Classical music for your journey
Episode m0029pyz, broadcast at Sunday 4th May 2025, 5:30pm, and Thursday 17th April 2025, 7:00pm.
“Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music - from the romantic depth of Bottesini’s Gran Concerto for double bass to the luminous serenity of Ola Gjeilo’s Ubi Caritas. Haydn’s shadowed Trio in F-sharp minor offers classical elegance with a twist of emotional unrest, while Brahms’ Intermezzo Op.117 No. 1 wraps us in quiet introspection. Agustín Barrios Mangoré offers a tenderness with his timeless guitar miniature Julia Florida. We also shine a light on voices less often heard: Leokadiya Kashperova’s hauntingly atmospheric Night for female chorus and finish with Alice Mary Smith’s second piece of her graceful Six Short Pieces for Piano. Produced by Zara Siddiqi.”
Track listing
- 1:00 – Gran Concerto in F sharp minor (2nd mvt) (track 5, Giovanni Bottesini - A Showcase - Thomas Martin/Emma Johnson/ Jose-Luis Garcia/)
- Composer Giovanni Bottesini
- Conductor Andrew Litton
- Orchestra English Chamber Orchestra
- Performer Emma Johnson
- Performer Thomas Martin
- Performer José‐Luis García
- 7:34 – Ubi Caritas
- Performer Ola Gjeilo
- Choir VOCES8
- 11:30 – Piano Trio in F-Sharp Minor, Hob. XV:26: II. Adagio cantabile (track 111, Haydn: Piano Trios, HOB. XV:14, 18, 21, 26 & 31)
- Composer Joseph Haydn
- Ensemble Trio Wanderer
- 14:32 – Intermezzo in E flat major, Op.117 no.1 'Schlummerlied' (track 8, Brahms: Piano Works Op.116, 117 and 119)
- Composer Johannes Brahms
- Performer Stephen Kovacevich
- 19:17 – Night
- Choir BBC Singers
- Conductor Hilary Campbell
- Composer Leokadiya Kashperova
- 21:46 – Barcarola in D major, 'Julia florida' (track , The Private Collection: Carlos Bonell)
- Performer Carlos Bonell
- Composer Agustín Barrios Mangoré
- 26:14 – Piano Piece in D major (6 Short pieces for piano, No 2)
- Performer Hiroaki Takenouchi
- Composer Alice Mary Smith