30 minutes of classical inspiration
Episode m0028t4t, broadcast at Thursday 20th March 2025, 7:00pm.
“As Radio 3 celebrates the 300th anniversary of Vivaldi's Four Seasons, this evening's Classical Mixtape is packed with seasonal music - from Frederick Delius' 'On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring' to Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's 'Whispers of Summer'. Plus piano music from Dora Pejačević and plenty more seasonal delights. Producer: Kevin Satizabal Carrascal. To listen on most smart speakers, just say 'Ask BBC Sounds to play Classical Mixtape.”
Track listing
- 0:17 – Concert Study: 'La Source' (track 8, Pieces From My Childhood)
- Performer Marisa Robles
- Composer Alphonse Hasselmans
- 3:20 – Autumn Rain (track 401, Blue)
- Performer Lars Hannibal
- Performer Michala Petri
- Performer Agnete Hannibal Petri
- Singer Amalie Hannibal Petri
- 8:43 – Red Carnation (The Life of Flowers) (track 1 & 6, Dora Pejacevic: Ida Gamulin: piano music)
- Composer Dora Pejačević
- Performer Ida Gamulin
- 11:48 – Whispers of Summer (track 203, Coleridge-Taylor: Choral Works)
- Composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
- Choir London Choral Sinfonia
- Conductor Michael Waldron
- Lyricist Kathleen Easmon
- 17:18 – On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring (track 2, Delius: Orchestral Works: London Philharmonic Orchestra/Handley)
- Composer Frederick Delius
- Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor Vernon Handley
- 22:57 – Widmung (Winterreigen)
- Composer Erno Dohnanyi
- Performer Martin Roscoe
- 24:30 – Summer Song, Op 45 No 4 (track 701, My Playlist for Sewing & Knitting)
- Orchestra Iceland Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor Bjarte Engeset
- Composer Agathe Backer-Grøndahl
- 26:45 – In The Spring (track 11, Vaughan Williams: Songs)
- Composer Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Singer Benjamin Luxon
- Performer David Willison
- Author William Barnes