Expand your horizons with classical music
Episode m001pn55, broadcast at Monday 21st August 2023, 7:30pm.
“Today's mixtape includes a sparkling bit of J.S. Bach, a moving dance from the brilliant French composer Germaine Tailleferre, a traditional Macedonian song played on four guitars, and Leo Delibes's famous Pizzicato from his ballet Sylvia. Producer: Nick Taylor”
Track listing
- 0:00 – Violin Concerto in A major after BWV 1055 (1st mvt) (track 10, Rachel Podger, Brecon Baroque - J.S. Bach violin concertos)
- Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer Rachel Podger
- Ensemble Brecon Baroque
- 4:07 – Arabesque for clarinet in B flat and piano (track 16, L'Esprit des Six)
- Composer Germaine Tailleferre
- Performer Davide Bandieri
- Performer Guillaume Hersperger
- 7:11 – Pajduska (track 13, Dances Aquarelle Guitar Quartet)
- Ensemble Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
- Composer Traditional Macedonian
- 9:14 – O quam gloriosum
- Composer Tomás Luis de Victoria
- Choir Westminster Cathedral Choir
- Conductor James O’Donnell
- 11:49 – Piano Quintet in A major, D 667, 'Trout' (2nd mvt) (track 2, Schubert: Trout Quintet/Arpeggione Sonata:Ax/Frank/Ma/Meyer/Bonney)
- Composer Franz Schubert
- Performer Yo‐Yo Ma
- Performer Emanuel Ax
- Performer Edgar Meyer
- Performer Pamela Frank
- Performer Rebecca Young
- 18:21 – Concerto for flute, recorder and strings (TWV.52:e1) in E minor, Largo (track 21, Rondeaux Royaux: The Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman)
- Composer Georg Philipp Telemann
- Conductor Roy Goodman
- Ensemble Brandenburg Consort
- 21:39 – Caprice in G minor, Op 1 No 6 (track 6, Paganini: 24 Caprices, Op. 1: Tanja Becker-Bender)
- Composer Nicolò Paganini
- Performer Tanja Becker-Bender
- 26:17 – Pizzicato (Sylvia) (track 5, Delibes: Sylvia & Coppelia: LSO/Fistoulari/Minneapolis SO/Dorati)
- Composer Léo Delibes
- Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor Anatole Fistoulari
- 29:56 – Mazurka In C Sharp Minor, Op. 50/3 (track 017, Chopin: Mazurkas)
- Composer Frédéric Chopin
- Performer Pavel Kolesnikov