30 minutes of classical inspiration
Episode m0029k02, broadcast at Sunday 27th April 2025, 5:30pm, and Wednesday 9th April 2025, 7:00pm.
“A calming mix of classical music for half an hour, featuring choral music by Valentin Silvestrov and song by Gabriel Dupont, as well as Elgar’s post-war paean to the cello, plus Murray Perahia’s sublime take on Bach.”
Track listing
- 0:59 – Cello sonata No 2 in D major, Op 58 (3rd mvt) (track 9, Mendelssohn, Grieg & Hough: Cello Sonatas)
- Composer Felix Mendelssohn
- Performer Sir Stephen Hough
- Performer Steven Isserlis
- 6:07 – Liturgical Chants: Ave Maria (track 7, Silvestrov: To Thee We Sing)
- Choir Latvian Radio Choir
- Conductor Sigvards Kļava
- Composer Valentin Silvestrov
- Performer Kārlis Rūtentāls
- Lyricist Anonymous
- 9:21 – French Suite No 5 in G major, BWV 816 (Sarabande)
- Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer Murray Perahia
- 13:32 – Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.85 (3rd mvt) (track 103, Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85)
- Composer Edward Elgar
- Conductor Andrew Manze
- Orchestra Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
- Performer Johannes Moser
- 18:28 – Pastoral (track 5, Michael Collins: British Clarinet Sonata Volume 1)
- Performer Michael McHale
- Performer Michael Collins
- Composer Arthur Bliss
- 22:41 – Sinfonietta, Op 73 (2nd mvt) (track 12, Ruth Gipps: Winds of Change)
- Ensemble London Chamber Orchestra
- Composer Ruth Gipps
- Conductor Hannah von Wiehler
- 27:25 – Le Foyer (track 1, Gabriel Dupont: The Complete Songs)
- Singer Cyrille Dubois
- Performer Tristan Raës
- Composer Gabriel Dupont
- Lyricist Paul Verlaine