Your daily classical soundtrack
Episode m001r250, broadcast at Wednesday 11th October 2023, 7:00pm.
“Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, featuring cygnets dancing in Tchaikovsky and an orchestra dreaming courtesy of Archibald Joyce. Unwind with dreamy music by Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Cécile Chaminade, Gerald Finzi, and Ottorino Respighi. Plus, a classic aria from Handel's Semele, and an ingenious re-working of Satie's Gymnopédie No 1 performed by violinist Ray Chen. Produced by Rachel Gill.”
Track listing
- 0:00 – Bergamasca (Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No 2) (track 8, Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances)
- Composer Ottorino Respighi
- Orchestra Academy of St Martin in the Fields
- Conductor Neville Marriner
- 5:03 – Thème varié, Op 89
- Composer Cécile Louise Chaminade
- Performer Mark Viner
- 9:20 – Where'er you walk (Semele) (track 1402, Where'er You Walk)
- Composer George Frideric Handel
- Performer Ian Page
- Orchestra Orchestra of Classical Opera
- 13:55 – Swan Lake (Dance of the Cygnets)
- Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra
- Conductor John Lanchbery
- 15:20 – Forlana (5 Bagatelles for clarinet and piano, Op 23) (track 11, The English Clarinet)
- Composer Gerald Finzi
- Performer John Bradbury
- Performer James Cryer
- 18:15 – A New Satiesfaction [Gymnopedie no.1] (track 1, The Golden Age)
- Composer Erik Satie
- Performer Stephan Koncz
- Performer Ray Chen
- Performer Noah Bendix-Balgley
- Performer Amihai Grosz
- 22:41 – Spiritus Sanctus vivificans vita (track 6, Naked Byrd two: Armonico Consort)
- Composer Hildegard von Bingen
- Choir Armonico Consort
- Director Christopher Monks
- Singer Anna Sandström
- 25:30 – Dreaming - waltz for orchestra (track 1, Joyce: Toto / Dreams of You / A Thousand Kisses)
- Orchestra RTÉ Concert Orchestra
- Conductor Andrew Penny
- Composer Archibald Joyce