Your daily classical soundtrack
Episode m0029pts, broadcast at Wednesday 16th April 2025, 7:00pm.
“We start this evening's Mixtape with the lively ballet from Debussy's Petite Suite, followed by Aaron Copland's Hoe-Down arranged for string quartet from his Rodeo ballet. Plus a host of musical delights, including a piano impromptu by Alice Mary Smith and an ear-worm by Ponchielli. We round off the mixtape with Franz Schreker's Intermezzo for Strings. Producer: Kevin Satizabal Carrascal.”
Track listing
- 0:57 – Petite suite orch Busser (Ballet) (track 10, Debussy; Ravel)
- Composer Claude Debussy
- Music Arranger Henri Büsser
- Orchestra Paris Chamber Orchestra
- Conductor Thomas Zehetmair
- 3:50 – Hoe-Down arr Thomas (Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo) (track 11, New World Quartets)
- Ensemble Brodsky Quartet
- Composer Aaron Copland
- Music Arranger Paul Cassidy
- Music Arranger Jacqueline Thomas
- 7:24 – Sonatina for Flute & Guitar, Op. 205: I. Allegretto grazioso (track 101, 20th Century Music for Flute & Guitar)
- Composer Mario Castelnuovo‐Tedesco
- Performer Britta Jacobs
- Performer Irene Kalisvaart
- 11:19 – Ständchen, Op 17 No 2 (track 11, Richard Strauss: Orchestral Songs, Diana Damrau/Christian Thielemann)
- Composer Richard Strauss
- Orchestra Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
- Singer Diana Damrau
- Conductor Christian Thielemann
- 13:34 – Impromptu
- Performer Hiroaki Takenouchi
- Composer Alice Mary Smith
- 16:29 – Dance of the Hours (La Gioconda) (track 3, Happy New Year! Joyful Classical)
- Orchestra Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor Neeme Järvi
- Composer Amilcare Ponchielli
- 19:09 – Nana (7 Popular Spanish Songs) (track 15, Roots)
- Orchestra Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
- Composer Manuel de Falla
- Performer Martin Frost
- Music Arranger Göran Fröst
- 21:15 – Coloured Clouds Chasing The Moon (track 15, Dragon Songs)
- Performer Lang Lang
- Composer Ren Guang
- Music Arranger Jianzhong Wang
- 24:04 – Intermezzo for strings Op. 8
- Conductor John Wilson
- Orchestra Sinfonia of London
- Composer Franz Schreker