Half an hour of the finest classical music
Episode m0029py8, broadcast at Friday 18th April 2025, 7:00pm.
“Half an hour of back to back classical music inspired by the Christian Passion story and responding to the reflective mood of Good Friday. Music including works by Vivaldi, Poulenc, Fanny Mendelssohn, Cecelia McDowall and Handel. Producer: Helen Garrison”
Track listing
- 0:32 – Jesu, joy of man's desiring
- Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer Angela Hewitt
- Music Arranger Myra Hess
- 4:06 – Stabat mater, RV 621
- Composer Antonio Vivaldi
- Singer Andreas Scholl
- Ensemble Ensemble 415
- Director Chiara Banchini
- 6:58 – Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet
- Composer Gavin Bryars
- Singer Tom Waits
- Ensemble Gavin Bryars Ensemble
- 10:51 – Brockes-Passion (Sinfonia)
- Composer George Frideric Handel
- Orchestra Academy of Ancient Music
- Director Richard Egarr
- 14:52 – Pavane (track 4, McDowall: Shipping Forecast)
- Composer Cecilia McDowall
- Conductor George Vass
- 19:33 – A Beginning (track 1, The Beatles - Anthology 3)
- Orchestra Studio Orchestra
- Conductor George Martin
- 20:17 – En Getsemaní (La Pasión según San Marcos) (track 17, La Pasion segun San Marcos, Osvaldo Golijov)
- Orchestra Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra
- Composer Osvaldo Golijov
- Orchestra Orquesta La Pasión
- Singer Biella Da Costa
- Singer Alex Alvear
- Choir Schola Cantorum de Venezuela
- Conductor María Guinand
- Singer Jessica Rivera
- Singer Reynaldo Gonzales-Fernandez
- Singer Gioconda Cabrera
- Singer Manolo Mairena
- 22:18 – Stabat Mater; Vidit Suum
- Orchestra BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Composer Francis Poulenc
- Conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier
- Choir BBC Singers
- Singer Janice Watson
- 25:40 – Song without Words, Op 6 No 2 (track 12, Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel: Klavierwerke)
- Composer Fanny Mendelssohn
- Performer Irene Barbuceanu