30 minutes of classical inspiration
Episode m001zvk5, broadcast at Tuesday 11th June 2024, 7:00pm.
“One of Handel's most exquisite arias from his Ode on St Cecilia's Day opens today's Classical Mixtape, leading to half an hour of back to back classical music to help wind down at the end of a busy day. Enjoy serenades from Glazunov's troubadour and Reynaldo Hahn's love sick gondolier, sitting alongside the searing and beautiful harmonies of Herbert Howells' Requiem, and a yearning harp melody from Grace Williams. Producer: Helen Garrison”
Track listing
- 0:08 – Ode for St Cecilia's day; What passion cannot music raise and quell! (Air)
- Singer Carolyn Sampson
- Composer George Frideric Handel
- Orchestra Dunedin Consort
- Conductor John Butt
- 7:37 – Carmen Suite No 1 (Aragonaise) (track 11, The Best of Bizet)
- Composer Georges Bizet
- Orchestra Orchestre national de France
- Conductor Seiji Ozawa
- 9:59 – From the middle ages - suite Op.79; III. Troubadour's serenade
- Composer Alexander Glazunov
- Conductor Evgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov
- Orchestra Russian State Symphony Orchestra
- 15:29 – The Mad Hatter's Tea Party (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - suite)
- Composer Joby Talbot
- Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor Christopher Austin
- 18:33 – Requiem aeternam I (track 903, A Song of Farewell: Music of Mourning and Consolation)
- Composer Herbert Howells
- Choir Gabrieli Consort
- Conductor Paul McCreesh
- 23:24 – Hiraeth (Yearning) (track 20, Harp Music from Six Centuries)
- Composer Grace Williams
- Performer Edward Witsenburg
- 26:05 – La Barcheta (Venezia) (track 13, Souvenirs De Venise)
- Composer Reynaldo Hahn
- Performer Graham Johnson
- Singer Anthony Rolfe Johnson