divine (Birthday ode for Queen Anne) (track 1, Eternal Heaven)
- Composer George Frideric Handel
- Conductor Thomas Dunford
- Singer Iestyn Davies
- Singer Lea Desandre
- Ensemble Jupiter
- 6:05 – Trumpet Concerto in D major (2nd mvt) (track 18, Italian Concertos; Alison Balsom, Scottish Ensemble)
- Performer Alison Balsom
- Composer Giuseppe Tartini
- Ensemble Scottish Ensemble
- 8:53 – Suite for jazz band (Waltz 2) (track 13, Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs)
- Orchestra Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
- Conductor Riccardo Chailly
- Composer Dmitry Shostakovich
- 12:32 – Prelude & Fugue in C major BWV.846 (The Well-Tempered Clavier Bk 1)
- Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer Sir András Schiff
- 16:18 – Violin Concerto in D Major, S.165:III - 3rd movt: Presto (track 4, Auber: Overtures, Vol. 2)
- Orchestra Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
- Composer Daniel François Esprit Auber
- Performer Markéta Čepická
- Conductor Dario Salvi
- 21:36 – Candide: Act I - 4. Oh, Happy We (track 6, Bernstein: Candide)
- Conductor Leonard Bernstein
- Music Arranger John Mauceri
- Singer June Anderson
- Lyricist Stephen Sondheim
- Singer Jerry Hadley
- Lyricist Voltaire
- Lyricist Hugh Wheeler
- Lyricist Lillian Hellman
- Lyricist John Latouche
- Lyricist Dorothy Parker
- Lyricist Richard Wilbur
- Lyricist John Wells
- Music Arranger Hershy Kay
- Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra
- 23:37 – Hedwig's Theme (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone)
- Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor John Williams
- 29:12 – Symphony No 9_BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- Orchestra BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- Composer Gustav Mahler
- Conductor Thomas Søndergård