Relax into your day with classical music
Episode m001qfvc, broadcast at Friday 22nd September 2023, 7:00pm.
“Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, with gorgeous sounds ranging from the 18th century right up to the present day. Featuring music by Domenico Scarlatti, Joseph Bologne, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Gerald Finzi and Judith Bingham - plus a dramatic tango by Carlos Gardel made famous by the 1994 film True Lies. Producer: Christina Kenny for BBC Audio.”
Track listing
- 0:09 – Swan Lake Suite (Waltz)
- Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Conductor Yuri Temirkanov
- Orchestra St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
- 7:17 – Tango - Por una cabeza (track 3, Nicola Benetti: The Silver Violin)
- Performer Ksenija Sidorova
- Performer Leonard Elschenbroich
- Performer Alexei Grynyuk
- Composer Carlos Gardel
- Performer Nicola Benedetti
- Music Arranger John Lenehan
- 11:12 – Sonata in G major Kk.455
- Composer Domenico Scarlatti
- Performer Yevgeny Sudbin
- 14:22 – The Drowned Lovers (track 14, Music of the Spheres)
- Conductor Nigel Short
- Choir Tenebrae
- Composer Judith Bingham
- Singer Martha McLorinan
- 20:13 – Violin concerto no.10 in D major (2nd mvt) (track 5, Saint-George: Complete Violin Concertos, Vol.2)
- Composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
- Performer Zhou Qian
- Orchestra Toronto Camerata
- Conductor Kevin Mallon
- 26:46 – Amen from Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice, Op. 26 (arr Paul Mealor)
- Conductor Nicholas Collon
- Orchestra Aurora Orchestra
- Composer Gerald Finzi
- Music Arranger Paul Mealor