The perfect classical half hour
Episode m0020pzx, broadcast at Friday 12th July 2024, 7:00pm.
“Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites.”
Track listing
- 0:04 – Judex (Mors et Vita) (track 4, Adagio)
- Orchestra Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor Libor Pešek
- Composer Charles Gounod
- 4:26 – Roundelay (The Dancers) (track 3, Grace Williams: The Dancers etc)
- Orchestra City of London Sinfonia
- Conductor Richard Hickox
- Composer Grace Williams
- Singer Eiddwen Harrhy
- Choir The Richard Hickox Singers
- 9:41 – Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051 (1st mvt) (track 7, Bach: Brandenburg Concertos, English Baroque Soloists)
- Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
- Conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Ensemble English Baroque Soloists
- Performer Kati Debretzeni
- 15:10 – The Go Between; Variation 1
- Conductor Michel Legrand
- Performer Catherine Michel
- Orchestra Brussels Philharmonic
- 17:20 – A Child's Prayer (track 4, A Song of Farewell: Music of Mourning and Consolation)
- Choir Gabrieli Consort
- Conductor Paul McCreesh
- Composer James MacMillan
- 21:20 – The Hour Glass (The Dew Fairy) (track , Bridge: Piano Sonata etc: Kathryn Stott)
- Composer Frank Bridge
- Performer Kathryn Stott
- 24:20 – La vallée des cloches (track 7, Percy Grainger In a Nutshell)
- Composer Maurice Ravel
- Conductor Sir Simon Rattle
- Orchestrator Percy Grainger
- Orchestra City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra