The perfect classical half hour
Episode m0025myy, broadcast at Monday 9th December 2024, 7:00pm.
“Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites including music by Maddalena Sirmen, Sergei Rachmaninov, Ludwig van Beethoven, Joseph Canteloube, Niels Gade, Katia Beaugeais, and Germaine Tailleferre. Producer: Zara Siddiqi To listen on most smart speakers just say “ask BBC Sounds to play Classical Mixtape””
Track listing
- 0:13 – Concerto in B flat major Op.3 No.1 for violin and orchestra: 2nd mvt; Andante (track 11, Benda, Graun, Saint-Georges, Sirmen: Violin Concertos)
- Orchestra Il Pomo d’Oro
- Composer Maddalena Laura Sirmen
- Performer Zefira Valova
- 2:10 – Moments musicaux, Op 16 (No 1 in B flat minor) (track 2, Rachmaninov: Corelli Variations/Moments Musicaux: Jones)
- Performer Martin Jones
- Composer Sergey Rachmaninov
- 9:43 – String Quartet in B flat major, Op 18 No 6 (5th mvt) (track 5, Beethoven - The Complete String Quartets Vol.1)
- Composer Ludwig van Beethoven
- Ensemble Belcea Quartet
- 14:24 – Baïlèro (Chants d'Auvergne) (track 8, Villa-Lobos, Bachianas Brasileiras No.5)
- Orchestra Academy of St Martin in the Fields
- Director Neville Marriner
- Composer Joseph Canteloube
- Singer Karita Mattila
- 20:11 – Christmas Chimes (Children's Christmas Eve, Op 36) (track 1, Niels W. Gade: Complete Piano Works, Vol.III)
- Composer Niels Wilhelm Gade
- Performer Anker Blyme
- 21:11 – Like Snowdrops You Will Shine (track 8, Collective Wisdom [Hush, Volume 18])
- Composer Katia Beaugeais
- Performer Helena Rathbone
- Ensemble ACO Collective
- 26:10 – Harp Sonata (Perpetuum Mobile)
- Composer Germaine Tailleferre
- Performer Sarah Schuster Ericsson