Expand your horizons with classical music
Episode m002ftx7, broadcast at Thursday 24th July 2025, 7:00pm.
“Half an hour of back to back classical music to help you wind down, including works by Herbert Howells, Fanny Mendelssohn and Arthur Sullivan, alongside an improvisation in the style of Bach by Gabriela Montero, and a haunting melody from a film score by Ennio Morricone. Producer: Helen Garrison”
Track listing
- 0:51 – The Yeoman of the Guard (overture) (track 1, The Yeoman of the Guard and Trial by Jury)
- Composer Arthur Sullivan
- Conductor Charles Mackerras
- Orchestra Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera
- 5:30 – String Quartet in E flat (4th mvt)
- Composer Fanny Mendelssohn
- Ensemble Takács Quartet
- 11:08 – Back to Loneliness (track 1, Back to Loneliness (single))
- Composer Tom Kinsella
- 15:19 – Lay a Garland (track 9, A Prayer for Deliverance)
- Conductor Nigel Short
- Choir Tenebrae
- Composer Robert Lucas Pearsall
- Lyricist Francis Beaumont
- Lyricist John Fletcher
- 18:03 – Improvisation in the style of Bach (track 209, Gabriela Montero: Piano Recital)
- Performer Gabriela Montero
- 20:28 – Three Dances for violin and orchestra, Op 7 (track 004, Howells: Piano concerto no.2, Concerto for strings, Three Dances)
- Composer Herbert Howells
- Orchestra Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conductor Vernon Handley
- Performer Malcolm Stewart
- 26:39 – Gabriel's Oboe (The Mission) (track 3, The Mission: Music From The Motion Picture)
- Conductor Ennio Morricone