The perfect classical half hour
Episode m001vtpf, broadcast at Thursday 7th March 2024, 7:00pm, and Tuesday 6th February 2024, 7:00pm.
“This soundscape of classical music includes two favourite British works - Walton's Facade and Warlock's Capriol Suite, vocal music by Renaissance composer Pierre de la Rue, the beautiful slow movement of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto and Dorothy Howell's Humoresque. Also in the mix is Borodin's Petite Suite and Debussy's Sonate en trio for flute, viola and harp. Producer: Ian Wallington”
Track listing
- 0:00 – Facade Suite no.1 (Waltz) (track 217, Louis Frémaux - The Complete Birmingham Years)
- Composer William Walton
- Orchestra City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor Louis Frémaux
- 3:06 – Pavane (Capriol Suite)
- Composer Peter Warlock
- Ensemble Equale Brass
- 4:54 – Mazurka Rustique (Petite Suite) (track 10, Borodin: Requiem, Polovtsian Dances and Suite from Prince Igor)
- Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra
- Orchestrator Alexander Glazunov
- Composer Alexander Borodin
- Conductor Geoffrey Simon
- 7:40 – Petite Suite for piano (Serenade) (track , Russian Trinkets, Minitures for the Piano: Christopher Headington)
- Composer Alexander Borodin
- Performer Christopher Headington
- 9:19 – Absalon, fili mi [Absalom, my son]
- Conductor Owain Park
- Composer Pierre de la Rue
- Choir Gesualdo Six
- 13:49 – Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622: II. Adagio (arr. for basset clarinet) (track 2, Flow)
- Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Conductor Andrew Manze
- Orchestra NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
- Performer Annelien Van Wauwe
- 20:41 – Sonata for flute, viola and harp (Finale) (track , Ravel/Debussy: Sonata/Pavane/Chansons de Bilitis: Ensemble Wien-Berlin/Deneuve)
- Composer Claude Debussy
- Performer Wolfgang Schulz
- Performer Wolfram Christ
- Performer Margit-Anna Süß
- 25:30 – Humoresque (track 101, Dorothy Howell Orchestral Works)
- Orchestra BBC Concert Orchestra
- Conductor Rebecca Miller
- Composer Dorothy Howell