Expand your horizons with classical music
Episode m001sw95, broadcast at Wednesday 6th December 2023, 7:00pm.
“Festive music by Michael Praetorius begins the mix, followed by Arnold Schoenberg's own serene music for Christmas. There are piano pieces by Mozart and Domenico Scarlatti, and up-to-date music for violin by Max Richter., as well as a classic Wendy Carlos Moog synthesizer interpretation of Bach.”
Track listing
- 0:00 – Wachet auf (Christmas Vespers)
- Composer Michael Praetorius
- Ensemble Apollo’s Fire
- Conductor Jeannette Sorrell
- Orchestra Cleveland Baroque Orchestra
- 2:40 – Weihnachtsmusik (track 501, Waltz Reflections)
- Composer Arnold Schoenberg
- Performer Alfred Mitterhofer
- Performer Leonore Aumaier
- Ensemble Neues Wiener Streichquartett
- 8:38 – Piano Sonata No 1 in C major, K 279 (3rd mvt) (track 3, Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas: Mitsuko Uchida)
- Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Performer Mitsuko Uchida
- 11:52 – Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring (track 6, Switched-On Bach)
- Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
- 14:51 – Symphony No 6 in C major, D 589 (2nd mvt)
- Composer Franz Schubert
- Conductor Kevin John Edusei
- Orchestra Munich Symphony Orchestra
- 20:40 – Mercy
- Performer Hilary Hahn
- Composer Max Richter
- Performer Cory Smythe
- 26:03 – Sonata in B-Flat Major, K. 551 (track 11, c.1300-c.2000)
- Composer Domenico Scarlatti
- Performer Jeremy Denk