Classical music to inspire you
Episode m001tb4l, broadcast at Thursday 21st December 2023, 7:00pm.
“From Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker to Philip Lane's Wassail Dances and plenty of popular carols throughout, enjoy 30-minutes of back to back festive music in tonight's Classical Mixtape. Producer: Kevin Satizabal Carrascal”
Track listing
- 0:01 – Festive Overture: The Joy Of Christmas (track 1, The Spirit Of Christmas)
- Orchestra RTÉ Concert Orchestra
- Conductor Gavin Sutherland
- Composer Gordon Thornett
- 7:46 – The Nutcracker Suite (March) (track 8, Tchaikovsky: Ballet Suites, Wiener Philharmoniker)
- Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Conductor Herbert von Karajan
- Orchestra Vienna Philharmonic
- 10:21 – Peace on Earth (track 22, But I Like to Sing...)
- Singer Carolyn Sampson
- Performer Joseph Middleton
- Composer Errollyn Wallen
- 13:36 – Christmas Day (track 15, The St. Paul's Christmas Concert: St. Paul's Choir, RPO, Scott)
- Composer Gustav Holst
- Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Choir St Paul's Cathedral Choir
- Conductor John Scott
- 20:30 – Wassail Dances (track , Hely-Hutchinson: A Carol Symphony: City of Prague Phil, Sutherland)
- Orchestra City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
- Composer Philip Lane
- Conductor Gavin Sutherland
- 23:29 – Christmas Overture (The Forest of Wild Thyme Op.74) (track 2, The Night Before Christmas)
- Composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
- Conductor Barry Wordsworth
- Orchestra BBC Concert Orchestra
- Music Arranger Sydney Baynes