Power through with classical music
Episode m0020ymy, broadcast at Thursday 18th July 2024, 7:00pm.
“Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites including a rollicking Dance Suite by Bartok, Handel's stirring Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah and Borodin's sumptuous Nocturne played by violinist Issac Stern. Also in the mix is a minuet for wind octet by Mozart, Nkeiru Okoye's evocation of her childhood memories of dusk in Nigeria, a sonatina for flute and guitar by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedescosome and some stately Ancient Airs and Dances from Respighi. Producer: Ian Wallington”
Track listing
- 0:00 – Dance Suite (3rd mvt) (track 8, Hi Fi Special - Various Artists)
- Composer Béla Bartók
- Conductor Grzegorz Nowak
- Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra
- 2:42 – Hallelujah (Messiah) (track 1, The Best BBC Proms Album in the World... Ever!)
- Composer George Frideric Handel
- Conductor Charles Mackerras
- Orchestra English Chamber Orchestra
- Choir Ambrosian Singers
- 6:40 – Serenade in E flat major K.375 (4th mvt) (track 11, Eine kleine Nachtmusik / Clarinet Concerto / Serenade No. 11 (Symphonieorchester)
- Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Ensemble Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor Colin Davis
- Performer Heinrich Braun
- 9:34 – Sonatina for Flute & Guitar, Op. 205: I. Allegretto grazioso (track 101, 20th Century Music for Flute & Guitar)
- Composer Mario Castelnuovo‐Tedesco
- Performer Britta Jacobs
- Performer Irene Kalisvaart
- 13:37 – Dusk
- Composer Nkeiru Okoye
- Performer William Chapman Nyaho
- 16:56 – Arie di corte (Ancient Airs and Dance Suite no.3) (track 11, Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra)
- Composer Ottorino Respighi
- Orchestra Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
- 23:46 – Nocturne arr Harris for violin and orchestra (track , Humoresque, Favourite Violin Encores: Stern/Columbia Symphony Orch/Brieff/Katims)
- Composer Alexander Borodin
- Orchestra Columbia Symphony Orchestra
- Performer Isaac Stern
- Music Arranger Arthur Harris
- Conductor Frank Brieff