Playlists with tracks by John Tavener
Saturday 20th February 2021
09:00
Sound of Cinema
Future Visions of the Present
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Matthew Sweet presents a selection of music from films that looked ahead to the 2020s.
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Alan Silvestri | Death Becomes Her - End Credits | |
John Tavener | Children of Men - The Lamb | ||
Lorne Balfe | Songbird - Lock Down | ||
Michael Giacchino | Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes - Planet of the End Credits | ||
Nathan Whitehead | The Purge: Anarchy - Commencement | ||
Brad Fiedel | The Terminator - Theme | ||
Ramin Djawadi | Pacific Rim - Mako | ||
Debbie Wiseman | To Olivia - Theme | ||
Don Ellis | Moon Zero Two - Title song | ||
Ennio Morricone | Mission to Mars - Ecstasy of Mars | ||
Fred Myrow | Soylent Green - Sol's Music | ||
Giorgio Moroder | Metropolis - Machines | ||
John Tavener | Children of Men - Fragments of a Prayer |
Wednesday 17th February 2021
13:00
Night Tracks
A little night music
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Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
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Floating Points | Elaenia | |
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Bill Evans | Elsa | |
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John Adams | Naive and Sentimental Music: II. Mother of the Man | |
John Tavener | No longer mourn for me | ||
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Poppy Ackroyd | Birdwoman | |
Robert Schumann | Röselein, Röselein! Op 89 No 6 | ||
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Dawn Landes | Brighton | |
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Tim Hecker | Obsidian Counterpoint | |
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Domenico Scarlatti | Piano Sonata in D minor, K 32 | |
Traditional Chinese | Spring Scenes in Southern China | ||
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Franz Liszt | 6 Grandes etudes de Paganini S.141; no.3 in G sharp minor; La Campanella | |
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Hania Rani | Glass | |
Jan Johansson | Skänklĺt (Frĺn Leksand) | ||
Johannes Brahms | String Quartet No 1 in C minor, Op 51 No 1 |
Monday 15th February 2021
04:00
Essential Classics
Ian Skelly
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Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
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John Tavener | Song for Athene | |
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Giuseppe Verdi | Anvil Chorus (Il trovatore) | |
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Emmanuel Chabrier | Joyeuse marche | |
George Frideric Handel | Air with variations, 'The Harmonious Blacksmith' (Suite no. 5 in E major HWV.430) | ||
Peggy Glanville-Hicks | Etruscan Concerto | ||
George Frideric Handel | Ombra mai fu (from Serse) | ||
Ron Grainer | Doctor Who (Original Theme) | ||
Alexander Mosolov | Iron Foundry (Zavod) | ||
Gerald Finzi | It was a lover and his lass (Let us garlands bring) | ||
Thomas Campion | Never weather-beaten sail | ||
Arcangelo Corelli | Violin Sonata in G minor, Op 5 No 5 (4th mvt) | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major K.297b (3rd mvt) | ||
Arthur Bliss | Things to come (March) | ||
Jacques Offenbach | Galop infernal (Orpheus in the Underworld) | ||
Dmitry Shostakovich | Moscow-Cheryomushki (Suite from the operetta, op 105): III. Dances (Polka - Galop) | ||
Jean Mouton | Nesciens mater virgo virum for 8 voices | ||
Edvard Grieg | 4 Symphonic dances, Op 64: No 3 (Allegro giocoso) | ||
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Jean Sibelius | En Saga, Op 9 | |
Elfrida Andrée | Fritiof's Sea Journey (Fritiof Suite) | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Sheep may safely graze (Cantata BWV.208) | ||
Frédéric Chopin | Waltz in A flat major, Op 64 No 3 | ||
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges | Sonata for flute and harp in E flat major | ||
Georg Philipp Telemann | L'Espérance de Mississippi (from Suite in B flat major, TWV 55:B11, 'The Stock Exchange') | ||
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | The Three Wonders (from The Tale of Tsar Saltan) |
Friday 5th February 2021
02:00
Breakfast
Friday - Petroc's classical rise and shine
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Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
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John Tavener | As one who has slept | |
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Emmanuel Chabrier | Espańa | |
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Frederick Delius | Summer Night on the River |
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Richard Wagner | Forest Murmurs (Siegfried) | |
Sergey Rachmaninov | Prelude in G flat, Op.23 No.10 | ||
Georg Philipp Telemann | Scherzi melodichi in E minor for violin, viola (or 2 violins) & cont. (Friday) | ||
Thomas Arne | Rise, Glory, rise (Rosamond) | ||
Giovanni Paisiello | The Barber of Seville (Overture) | ||
Vítezslav Novák | Slovak Suite Op.32 (In the Church) | ||
Henry Lawes | Love's Sweet Repose: Amidst the myrtles as I walk | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Clarinet Concerto in A major, K 622 (3rd mvt) | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Goldberg variations BWV.988: Variation 25 [a 2 claviers] Adagio | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Fin ch'han dal vino calda la testa (Don Giovanni, Act 1, Scene 3) | ||
Dame Ethel Smyth | Cello Sonata in C minor (1st mvt) | ||
Dimitri Tiomkin | Dial 'M' for Murder; Strangers on a Train (Hitchcock Suite) | ||
Paolo Tosti | Marechiare | ||
Edward Elgar | Variations on an Original Theme ("Enigma") : viii WN; ix Nimrod; x Dorabella | ||
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Serenade, Op 63 No 6 | |
Richard Strauss | Das Rosenband, Op.36 No.1 | ||
Erno Dohnanyi | Ruralia Hungarica (Op.32a) iii: Andante poco moto rubato | ||
Franz Schubert | Standchen (Horch, horch) D.889 | ||
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor | Piano quintet in G minor, Op.1 (Finale) |
Thursday 28th January 2021
02:00
Breakfast
Thursday - Petroc's classical commute
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Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3?s classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
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John Adams | Short Ride in a Fast Machine |
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Kurt Weill | Speak Low | |
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Maurice Ravel | Jeux d'eau |
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Stephen Sondheim | Anyone can whistle | |
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Hugo Wolf | Italian Serenade |
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Hector Berlioz | Benvenuto Cellini (Overture) | |
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John Tavener | Love Bade Me Welcome | |
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Clara Schumann | Romance, Op 22 No 1 | |
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Reynaldo Hahn | La Barcheta (Venezia) | |
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Allegro in D major, K 626b/16 | |
Joseph Marx | Venetian Lullaby | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K 581 (1st mvt) | ||
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Albert Roussel | Divertissement Op.6 | |
Aram Khachaturian | Garun Yerevan (Springtime in Lovely Yerevan), . | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor, Op 37 (3rd mvt) | ||
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Aram Khachaturian | Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano in D Minor; ii) Allegro | |
Maurice Ravel | Valses nobles et sentimentales (Waltz No 7) | ||
Giovanni Gabrieli | Canzon No 9 a 10 | ||
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Pietro Locatelli | Violin Concerto in G Major, Op. 3 No. 9: III. Allegro - Capriccio | |
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Richard Rodney Bennett | I Never Went Away | |
Johann Sebastian Bach | Trio Sonata in D Minor, BWV.527 | ||
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Tri Nguyen | Song of the Blackbird |
Wednesday 13th January 2021
14:00
Night Tracks
A little night music
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Hannah Peel with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
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John Tavener | Eternity's Sunrise | |
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John Dowland | In darkness let me dwell | |
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George Frideric Handel | Israel in Egypt: He sent a thick darkness | |
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Sven Helbig | Bell Sound Falling Like Snow | |
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith | Tides 1 | ||
Leslie Bricusse | Feelin' Good | ||
Bo Holten | First Snow (part 1) | ||
Maarja Nuut & Ruum | The Cloths of Heaven | ||
Boards of Canada | Sundown | ||
Matthew Bourne | Alex (from the album Moogmemory) | ||
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Duke Ellington | Sunset and the Mocking Bird [The Queen's Suite] | |
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Meredith Monk | Dark / Light 1 | |
Erkki-Sven Tüür | Passion | ||
Sergey Rachmaninov | Prelude in C sharp minor, Op 3 No 2 | ||
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Hannah Peel | Sunrise through the dusty Nebula | |
Telepasmiste | Come! Vehicles of Light! | ||
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Howard Skempton | He wishes for the Cloths of Heaven | |
The Walkmen | While I shovel the snow (instrumental) |
Monday 4th January 2021
10:00
In Tune Mixtape
04/01/2021
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In Tune's specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, including a few surprises.
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John Tavener | Mother of God, Here I Stand | |
Alberto Ginastera | Malambo (Estancia Op.8a) | ||
Frédéric Chopin | Study in G major, Op 10 No 5, 'Black key' | ||
Johann Joachim Quantz | Flute Concerto in C major (3rd mvt) | ||
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Johann Sebastian Bach | Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048: III. Allegro (arr. S. Tennant) | |
Ólafur Arnalds | Woven Song | ||
Robert Schumann | Three Romaces, Op. 94 (no.2) |
Sunday 3rd January 2021
05:00
Private Passions
David 'Kid' Jensen
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Michael Berkeley?s guest is disc jockey David ?Kid? Jensen.
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John Tavener | The Protecting Veil | |
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Umberto Giordano | La Mamma morta (Andrea Chenier) | |
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John Coltrane | My Favorite Things |
Antonio Vivaldi | Summer (Four Seasons) | ||
Giacomo Puccini | Ch'ella mi creda (La Fanciulla del West) | ||
Gunnar Thordarson | It shall be so... (Ragnheidur) |
Monday 28th December 2020
13:00
Jacob Collier's Music Room
The music that got me through 2020
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Jacob chooses the classical, jazz and folk music that's got him through 2020
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Take 6 | A Quiet Place | |
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Sam Amidon | How Come that Blood | |
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Flying Lotus | Massage Situation | |
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Joan Armatrading | Woncha Come On Home | |
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Scott Walker | It's Raining Today |
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Avishai Cohen | One for Mark | |
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Joyce | Aldeia De Ogum | |
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Tigran Hamasyan | Vardavar | |
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John Tavener | Mother of God, Here I Stand | |
Karim Ziad | Merhba Bik | ||
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Ted Greene | A Certain Smile | |
The Kathryn Tickell Band | Alan & Catherine's Wedding Jig | ||
Jacob Collier | Nightingale |
Thursday 24th December 2020
12:00
Gideon Coe
The All Christmas Pre-Christmas Christmas Show
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3 hours of festive tunes all the way to midnight and the arrival of Yuletide. Ho ho ho.
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Bob Dylan | Must Be Santa |
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Ramones | Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight) |
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Joni Mitchell | River |
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Tracey Thorn | Joy | |
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Darlene Love | Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) |
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Chuck Berry | Run Rudolph Run |
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Vince Guaraldi Trio | Christmas Time Is Here |
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Jethro Tull | Ring Out, Solstice Bells | |
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Duke Pearson | Sleigh Ride | |
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T. Rex | Christmas Bop |
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Half Man Half Biscuit | It's Clichéd to Be Cynical at Christmas |
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Steeleye Span | Gaudete |
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John Tavener | The Lamb | |
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Nick Lowe | The North Pole Express | |
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Clarence Carter | Back Door Santa | |
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The Wedding Present | Step Into Christmas |
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Otis Redding | Merry Christmas Baby |
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The Ventures | Jingle Bells | |
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The Sonics | Don't Believe In Christmas |
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Low | Just Like Christmas |
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James Brown | Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto |
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Oscar McLollie & His Honey Jumpers | Dig That Crazy Santa Claus | |
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Paul Kelly | How To Make Gravy | |
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The Penguins | Jingle Jangle | |
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Wild Billy Childish and the Musicians of the British Empire | Comanche (Link Wray's Christmas) | |
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The Dickies | Silent Night | |
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Jimmy Smith | God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen |
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King Stitt | Christmas Tree | |
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The Beach Boys | Little Saint Nick |
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Frank Sidebottom | Christmas Is Really Fantastic |
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Citizen Helene | On Christmas Day | |
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The Qualities | It's Christmas Time | |
David Bedford | Good King Wenceslas (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 8 Dec 1970) | ||
The Beatles | Christmas Time is Here Again! | ||
Rod Stewart | Away In A Manger (Radio 1, John Peel Session, 8 Dec 1970) | ||
Dex Romweber Duo | Dark Christmas | ||
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The Debonaires | Crazy Santa Claus | |
Rotary Connection | Peace At Least | ||
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The Deuce Coupes | Nite Prowler | |
Lisa Knapp | On Christmas Day (6 Music Session, 20 Nov 2007) | ||
Sarabeth Tucek | Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - 6 Music session 21/12/2011 | ||
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Say Sue Me | Christmas, It's Not A Biggie | |
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The Falcons | Can This Be Christmas | |
Mark Peters | Silent Night | ||
Slade | Merry Christmas Everybody/Cum On Feel The Noize (Reading Festival, 24 Aug 1980) | ||
The Flirtations | Christmastime Is Here Again | ||
Mike Ratledge | God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 8 Dec 1970) | ||
Slade | Something Else - Reading Festival 1980 | ||
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JD McPherson | Socks | |
Sonja Kristina | Silent Night (Radio 1 Session, 8 Dec 1970) | ||
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Clifton Chenier | It's Christmas Time | |
The Revolutionaries | White Christmas (Version) | ||
Cowcube | Cowcube At Christmas | ||
John Peel | O Come All Ye Faithful (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 8 Dec 1970) | ||
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The Salem Travellers | A Letter For Christmas |
Wednesday 23rd December 2020
13:00
Night Tracks
Soundtrack for night
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Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
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John Tavener | Ikon of Light: Mystic Prayer to the Holy Spirit. Movement 4a | |
Kate Rusby | Bleak Midwinter | ||
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Norah Jones | Wintertime | |
Alex Baranowski | Musica uiversalis for 2 violins piano and string orchestra | ||
Robert de Visée | Sarabande (Suite in E minor) | ||
Andrew Cronshaw | Sea-Ice | ||
Stephan Micus | Winter Dance | ||
Andrey Vinogradov | Schützentänze/Pajdusko Horo | ||
Terje Isungset | Ice memories 2007 | ||
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Beat Furrer | Voicelessness - The Snow has no Voice | |
The Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments | Rull | ||
Edward Elgar | Carissima for small orchestra | ||
Traditional English | The Moon Shines Bright | ||
Franz Schubert | Der Leiermann (Winterreise) | ||
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Vangelis | Celestial Whispers | |
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Franz Schubert | String Quartet No.6 in D major, D.74 - II. Andante | |
Johann Sebastian Bach | Jesu, bleibet meine Freude, BWV 147 |
Sunday 20th December 2020
11:00
Through the Night
Chamber Music from Spain
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Strauss and Beethoven from Collegiate Church of St Vincent, Cardona. With Jonathan Swain.
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Carl Maria von Weber | Clarinet Quintet in B flat, op. 34 | |
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Giovanni Benedetto Platti | Trio in C minor for oboe, bassoon and continuo | |
Jean-Adam Guillaume Guilain | Suite du premier ton | ||
Pierre-Max Dubois | Quartet for flutes | ||
Richard Strauss | Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks), op. 28 | ||
Frédéric Chopin | Nocturne in C minor, Op 48 no 1 | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Septet in E flat, op. 20 | ||
Giuseppe Tartini | Symphony in A major | ||
Sergey Rachmaninov | Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op 42 | ||
Felix Mendelssohn | Prelude and Fugue in E minor, Op 35 No 1 | ||
Alexander Kandov | Trio Concerto for Harp, Flute, Cello and String Orchestra | ||
Cornelis Dopper | Symphony no 7 "Zuiderzee" (1917) | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | String Quartet in E flat major, Op 74 "Harp" | ||
John Tavener | Funeral Ikos (The Greek funeral sentences) for chorus | ||
Le Concert Brisé | Improvisation on 'La Monica' |
Saturday 19th December 2020
06:00
Inside Music
Conductor and organist Anna Lapwood on musical instinct and unexpected textures
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Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside.
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Patrick Gowers | An Occasional Trumpet Voluntary | |
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John Tavener | The Veil of the Temple: Mother of God Here I Stand | |
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges | Sonata for harp and flute - 1st movement, Andante | ||
Joseph Haydn | Piano Trio in A flat HXV No. 14 - 1. Allegro moderato | ||
Olivier Messiaen | Vocalise-Etude (arranged for clarinet and piano) | ||
Benjamin Britten | This Little Babe & Interlude (from Ceremony of Carols) | ||
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Sleeping Beauty Waltz | |
Caroline Shaw | And the Swallow | ||
Richard Strauss | Rosenkavalier - final trio | ||
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Eleanor Daley | Child with the Starry Crayon | |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Fugue No. 1 in C minor K405 (after BWV 871,2) | ||
Georg Philipp Telemann | Trumpet Concerto, TWV 51:D7 - 1. Adagio | ||
Herbert Howells | Magnificat from 'Collegium Regale' | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Keyboard Concerto BWV 1052 - 1st movement |
Friday 18th December 2020
02:00
Breakfast
Friday - Petroc's classical alarm call
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Petroc Trelawny announces the winner of the Carol Competition.
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Benjamin Britten | Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Dawn) | |
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Thomas Tallis | O Nata Lux | |
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Vittorio Monti | Czardas | |
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John Tavener | God is with us | |
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Robert Burns | My Love is Like a Red Red Rose | |
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Granville Bantock | Song to the Seals | |
George Frideric Handel | Organ Concerto in B flat major, Op.4`2 | ||
Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie | The Cricket on the Hearth, Op.62: Overture | ||
Huang Tzu | Plum Blossoms in the Snow | ||
Traditional Icelandic | Tvenn er tiđin daga og nátta [ Days and Nights have passed ] | ||
James Walton | Christmas Carol | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Wer ein wahrer Christ will heissen (Cantata: Wer sich selbst erhohet, BWV47) | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja (The Magic Flute) | ||
Andy Cutting | St Michael's Mount | ||
Johann Strauss II | Lagunenwalzer, Op.411 | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Piano Concerto No 21 in C major, K467 (3rd mvt) | ||
Anon. | Ding Dong Merrily on High | ||
Armas Järnefelt | Praeludium | ||
Percy Grainger | The Brisk Young Sailor; The Lost Lady Found (A Lincolnshire Posy) | ||
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Neapolitan Dance arr Adamov (Swan Lake) | ||
Elizabeth Poston | Balulalow | ||
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Souvenir de Florence, Op 70 (1st mvt) | ||
Franz Schubert | Piano Sonata in A major, D.664 (3rd mvt) |
Sunday 29th November 2020
15:00
Classical Fix
Jack Garratt
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Guest presenter Jules Buckley mixes a classical playlist for musician Jack Garratt.
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Luigi Boccherini | Ritirata notturna di Madrid | |
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David Kellner | Campanella | |
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John Luther Adams | Canticles of the Sky - I. Sky with Four Suns | |
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John Tavener | Funeral Canticle | |
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Rachel Grimes | Systems / Layers | |
Ralph Vaughan Williams | Symphony No.5 in D major; Romanza: Lento |
Friday 20th November 2020
03:00
Essential Classics
Suzy Klein with Tiersen's Valse d'Amélie, Owain Park, Essential Quintets
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Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
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Ruggero Leoncavallo | Pagliacci: 'Recitar!... Vesti la giubba' | |
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Yann Tiersen | La Valse D'amelie | |
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Jacques Brel | La Valse a mille temps |
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John Tavener | The Lamb | |
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Alexander Borodin | In the steppes of central Asia |
Jacques Offenbach | Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Act 4: "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" (Arr. for | ||
Richard Rodney Bennett | Nobody's Jig (Country Dances, Book 1) | ||
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Jessie Montgomery | Source Code | |
Johann Sebastian Bach | Sinfonia concerto (Cantata no.174) | ||
Samuel Barber | Agnus Dei arr from String Quartet in B minor | ||
Johannes Brahms | Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op 115 (2nd mvt) | ||
Simone de Bonefont | Missa pro mortuis (Agnus Dei) | ||
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Alison Willis | Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep | |
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William Bolcom | 3 Ghost Rags: No. 2. The Poltergeist | |
Antonio Vandini | Cello Concerto in D Major, D-SWI | ||
Joseph Haydn | Symphony No 87 in A major, H.1.87 (4th mvt) | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Serenade (K.525) in G major "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik", 4th movement; Rondo... | ||
François Couperin | Les baricades mistérieuses (Pieces de clavecin - ordre no. 6) | ||
Léo Delibes | Galop Final (Coppélia) | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Serenade in D major, K.320 'Posthorn' (1st mvt) | ||
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Frank Barcellini | Mon oncle (from Mon oncle) | |
Niccolň Jommelli | Par che di giubilo (Attilio Regolo) | ||
Franz Liszt | Paraphrase sur Rigoletto | ||
Nikolai Karlovich Medtner | Skazka (Fariy Tale), Op 26 No 3 in F Minor | ||
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George Frideric Handel | Suite in A Major, HWV 426: III. Courante | |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Violin Concerto in D major, Op 35 (3rd mvt) | ||
Ralph Vaughan Williams | Violin Sonata in A minor (1st mvt) |
Wednesday 11th November 2020
09:00
In Tune
Steven Isserlis, Martin James Bartlett, BBC Instrumental Sessions
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Music and conversation with some of the world's finest musicians.
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George Gershwin | Embraceable You | |
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George Gershwin | The man I love | |
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Hoagy Carmichael | Lazy bones | |
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John Adams | Tromba lontana | |
Johann Sebastian Bach | Keyboard Concerto No 2 in E major, BWV 1053 (3rd mvt) | ||
Johannes Brahms | Intermezzo, Op. 118/2 | ||
John Tavener | Mahamatar (ending - the beginning is faded in) | ||
Aram Khachaturian | Introduction and Dance of Nymphs (Spartacus Suite no.1) | ||
John Tavener | Preces And Responses (excerpt - end faded) | ||
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Frederick Delius | North Country Sketches (Dance) | |
Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No 4 in B flat major, Op 60 (3rd mvt) | ||
George Frideric Handel | Organ Concerto in F major, Op.4`5 | ||
Percy Faith | Wouldn't It Be Loverly | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | String Quartet in B flat major, K 458, 'Hunt' (4th mvt) | ||
HK Gruber | Rat Song; Crusoe Song (Frankenstein!!) |
Tuesday 10th November 2020
09:00
Radio 3 in Concert
BBC Symphony Orchestra at Maida Vale
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Music by Mozart, Stravinsky and Hannah Kendall, conducted by Nicholas Collon.
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Igor Stravinsky | Pulcinella Suite | |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Ballet Music from Idomeneo KV367 | ||
Edvard Grieg | Peer Gynt Suite No 2 | ||
Hannah Kendall | Kanashibari | ||
Igor Stravinsky | Concerto in D 'Basle' | ||
John Tavener | Butterfly Dreams | ||
John Tavener | The Peace that Surpasseth Understanding |
Saturday 7th November 2020
03:00
Record Review
Beethoven's Piano Sonata No 29 in B flat, Op 106, 'Hammerklavier' in Building a Library with Katy Hamilton and Andrew McGregor
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Katy Hamilton chooses her favourite recording of Beethoven's 'Hammerklavier' Piano Sonata.
Rudi Stephan | Musik für Orchester ˇ Music for Orchestra | ||
Franz Schmidt | Symphony No. 4; Adagio | ||
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Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No.9 in D minor, Op.125 'Choral'; I. Allegro ma non troppo e un poco maestoso | |
Richard Strauss | Romance for cello & orchestra in F major, AV 75 | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No. 9; IVb. Presto. Recitativo "O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!" - Allegro assai - Presto | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 'Pathetique', arr. for wind & brass (3rd mvt) | ||
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique": I. Adagio - Allegro non troppo | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Fugue in G Minor, BWV 542 "The Great" | ||
Josquin des Prez | Missa Faysant Regretz (Credo - Sanctus & Benedictus - Agnus Dei) | ||
John Corigliano | Tarantella (Gazebo Dances for Band) | ||
John Tavener | Preces And Responses | ||
Sergei Prokofiev | Sarcasms for Piano, Op. 17 (3rd mvt) | ||
Sergei Prokofiev | Sarcasms for Piano, Op. 17 (4th mvt) | ||
George Frideric Handel | Messiah, HWV 56 (Pt. 1, Nos. 5-7) |
Tuesday 27th October 2020
03:00
Essential Classics
Ian Skelly
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Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
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Ludwig van Beethoven | Egmont Overture |
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Giacomo Puccini | Humming Chorus (Madame Butterfly) | |
Joseph Haydn | Symphony no.96 in D major H.1.96 'Miracle' (1st mvt) | ||
Clara Schumann | 3 Romances Op.22 (no.1) | ||
Florence Price | 5 Folksongs in Counterpoint (Clementine) | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | String Quartet in A minor Op.132 (5th mvt) | ||
Franz Schubert | Abschied (Schwanengesang D.957) | ||
William Grant Still | Symphony no. 4 "Autochthonous" (4th mvt) | ||
George Frideric Handel | Süsse Stille, Sanfte Quelle, HWV.205 (9 German Arias) | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major K.364 (1st mvt) | ||
George Frideric Handel | The people that walked in darkness (Messiah) | ||
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Antonio Bazzini | The Dance of the Goblins Op.25 | |
Arthur Sullivan | Patience (Overture) | ||
Hector Berlioz | Harold in Italy - 3rd mvt: Serenade | ||
Astor Piazzolla | Otońo Porteńo (Las Cuatro Estaciones Portenas) | ||
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Henry Purcell | An Evening Hymn Z.193 | |
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Carl Maria von Weber | Concertino in E flat major Op.26 | |
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Johannes Brahms | Ballade in G minor, Op.118 no.3 | |
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Carl Orff | Carmina Burana (O Fortuna) | |
John Tavener | Annunciation (The Protecting Veil) | ||
Carlo Francesco Pollarolo | La vendetta d'amore (Overture) |
Friday 23rd October 2020
10:00
Radio 3 in Concert
Beethoven's Four - a concerto and symphony
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Beethoven with the London Philharmonic, live from the Royal Festival Hall.
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John Tavener | The Lamb | |
Chevalier de Saint-Georges Joseph Bologne | Overture L'amant anonyme | ||
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Freya Waley-Cohen | Permutations | |
Igor Stravinsky | The Rite of Spring - Part One | ||
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Leonard Bernstein | Dance Episodes from On the Town (Lonely Town, Pas de deux) | |
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Ludwig van Beethoven | Ah! Perfido, Op 65 | |
Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Concerto No 4 in G major, Op 58 | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No 4 in B flat major, Op 60 |
Monday 28th September 2020
03:00
Breakfast
Monday - Petroc's classical alternative
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Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
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Gioachino Rossini | William Tell (Overture) | |
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Ruhe Sanft, mein Holdes Leben (Zaide) | |
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Max Bruch | Kol Nidrei, Op.47 | |
Franz Schubert | Des Müllers Blumen (Die Schöne Müllerin D.795) | ||
Nicola Matteis | Diverse bizzarie sopra La Vecchia (Suite in C major) | ||
Otto Malling | Piano Quartet in C minor, Op.80 (3rd mvt) | ||
Giuseppe Martucci | Colore Orientale Op.44`3 | ||
William Boyce | Symphony no.4 in F major | ||
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Hector Berlioz | Symphonie fantastique (A Ball) | |
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Heino Eller | Twilight | |
Jean Françaix | Flower Clock (Blue Catananche, Torch Thistle, Malabar Jasmine) | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Ich Habe Genug (Cantata no.82) | ||
Antonio Vivaldi | Concerto in C major for 2 trumpets, RV.537 | ||
John Tavener | Butterfly Dreams (excerpts) | ||
Bedrich Smetana | Le Desir (Bagatelles and Impromptus B.40) | ||
Ken Burton | Many are the wonders | ||
Clara Schumann | Piano Concerto in A minor Op.7 (3rd mvt) | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony no.2 in D major, Op.36 (4th mvt) | ||
Edward Elgar | The Blue-Eyes Fairy (The Starlight Express, Op.78) |
Sunday 16th August 2020
10:00
Words and Music
Animal Kingdom
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Actors Emily Bruni and Nicholas Farrell with literature and music with animal characters.
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John Tavener | Song for Athene | |
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Charlie Parker | Just Friends |
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Johann Sebastian Bach | Agnus Dei (Mass in B minor) | |
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David Bowie | I Would Be Your Slave | |
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Claude Debussy | Marche Ecossaise |
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Alfred Newman | 20th Century Fox Fanfare | |
Étienne Méhul | La Chasse du Jeune Henri | ||
Felix Mendelssohn | Overture: A Midsummer Night's Dream | ||
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Hans Zimmer | Surfing Dolphins | |
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Ian Whitcomb | The Farmyard Cabaret | |
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Abdullah Ibrahim | The Dream | |
James Horner | Braveheart - Main Title | ||
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Alexandre Desplat | Boggis, Bunce and Bean | |
Alexandre Desplat | Mr Fox in the Fields | ||
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Scott Bradley | Touche, Pussy Cat |
Wednesday 5th August 2020
03:00
Essential Classics
Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Clyne's Dance, Essential Tone Poems, Nicholas Collon
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Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
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Felix Mendelssohn | Hear my prayer | |
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Scott Joplin | Elite Syncopations | |
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Hector Berlioz | Les nuits d'été | |
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Ernest Bloch | Schelomo | |
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Nigel Hess | Thames Journey | |
Jacques Aubert | Concerto for four violins, cello and continuo, Op 26 No 4, 'Le carillon' | ||
Johannes Brahms | Hungarian Dance No 4 in F sharp minor | ||
John Tavener | The Protecting Veil: opening | ||
John Taverner | Western Wynde Mass (Agnus Dei) | ||
Anna Clyne | In your blood (mvt 4 from 'Dance') | ||
Nicola Porpora | Cantata V: Scrivo in te l'amato nome | ||
Changjian Xu | Sword Dance | ||
Clara Schumann | Piano Sonata in G minor (1st mvt) | ||
William Grant Still | Suite for Violin & Piano (3rd mvt, Gamin) | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Piano Concerto No 21 in C major, K.467 | ||
Gerald Finzi | Music for Love's Labour's Lost - 7. Soliloquy I | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Piano Sonata No 10 in C major, K 330 |
Wednesday 29th July 2020
02:00
Breakfast
Wednesday - Georgia?s classical picks
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Georgia Mann presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
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Django Reinhardt | Django's Tiger | |
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Hoagy Carmichael | Georgia On My Mind | |
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John Tavener | The Tyger | |
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Jack Strachey | In Party Mood (Housewives' Choice) | |
Nicolas Gombert | La rose | ||
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Johann Jakob Froberger | Toccata in E minor | |
Owain Park | Above the stars my Saviour dwells | ||
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Charles Williams | Devil's Gallop (Dick Barton - Special Agent) | |
Johann Nepomuk Hummel | Trumpet Concerto in E major (3rd mvt) | ||
Richard Rodgers | With a song in my heart (Family Favourites) | ||
Claude Debussy | Estampes (Pagodes) | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Re-invention No. 4 for tenor recorder | ||
Sandy MacPherson | I'll Play To You | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Two-part Invention No. 1 in C, BWV772 | ||
Trad. | Oranges and Lemons | ||
Edward Elgar | Softly and gently (The Dream of Gerontius, Op.38) | ||
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Johann Sebastian Bach | Violin Concerto in G minor after BWV 1056 | |
Traditional Vietnamese | Loi Lo (Theatre music) | ||
Emily Hall | Salley Gardens | ||
Johannes Brahms | String Quartet in G major, Op 111 No 2 | ||
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Will Todd | Tantum Ergo | |
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Franz Lehár | Gold and Silver, Op 79 | |
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Georg Philipp Telemann | Concerto for 2 Flutes, Violin & Cello in D Major, TWV 54:D1: I. Vivace | |
Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No 1 (1st mvt) | ||
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi | Concerto for oboe and strings | ||
Maurice Ravel | Piano Concerto in G major (1st mvt) | ||
Mikis Theodorakis | Choros 1 and 2 |
Tuesday 21st July 2020
09:00
BBC Proms
2020, The world premiere of John Tavener's 20th-century classic, The Protecting Veil
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Oliver Knussen conducts works by three 20th-century British composers.
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John Tavener | The Lamb | |
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John Tavener | The Protecting Veil | |
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Igor Stravinsky | The Song of the Nightingale | |
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Oliver Knussen | Flourish with fireworks | |
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Modest Mussorgsky | Intermezzo symphonique in modo classico | |
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Claude Debussy | Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune | |
Deirdre McKay | Wild blossom in the time of covid | ||
Minna Keal | Symphony |
Friday 19th June 2020
14:00
Through the Night
Chamber music from Belgrade
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Music by Beethoven, Shostakovich, Ravel and Copland. Jonathan Swain presents.
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Maurice Ravel | Piano Trio in A minor | |
Ivan Zajc | Symphonic Picture in C minor (Op.394) | ||
Zoltán Kodály | Adagio for clarinet and piano (1905) | ||
Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann | 4 Caprices (Op.18:I) (1835) | ||
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Aaron Copland | Vitebsk ('Study on a Jewish Theme') | |
Johann Sebastian Bach | Der Geist hilft unser Schwacheit, BWV.226 | ||
Alexis Contant | Les Deux Ames - overture | ||
Johannes Brahms | 3 Songs for chorus, Op 42 | ||
Antonio Vivaldi | Trio sonata in D minor RV.63, Op.1`12 (La Follia) for 2 violins and continuo | ||
John Tavener | Funeral Ikos (The Greek funeral sentences) for chorus | ||
Cornelis Dopper | Symphony no 7 "Zuiderzee" (1917) | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Trio in G, op. 121a, 'Ten Variations on 'Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu'' | ||
Dmitry Shostakovich | Piano Quintet in G minor, Op 57 | ||
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Erik Satie | Parade [Ballet realiste] | |
Richard Strauss | Suite in B flat major for 13 wind instruments, Op 4 | ||
Gabriel Fauré | Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op 74 | ||
Sebastian Le Camus | 2 French airs and 1 piece for harpsichord | ||
Gaetano Donizetti | Overture (La Fille du regiment) | ||
Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer | Concerto armonico no 6 in E flat major (from Sei Concerti Armonici, 1740) | ||
Georg Philipp Telemann | Sonata for transverse flute & basso continuo in G major | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Concerto no 7 for 3 pianos and orchestra in F major (K.242) |
Saturday 6th June 2020
06:00
Inside Music
Storytelling, beauty and melancholy in music with composer Isobel Waller-Bridge
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Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside.
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Scott Walker | It's raining today |
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina | Kyrie from Missa Assumpta est Maria | ||
György Ligeti | Number 3 & Number 10 from 10 pieces for wind quintet | ||
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Hildegard von Bingen | Antiphon, O quam mirabilis est | |
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Isobel Waller-Bridge | Arise | |
John Tavener | The Lamb (arranged for strings) | ||
Antonio Vivaldi | Concerto for flutes, strings and continuo in C major, RV533 | ||
Luigi Cherubini | Symphony in D - 1st movement | ||
Caroline Shaw | Plan and Elevation - The Orangery & The Beech Tree | ||
Olivier Messiaen | Quartet for the End of Time - V - Louange a l'eternite de Jesus | ||
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Claude Debussy | Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune | |
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Einojuhani Rautavaara | Cantus arcticus, Op. 61 - Concerto for Birds and Orchestra - III - Swans Migrating | |
Sergei Prokofiev | 'And now, this is how things stood' from Peter and the Wolf | ||
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Erik Satie | Gnossiennes No. 3 - Lent | |
Traditional Bulgarian | Houbava Milka (Beautiful Milk) | ||
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George Crumb | Apparition 6 - The night in silence under many a star |
Tuesday 2nd June 2020
12:00
Night Tracks
Night music
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Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
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John Tavener | Eternity's Sunrise | |
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Maurice Ravel | Une barque sur l'ocean (Miroirs) | |
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Marconi Union | Losing the Light | |
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Saint Saviour | Mercy | |
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Thomas Tallis | Te lucis ante terminum | |
John Hopkins | Apparition | ||
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Sergio Belem | Sunrise over Corcovado | |
Leonardo Lee | Misereris omnium, Domine | ||
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Toumani Diabaté | Tabara | |
Sergey Rachmaninov | Prelude Op 23 No 4 in D | ||
Jean Ray | Une barque | ||
Cass Elliot | Dream a little Dream | ||
Gustav Mahler | Songs of a Wayfarer: No 1 | ||
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Joep Beving | Wanderlust | |
Traditional American | I am a poor wayfaring stranger | ||
Peteris Vasks | Violin Concerto 'Distant Light' (1st mvt) |
Friday 29th May 2020
03:00
Essential Classics
Suzy Klein with essential clarinet music and Stravinsky's Petrushka
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Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
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Ruggero Leoncavallo | Pagliacci: 'Recitar!... Vesti la giubba' | |
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Diego Ortiz | Recercada Segunda | |
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Johann Sebastian Bach | Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme | |
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Aaron Copland | Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra (with Piano and Harp) | |
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Gioachino Rossini | La danza (Soirées musicales) | |
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Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No 7 | |
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Franz Schubert | Impromptu in E flat major, D.899 no.2 | |
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Christoph Willibald Gluck | Paride ed Elena: O del mio dolce ardor | |
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Hildegard von Bingen | Vos Flores Rosarum | |
Ralph Vaughan Williams | Love bade me welcome (Five Mystical Songs) | ||
John Tavener | The Protecting Veil: opening | ||
Antonio Vivaldi | Clarinet Concerto No. 3 (mvts 3 & 4) | ||
Johannes Brahms | Quartet for piano and strings no. 1 (Op.25) in G minor, 2nd mvt; Intermezzo... | ||
Béla Bartók | The Miraculous Mandarin (Allegro - Curtain) | ||
John Dunstable | Veni Sancte Spiritus / Veni creator Spiritus | ||
Richard Rodgers | Carousel Waltz (Carousel) | ||
Dmitry Shostakovich | Concerto No 1 in A minor Op 77 for violin and orchestra (2nd mvt) | ||
Joseph Haydn | Piano Trio in E flat major, H.15.10 | ||
Igor Stravinsky | Petrushka, Pt.1; The Shrove-tide fair | ||
Gerald Finzi | My Lovely One, Op 27 No 1 | ||
George Frideric Handel | Chaconne and Variations in G major, HWV 435 | ||
Felix Mendelssohn | Octet in E Flat Major, Op.20 (1st mvt) | ||
Gabriel Fauré | Messe des pęcheurs de Villerville (Gloria) |