Half an hour of the finest classical music
Episode m0027cz4, broadcast at Friday 7th February 2025, 7:00pm.
“Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites - Jeremiah Clarke's Trumpet Voluntary, Beethoven's first symphony arranged for flute and piano trio and Lehar's Vilja from The Merry Widow. There's also Morning Mood from Grieg's Peer Gynt, Purcell's Music For A While played by clarinet and double bass and Piazzolla's Libertango. Plus a lesser known gem by Doreen Carwithen - her Sonatina for piano. Producer: Ian Wallington”
Track listing
- 0:00 – Trumpet voluntary (The Prince of Denmark's March) (track 1, Trumpet Voluntary)
- Music Arranger Peter Hurford
- Composer Jeremiah Clarke
- Ensemble Michael Laird Brass Ensemble
- 2:50 – Symphony no.1 in C major (4th mvt) (track 204, Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 (Arr. J. N. Hummel for Flute & Piano Trio))
- Composer Ludwig van Beethoven
- Music Arranger Johann Nepomuk Hummel
- Ensemble Gould Piano Trio
- Performer Uwe Grodd
- 8:19 – Vilja's Lied (The Merry Widow) (track 14, Lesley Garrett - Soprano in Red)
- Singer Lesley Garrett
- Composer Franz Lehár
- Choir Crouch End Festival Chorus
- Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor James Holmes
- 13:33 – Morning (Peer Gynt Suite No 1, Op 46) (track 8, Grieg: Peer Gynt/Holberg Suite: Marriner)
- Composer Edvard Grieg
- Orchestra Academy of St Martin in the Fields
- Conductor Neville Marriner
- 17:46 – Sonatina: ii.Molto adagio (track 7, Neglected Works For Piano)
- Performer Bengt Forsberg
- Composer Doreen Carwithen
- 22:24 – Music for a While (Oedipus)
- Composer Henry Purcell
- Music Arranger Sebastien Dubé
- Performer Martin Frost
- 26:21 – Libertango
- Performer Ksenija Sidorova
- Performer Miloš Karadaglić
- Composer Astor Piazzolla
- Orchestra European Film Philharmonia Studio Orchestra