A classical mix to centre and ground you
Episode m002lnz8, broadcast at Friday 14th November 2025, 7:00pm.
“An engaging mix of classical music for half an hour, featuring Vaughan Williams’ setting of A. E. Housman’s iconic poetry, Hildur Guðnadóttir’s soundtrack for Craig Mazin’s series about Chernobyl, and the fingerwork of lutenist Jakob Lindberg as he performs Bach, plus Alexandre Tharaud realises Satie’s pianistic ode to an ancient Greek festival.”
Track listing
- 0:38 – Bredon Hill; Clun (On Wenlock Edge)
- Composer Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Performer Graham Johnson
- Singer Anthony Rolfe Johnson
- Ensemble Duke Quartet
- 8:21 – Severn Suite Op.87
- Composer Edward Elgar
- Conductor James Gourlay
- Ensemble The Fairey Band
- 13:10 – Air
- Performer Gautier Capuçon
- Performer Ludovico Einaudi
- 17:19 – Gymnopédie no.1 in D major (track 3, Satie: Avant-Dernieres Pensees)
- Composer Erik Satie
- Performer Alexandre Tharaud
- 20:36 – Lidur
- Composer Hildur Guðnadóttir
- Singer Emily D'Angelo
- Performer Cristian Vogel
- Performer Norbert Wahren
- Ensemble Kuss Quartet
- 24:09 – Suite in C minor for lute, BWV 997: Prelude (track 13, JS Bach: Lute Music)
- Composer Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer Jakob Lindberg
- 27:32 – Ethiopia's Shadow in America, Part 2: His resignation and faith (track 8, Florence Price: Piano Concerto in One Movement; Symphony No. 1 in E Minor)
- Composer Florence Price
- Orchestra Chineke! Orchestra
- Conductor Leslie Suganandarajah