The perfect classical half hour
Episode m001yr5c, broadcast at Monday 13th May 2024, 7:00pm, and Monday 6th May 2024, 7:00pm.
“An eclectic mix of classical favourites taking you into the mystical worlds of Purcell's King Arthur and Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, finishing with John Tavener's elegiac Song for Athene. Produced by Zerlina Vulliamy.”
Track listing
- 0:00 – Concerto for 4 violins in B Minor Op.3 No.10 RV580: I. Allegro
- Composer Antonio Vivaldi
- Performer Rachel Podger
- Ensemble Brecon Baroque
- 3:24 – The Nutcracker Suite, Op 71a (Arabian Dance) (track 7, Tchaikovsky: 1812/Romeo & Juliet/Nutcracker Suite: Chicago Symphony Orchestra/So)
- Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Orchestra Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor Georg Solti
- 7:00 – Choeur bohemien
- Choir BBC Singers
- Composer Pauline Viardot
- Singer Olivia Robinson
- Conductor Grace Rossiter
- Performer Stephen Jeffes
- Performer Christopher Bowen
- Singer Helen Neeves
- Performer Libby Burgess
- 10:44 – Cortège; Air de danse (L'enfant prodigue) (track 6, Lollipops - Beecham)
- Composer Claude Debussy
- Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor Thomas Beecham
- 15:01 – King Arthur (Overture) (track 14, Purcell: Instrumental Musik: Freiburger Barockorchester)
- Composer Henry Purcell
- Orchestra Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
- Conductor Thomas Hengelbrock
- 20:32 – Papillons blancs (track , Debussy/Ravel: Works For Piano And Orchestra)
- Composer Jules Massenet
- Performer Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
- 23:12 – Song for Athene
- Choir Gabrieli Consort
- Conductor Paul McCreesh
- Composer John Tavener