Power through with classical music
Episode m001t2kl, broadcast at Friday 15th December 2023, 7:00pm.
“Half an hour of back to back classical music with a festive sparkle, shimmering, starry skies and snowy landscapes, featuring music by John Rutter, Xiaogang Ye, Joe Hisaishi and Maurice Jarre. Producer: Helen Garrison”
Track listing
- 0:00 – On Christmas Night, "Sussex Carol" (arr. D. Willcocks) (track 2201, The Carols Album)
- Composer Trad.
- Music Arranger Sir David Willcocks
- Choir Huddersfield Choral Society
- Conductor Joseph Cullen
- Performer Darius Battiwalla
- 1:30 – Starry Sky, Op. 56 (track 501, Winter)
- Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra
- Conductor José Serebrier
- Composer Ye Xiaogang
- Choir Royal Scottish National Orchestra Chorus
- 8:47 – The snow it melts the soonest (track 14, Winter)
- Composer Trad.
- Choir VOCES8
- Performer Eleanor Turner
- Music Arranger Geoff Lawson
- 12:11 – Italian Dance (track 6, A Life in Music: Vintage Tommy Reilly)
- Composer Madeleine Dring
- Performer Kaare Ørnung
- Performer Tommy Reilly
- 14:14 – Merry-Go-Round of Life (from 'Howl's Moving Castle')
- Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor Joe Hisaishi
- 17:03 – Star Carol
- Conductor John Rutter
- Choir The Cambridge Singers
- Orchestra City of London Sinfonia
- 19:53 – Bell Sound Falling Like Snow
- Conductor Kristjan Järvi
- Orchestra MDR Sinfonieorchester
- Composer Sven Helbig
- Ensemble Fauré Quartett
- 23:03 – Doctor Zhivago "Lara's Theme" (track 8, 100 Greatest Film Themes)
- Conductor Paul Bateman
- Composer Maurice Jarre
- Orchestra City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
- 26:20 – The Coventry Carol (track 113, The Swingle Singers)
- Music Arranger Jonathan Rathbone
- Ensemble The Swingle Singers
- Composer Anonymous 16th C.