The perfect classical half hour
Episode m001vczz, broadcast at Wednesday 24th January 2024, 7:00pm.
“Enjoy half an hour of back-to-back classical music, including a beautiful chamber work by Amy Beach, Eric Whitacre’s ever popular 'Sleep', and glorious piano music from Ravel. Relax with mandolins from Vivaldi, and music by Meredith Monk and Korngold. The perfect way to wind down at the end of the day.”
Track listing
- 0:42 – Concerto in G major for 2 mandolins, RV 532 (1st mvt) (track 1, The Magic of the Mandoline - Greatest Concertos. Mandoline and string orchestra)
- Composer Antonio Vivaldi
- Performer Ugo Orlandi
- Conductor Claudio Scimone
- Ensemble I Solisti Veneti
- Performer Dorina Frati
- 3:46 – Sonata in Bb major for harp and flute (Rondeau) (track 14, Le Salon de Musique de Marie-Antoinette)
- Composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
- Performer Sandrine Chatron
- Performer Amélie Michel
- 6:03 – Invocation Op.55 (track 13, Schumann, Smyth, Beach)
- Composer Amy Beach
- Performer Tasmin Little
- Performer John Lenehan
- 9:47 – Sleep (track 16, Eric Whitacre, Light & Gold)
- Conductor Eric Whitacre
- Choir Eric Whitacre Singers
- Choir Laudibus
- 15:17 – Sonatine for piano
- Composer Maurice Ravel
- Performer Angela Hewitt
- 19:05 – Fields/Clouds (Book of Days)
- Singer Meredith Monk
- Singer Johanna Arnold
- Singer Joan Barber
- Singer Andrea Goodman
- Singer Naaz Hosseini
- Singer Robert Een
- Singer John Eppler
- Singer Ching Gonzalez
- Singer Wayne Hankin
- Singer Nicky Paraiso
- Singer Timothy Sawyer
- 22:19 – Straussiana (track 6, Korngold - Symphony in F sharp)
- Composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold
- Conductor John Wilson
- Orchestra Sinfonia of London