Half an hour of the finest classical music
Episode m0024553, broadcast at Monday 28th October 2024, 7:00pm.
“Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites - Haydn's Surprise Symphony, Saint-Saëns's The Swan and the Humming Chorus from Puccini's opera Madam Butterfly. Along the way there's the Spinning Chorus from Wagner's The Flying Dutchman arranged for piano by Franz Liszt, Bernstein's ballet Fancy Free, Margaret Bonds' Benediction reflecting on the Montgomery Bus Boycott and Peter Hope's Tallis Revisited. Producer: Ian Wallington”
Track listing
- 0:00 – Symphony no.94 in G major 'Surprise' (2nd mvt) (track , Haydn: The 12 London Symphonies: LPO, Solti)
- Composer Joseph Haydn
- Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor Georg Solti
- 5:40 – Le Carnaval des animaux; no.13; Le Cygne (The Swan) (track 7, Golden Oldies – More Favourite Encores)
- Ensemble Brodsky Quartet
- Composer Camille Saint‐Saëns
- Performer Laura van der Heijden
- Music Arranger Paul Cassidy
- 8:23 – Spinning Chorus (The Flying Dutchman)
- Composer Richard Wagner
- Music Arranger Franz Liszt
- Performer Llŷr Williams
- 14:47 – 3 Dance Variations from Fancy Free: No. 2, Waltz (track 12, Bernstein: On the Waterfront)
- Orchestra Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
- Composer Leonard Bernstein
- Conductor Christian Lindberg
- 17:31 – Montgomery Variations (Benediction)
- Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra
- Composer Margaret Bonds
- Conductor Kellen Gray
- 22:46 – Tallis Remembered
- Performer Thomas Verity
- Performer John Turner
- Performer Simon Passmore
- Composer Peter Hope
- 26:05 – The Humming Chorus (Madama Butterfly)
- Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra
- Choir Ambrosian Singers
- Composer Giacomo Puccini
- Conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli