30 minutes of classical inspiration
Episode m001wz12, broadcast at Friday 15th March 2024, 7:00pm.
“Wind down at the end of a busy with half an hour of back-to-back classical music. Tonight's mix includes a yearning film score by Malcolm Arnold, a beautifully romantic slow movement from a Rachmaninov piano concerto, and Ravel's sparkling depiction of a boat on the sea. Producer: Helen Garrison”
Track listing
- 0:59 – David Copperfield Suite; I. Main Titles and Opening Scene
- Orchestra BBC Philharmonic
- Conductor Rumon Gamba
- Composer Malcolm Arnold
- Music Arranger Philip Lane
- 4:17 – Fleur jetée, Op 39 No 2 (track 20, Fleurs)
- Performer Carolyn Sampson
- Performer Joseph Middleton
- Composer Gabriel Fauré
- 5:33 – Piano Concerto No 4 in G minor, Op 40 (2nd mvt) (track 5, Rachmaninov Piano Concertos - Leif Ove Andsnes - Antonio Pappano)
- Composer Sergey Rachmaninov
- Performer Leif Ove Andsnes
- Conductor Sir Antonio Pappano
- Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra
- 12:05 – Four Cornish Dances arr for brass band (No 1) (track 23, The Malcolm Arnold Edition: Music for Brass)
- Ensemble Grimethorpe Colliery Band
- Conductor Malcolm Arnold
- 13:43 – The Fairie-Round Galliard (track 14, Music for Viols)
- Ensemble Fretwork
- Composer Anthony Holborne
- 14:57 – Une barque sur l'ocean (Miroirs) (track , Debussy and Ravel: Pierre Boulez conducts)
- Composer Maurice Ravel
- Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor Pierre Boulez
- 22:58 – Magnificat (Gloucester Service) (track 4, Howells: St John's Magnificat - Choir of St John's College, Cambridge)
- Composer Herbert Howells
- Choir Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge
- Director Andrew Nethsingha
- Performer Timothy Ravalde