Half an hour of the finest classical music
Episode m001svsy, broadcast at Monday 4th December 2023, 7:00pm.
“This evening's Classical Mixtape celebrates disabled composers and performers. Sit back and enjoy a Trumpet Minuet for Organ by blind organist Alfred Hollins, followed by Frederic Delius' Aquarelles for String Orchestra. Les Sirenes by French Composer Lili Boulanger who died of Crohn's disease at just 24-years-old precedes dreamy music by the blind Celtic harpist, singer and composer Turlough O'Carolan. Plus, music by Rodrigo and the Left-handed pianist Nicholas McCarthy plays Scriabin. To finish, blind Dutch flautist and composer Jacob van Eyck evokes the beautiful song of the English Nightingale. Producer: Kevin Satizabal Carrascal”
Track listing
- 0:00 – A Trumpet Minuet (track 002, A Celebration of Organ Music from Hull City Hall)
- Composer Alfred Hollins
- Performer Roger Fisher
- 4:15 – 2 Aquarelles
- Composer Frederick Delius
- Orchestra English Chamber Orchestra
- Conductor Julian Lloyd Webber
- Music Arranger Eric Fenby
- 6:01 – Les Sirènes (track 5, Lili Boulanger: Hymne au Soleil. Chorwerke)
- Composer Lili Boulanger
- Performer Antonii Baryshevskyi
- Singer Catherina Witting
- Choir Orpheus Vokalensemble
- Conductor Michael Alber
- 12:28 – O'Carolan's Dream (track 107, The Celtic Lute)
- Composer Turlough O'Carolan
- Performer Ronn McFarlane
- 15:57 – Song of the Sparrow (4 Catalan Songs) (track 014, Songs and Madrigals for Soprano and Orchestra)
- Composer Joaquín Rodrigo
- Orchestra Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias
- Singer Raquel Lojendio
- Conductor Maximiano Valdés
- 19:44 – Nocturne in D flat major, Op 9 No.2, for piano left hand (track 11, Solo)
- Composer Alexander Scriabin
- Performer Nicholas McCarthy
- 26:04 – Engels nachtegaeltje (‘The English Nightingale’)
- Performer Marion Verbruggen
- Composer Jacob van Eyck