Classical music to inspire you
Episode m002hwth, broadcast at Monday 8th September 2025, 7:00pm.
“Enjoy a half-hour sequence of classical music beginning with a catchy setting of "Dona Nobis Pacem" by Karl Jenkins, fluttering piano in "Butterflying" by Elena Kats-Chernin, Grieg's ever-popular "Morning Mood", and a seductive instrumental arrangement of Manual de Falla's popular Spanish song "Nana". Ethereal choral music by Kerensa Briggs sits alongside Emma Kirkby singing Buxtehude, and the transcendent beauty of Poulenc's piano concerto. Producer: Helen Garrison”
Track listing
- 0:00 – Dona nobis pacem (Stella Natalis) (track 10, Karl Jenkins: Stella Natalis)
- Performer Alison Balsom
- Conductor Karl Jenkins
- Orchestra Marylebone Camerata
- Choir Tenebrae
- Choir Adiemus Singers
- 4:36 – Butterflying (track 13, Kats-Chernin: Ragtime and Blue)
- Composer Elena Kats‐Chernin
- Performer Sarah Nicolls
- Performer Nicola Sweeney
- 8:55 – Morning (Peer Gynt Suite no.1 Op.46) (track 1, 101 Classics - The Best Loved Classical Melodies)
- Orchestra BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
- Composer Edvard Grieg
- Conductor Jerzy Maksymiuk
- 12:45 – Nana (7 Popular Spanish Songs) (track 15, Roots)
- Orchestra Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
- Composer Manuel de Falla
- Performer Martin Frost
- Music Arranger Göran Fröst
- 15:01 – Media vita (track 13, Nightfall)
- Ensemble VOCES8
- Composer Kerensa Briggs
- 18:18 – Laudate pueri, Dominum, BuxWV 69
- Singer Emma Kirkby
- Ensemble Fretwork
- Singer Elin Manahan Thomas
- Composer Dieterich Buxtehude
- Ensemble The Purcell Quartet
- 23:05 – Piano Concerto in C sharp minor (2nd mvt) (track 102, Poulenc: Piano Concerto, Organ Concerto & Stabat Mater)
- Composer Francis Poulenc
- Conductor Yannick Nézet‐Séguin
- Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Performer Alexandre Tharaud