Playlists with tracks by Kenneth Leighton
Friday 15th February 2019
06:00
Afternoon Concert
Celebrating the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers
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Symphonies by Shostakovich and Minna Keal and works by Gavin Higgins and Kenneth Leighton.
Dmitri Shostakovich | Symphony No.7 in in C major, Op. 60 | ||
Kenneth Leighton | Mass for Double Choir | ||
Minna Keal | Symphony No.3 | ||
Peteris Vasks | Cantabile for Strings | ||
Gavin Higgins | Trombone Concerto 'The Book of Miracles' |
Friday 1st February 2019
08:00
In Tune Mixtape
That February Friday Feeling
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In Tune's specially curated playlist: reflections and optimism as February begins
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Kenneth Leighton | Paean | |
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka | Ruslan and Ludmila (Overture) | ||
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Maurice Ravel | Le Tombeau de Couperin (Menuet) | |
Peter Sculthorpe | Djilile arr for strings | ||
Billy Strayhorn | Take the "A" Train (Live at Newport 1956) | ||
Robert Schumann | Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op 44 (3rd mvt) | ||
George Frideric Handel | Dixit Dominus Domino meo (Dixit Dominus, HWV 232) |
Sunday 23rd December 2018
14:00
Radio 3 in Concert
Love came down at Christmas
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BBC Singers perform contemporary Christmas carols, conducted by Peter Foggitt.
Judith Bingham | The Three Angels: III. Gabriel | ||
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Alec Redshaw | I sing of a maiden | |
Peter Leech | Adam lay Ybounden | ||
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Richard Lloyd | Love came down at Christmas | |
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Richard Rodney Bennett | Puer Nobis | |
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Cecilia McDowall | Of a Rose | |
Peter Foggitt | Ignis amoris | ||
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Thomas Hyde | Sweet was the song | |
Jamie W. Hall | Jesus Christ the Apple Tree | ||
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Anthony Piccolo | I look from afar | |
James Burton | Tomorrow shall be my dancing day | ||
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Philip Moore | Lo, that is a marvellous change | |
Judith Bingham | Annunciation IV: Meine Seel' Erhebt den Herren | ||
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Giles Swayne | O magnum mysterium | |
Kenneth Leighton | The Christ Child | ||
Raymond Yiu | We saw thee |
Friday 21st December 2018
08:00
In Tune Mixtape
Christmas Collection
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In Tune's specially curated playlist: a seasonal mix of festive favourites and surprises.
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Michael Praetorius | In dulci jubilo a 8 | |
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Mel Tormé | Christmas Song | |
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Frederick Delius | Sleigh Ride (Winter Night) | |
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Traditional Carol | Deck the halls | |
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Kenneth Leighton | Coventry Carol | |
Gustav Holst | The Saviour of the World is Born | ||
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | The Nutcracker (In the Christmas tree) | ||
Benjamin Britten | A Boy Was Born; Variation III: Jesu, as Thou art our Saviour | ||
Anon. | Angelus Ad Virginem | ||
Ward Swingle | A visit from St Nicholas |
Wednesday 12th December 2018
02:00
Breakfast
Breakfast Carol Competition shortlist
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The BBC Singers perform the Breakfast Carol Competition shortlist. With Petroc Trelawny
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Aaron Copland | Fanfare for the Common Man |
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Modest Mussorgsky | A Night on the Bare Mountain | |
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Claude Debussy | Tarantelle styrienne | |
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Alexander Borodin | String Sextet in D minor | |
John Merrick | The Bee Carol | ||
Frédéric Chopin | Study in E major, Op 10 No 3 | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Symphony No 19 in E flat major, K 132 (3rd mvt) | ||
Gabriel Fauré | Élégie, Op 24 | ||
Joy Williams | The Bee Carol | ||
Georg Philipp Telemann | Sinfonia in F major for alto recorder, viola da gamba and strings | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Cantata No 140) | ||
Andrew Woodward | The Bee Carol | ||
Franz Schubert | Entr'acte No 3 (Rosamunde, D 797) | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Bagatelle in C major, Op 33 No 5 | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Prelude and Fugue in G sharp minor, BWV 863 (Book 1, The Well-Tempered Clavier) | ||
Richard Galloway | The Bee Carol | ||
Edvard Grieg | Norwegian Dance, Op 35 No 1 | ||
David Hughes | The Bee Carol | ||
Philip Ledger | The voice of the angel Gabriel (first recording) | ||
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre | Gigue in G major (Pièces de clavecin, 1707) | ||
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Gillian Whitehead | Torua | |
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre | Menuet in G major (Pièces de clavecin, 1707) | ||
Kenneth Leighton | Missa De Gloria - VI. Ite, Missa Est | ||
Matthew Jackson | The Bee Carol | ||
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Rose Adagio (The Sleeping Beauty) |
Thursday 6th December 2018
09:00
Radio 3 in Concert
Handel's Messiah
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BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Stephen Layton perform Handel's Messiah
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Georg Philipp Telemann | In dulci jubilo | |
George Frideric Handel | Messiah (Part II & III) | ||
George Frideric Handel | Messiah (Part I) | ||
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Kenneth Leighton | A Hymn of the Nativity |
Thursday 25th October 2018
06:00
Afternoon Concert
Opera matine with Georgia Mann
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Dantons Tod (Danton's Death), an opera by Gottfried von Einem first performed in 1947.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams | Symphony no 6 | |
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Jonathan Dove | Gaia Theory | |
Kenneth Leighton | God's Grandeur | ||
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Kenneth Leighton | What Love is this of Thine? | |
Benjamin Britten | A Charm of Lullabies | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Cantata No 50, 'Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft' | ||
Benjamin Britten | Antiphon for chorus and organ, Op 56b | ||
Gottfried von Einem | Dantons Tod: Act 1 | ||
Gottfried von Einem | Dantons Tod: Act 2 |
Friday 5th October 2018
03:00
Breakfast
Friday - Petroc Trelawny
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Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, including the Friday poem.
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John Ireland | Amberley Wild Brooks | |
Imogen Holst | The Fall of the Leaf (3rd mvt) | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Trio in E flat major, Op 1 No 1 (1st mvt) | ||
Hubert Parry | There is an old belief (Songs of Farewell) | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Willkommen! will ich sagen (Cantata No 27) | ||
George Frideric Handel | Organ Concerto no.12 in B flat major Op.7`6 | ||
Marc‐Antoine Charpentier | Te Deum (excerpt) | ||
Cécile Louise Chaminade | Automne, Op 35 No 2 | ||
Astor Piazzolla | Autumn (The Four Seasons) | ||
Ernest Chausson | Soir de fête, Op 32 | ||
Leos Janáček | Credo (Glagolitic Mass) | ||
Joseph Haydn | Hark, hear the sounds of the chase (Autumn - The Seasons) | ||
Carl Czerny | Sonatina for Piano Trio in G Major (1st mvt) | ||
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Méditation (Souvenir d'un lieu cher) | ||
Kenneth Leighton | 6 Study-Variations, Op 56 (no.2) | ||
Ralph Vaughan Williams | Silent Noon (The House of Life) | ||
John Dowland | Lachrimae Verae | ||
Joseph Haydn | The Seasons (Autumn) | ||
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Benjamin Britten | Simple Symphony Op.4 (Boisterous Bouree) | |
Morten Lauridsen | La rose complète; Dirait-on (Les chansons des roses) |
Sunday 26th August 2018
04:00
Sunday Morning
Sarah Walker with Barber, Bernstein and Roussel.
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Sarah Walker with a broad range of music, including her Sunday Escape.
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Giovanni Francesco Anerio | Salve Regina | |
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Samuel Barber | Adagio For Strings |
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Luciano Berio | Wasserklavier | |
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Henry Purcell | Strike The Viol | |
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Frank Bridge | Cherry Ripe | |
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Ottorino Respighi | Burlesca for Orchestra | |
Judith Weir | Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis | ||
Kenneth Leighton | Symphony for Strings op. 3 mov. 1 Adagio | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Partita no. 3 in A minor BWV 827 | ||
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Leonard Bernstein | West Side Story: Maria | |
Felix Mendelssohn | O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden: i. Chorale | ||
Albert Roussel | Symphony no. 1 "Le poème de la foret": iii. Soir d'été | ||
Edward Elgar | Sea Pictures Op.37 , No.s 3,4 & 5 | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Il Sogno di Scipione K.126, No. 8: A chi sereno io miro (Aria) | ||
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William Walton | Coronation March: Crown Imperial | |
Franz Schubert | Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D. 944 "Great": iii. Scherzo | ||
Richard Rodney Bennett | Four Piece Suite: i. Samba Triste | ||
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Oliver Knussen | ...Upon One Note (Fantazia after Purcell) | |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | String Quartet in G K.80 | ||
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | The Seasons: No. 8 in B minor, August, the Harvest |
Tuesday 8th May 2018
03:00
Essential Classics
Tuesday with Ian Skelly - Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings, Sakuntala, Dr Christian Jessen
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Ian Skelly with the best in classical music.
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Sergei Prokofiev | Waltz Suite: Happiness (from Cinderella) | |
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Ludwig van Beethoven | Adelaide, Op 46 | |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Symphony No 6 in B minor, Op 74, 'Pathétique' (2nd mvt) | ||
Franz Liszt | Années de pèlerinage I, S. 160 "Suisse": No. 4, Au bord d'une source | ||
Ludwig August Lebrun | Oboe Concerto No 3 in C major (3rd mvt) | ||
Camille Saint‐Saëns | Havanaise, Op 83 | ||
Jacques Offenbach | Scintille, diamant! (Tales of Hoffmann) | ||
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Serenade for strings (2nd mvt) | ||
Antonín Dvořák | String Quartet movement in F major, B120 | ||
Jean‐Philippe Rameau | La Poule (Concert en sextuor No 6 in G minor) | ||
Alfred Schnittke | Fugue & Pantomime (Suite in the Old Style) | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Bassoon Concerto in B flat major, K 191 | ||
Malcolm Arnold | Four Cornish Dances, Op 91 | ||
Kenneth Leighton | Suite "Veris Gratia" op 9. Movts iii and iv | ||
Isaac Albéniz | Asturias (Suite española) | ||
Robert Schumann | Symphony No. 1 in B flat 'Spring': IV Allegretto animato e grazioso | ||
Franz Schubert | Sakontala - Act 1 Aria Wie fuhl'ich , ihr Gotter | ||
Amanda Maier-Rontgen | Violin sonata in B minor (1st movt) | ||
Arnold Bax | Morning Song, 'Maytime in Sussex' | ||
Charles‐François Gounod | Symphony No 1 in D major (3rd mvt) |
Thursday 29th March 2018
09:00
Radio 3 in Concert
Ex Cathedra: Music for Holy Week
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Jeffrey Skidmore conducts Ex Cathedra in a sequence of music for Holy Week.
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Carlo Gesualdo | Sparge La Morte Al Mio Signor | |
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Giacomo Carissimi | Jephte | |
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Claudio Monteverdi | Plagas tuas | |
Giovanni Francesco Anerio | Rispondi, Abramo | ||
Orlande de Lassus | Queste opre e più | ||
Kenneth Leighton | Crucifixus pro nobis - cantata Op.38 | ||
Claudio Monteverdi | Ah Dolente Partita (O Infelix Recessus) | ||
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Orlande de Lassus | Negando il mio Signor | |
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William Kinloch | Kinloche His Ground | |
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Claudio Monteverdi | O Jesu, Mea Vita | |
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Orlande de Lassus | Vide homo | |
Claudio Monteverdi | Stabat Virgo | ||
Giovanni Francesco Anerio | Sedea Lasso Gesu | ||
Claudio Monteverdi | Ure Me | ||
Claudio Monteverdi | Dorinda, ah diro mia (Maria, quid ploras) | ||
Claudio Monteverdi | Gloria Tua | ||
Guillaume Bouzignac | O Mors, Ero Mors Tua | ||
Marc‐Antoine Charpentier | Le Reniement De Saint-Pierre | ||
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Orlande de Lassus | Lagrime di San Pietro (Tears of San Pietro): 16a parte - O vita troppo rea | |
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William Kinloch | Jhonstounis delyt | |
Orlande de Lassus | A quanti gia felici in | ||
Tomás Luis de Victoria | Incipit lamentatio (Lamentations of Jeremiah - Maundy Thursday) | ||
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Orlande de Lassus | Non trovava mia fe | |
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William Kinloch | The galliard mr kinloughe |
Wednesday 7th March 2018
07:00
Choral Evensong
Archive Service recorded in Chichester Cathedral
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An archive recording from Chichester Cathedral.
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Kenneth Leighton | Paean | |
Percy Whitlock | Five Short Pieces | ||
Sydney Watson | Magnificat in E | ||
Sydney Watson | Nunc dimittis in E | ||
Felix Mendelssohn | Why rage fiercely the heathen? |
Monday 19th February 2018
08:00
In Tune Mixtape
Albeniz, Leighton, Ravel
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Debussy intersperses Isaac Albeniz and Kenneth Leighton, with Haydn, Ravel and Bach.
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Claude Debussy | Minstrels | |
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Kenneth Leighton | Gloria | |
Joseph Haydn | 3rd Movement of Gypsy Rondo | ||
Maurice Ravel | Concerto In G Major | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 In G Major | ||
Isaac Albéniz | Asturias | ||
Claude Debussy | What the west wind has seen |
Tuesday 6th February 2018
06:00
Afternoon Concert
Tuesday - The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
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The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra perform Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert in concert.
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Johannes Brahms | Symphony no. 3 in F major Op.90 | |
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Ludwig van Beethoven | Coriolan - overture Op.62 | |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Symphony no. 31 in D major K.297 (Paris) (K.300a) | ||
Franz Schubert | Symphony no. 4 in C minor D.417 (Tragic) | ||
Kenneth Leighton | Concerto Op.12 for violin and orchestra | ||
Michael Tippett | Symphony no. 2 | ||
Salvatore Sciarrino | Allegoria della notte for violin and orchestra |
Friday 2nd February 2018
09:00
Radio 3 in Concert
BBC SO, Paul Watkins, Sir Andrew Davis in Finzi and Shostakovich
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Live from the Barbican the BBC Symphony Orchestra play Finzi and Shostakovich.
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Sergei Rachmaninov | Suite No 2 for two pianos, Op 17 | |
Kenneth Leighton | Winter Scenes | ||
Dmitri Shostakovich | Symphony No 10 in E minor, Op 93 | ||
Gerald Finzi | Cello Concerto, Op 40 |
Sunday 14th January 2018
03:00
Breakfast
Sunday - Martin Handley
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Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
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John Tavener | God Is With Us | |
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Felix Mendelssohn | Symphony No 3 in A minor, Op 56, 'Scottish' (2nd mvt) | |
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Claude Debussy | Dr Gradus ad Parnassum (Children's Corner) | |
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Kenneth Leighton | Paean | |
Rita Strohl | Titus et Berenice : 2nd movement - 'Appartements de Berenice' | ||
Jean‐Baptiste Lully | Phaëton: Chaconne in G major | ||
Leopold Koželuh | Piano Sonata no.42 in F major Op.53 no.2 - finale | ||
Albert E.Brumley | I'll Fly Away | ||
Edvard Grieg | Concerto for piano and orchestra (Op.16) in A minor: II. Adagio - Lento | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Cantata 'Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid' BWV 3 | ||
Max Bruch | String Quintet in E flat major - 3rd mvt: Andante con moto | ||
Traditional | Oran an roin (Seal Song) | ||
Joseph Haydn | Harmoniemesse: Gloria |
Saturday 30th December 2017
05:00
Saturday Classics
John Rutter
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Composer John Rutter introduces a selection of music for the time of year.
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Hugh Roberton | All In The April Evening | |
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Benjamin Britten | A New Year Carol | |
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Ralph Vaughan Williams | O Taste And See | |
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John Taverner | Audivi Vocem | |
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Jean Mouton | Nesciens Mater |
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Herbert Howells | Magnificat (Collegium Regale) | |
Johann Sebastian Bach | Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied - motet BWV.225 | ||
Ron Goodwin | What kind of thing? | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Mass in B minor, BWV 232 (Gloria) | ||
Träd | I wonder as I wander | ||
George Frideric Handel | For unto us a child is born (Messiah) | ||
William Byrd | O Admirabile Commercium | ||
Reginald Morgan | Count your blessings | ||
Tomás Luis de Victoria | Ave Maria | ||
John Tavener | Ex Maria Virgine | ||
Robert Lucas Pearsall | In Dulci Jubilo | ||
Charles Villiers Stanford | Morning, Communion and Evening Services in A major Op.12 (Nunc Dimittis) | ||
Benjamin Britten | Missa Brevis, Op.63 (Kyrie and Gloria) | ||
Kenneth Leighton | Give me the Wings of Faith | ||
Edward Elgar | O Hearken Thou |
Thursday 21st December 2017
03:00
Essential Classics
Thursday with Suzy Klein - Brian Blessed, Christmas Piggies
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Brian Blessed lists his cultural influences and inspirations.
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Fritz Kreisler | Liebesfreud (Old Viennese Dances) | |
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Kenneth Leighton | Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child | |
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Maurice Ravel | Introduction and Allegro | |
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Benjamin Britten | Young Apollo, Op 16 | |
Gabriel Fauré | Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, Op 80 (Sicilienne) | ||
Dominic Carter | Sir Christemas | ||
Richard Rodney Bennett | Celebration for Orchestra | ||
Sergei Rachmaninov | 5 Morceaux de fantaisie for piano (Op.3): no.2; Prelude in C sharp minor | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Keyboard Concerto No 2 in E major, BWV 1053 | ||
Lennox Berkeley | String Serenade - 1st movement, Vivace | ||
Anon. | Coventry Carol | ||
Jean Sibelius | Symphony No 5 in E flat major, Op 82 (3rd mvt) | ||
Jean Françaix | Octet for clarinet, bassoon, horn, string quartet and double bass (4th mvt) | ||
George Enescu | Légende for trumpet and piano | ||
Martin Carling | Sir Christemas | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No 3 in E flat major, Op 55, 'Eroica' (1st mvt) | ||
Alec McGregor | 2017 Breakfast Carol Competition No 5. Sir Christemas | ||
Grace Williams | Roundelay from The Dancers | ||
Arcangelo Corelli | Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op 6 No 8, 'Christmas Concerto' | ||
Ben Parry | Christmas Cards | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Sonatina (Cantata No 106, 'Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit') | ||
Claude Debussy | Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune | ||
Maurice Duruflé | Organ Suite, Op 5 (Toccata) | ||
Pérotin | Alleluia, Nativitas |
Monday 16th October 2017
07:00
In Tune
Alice Sara Ott, Veronika Eberle, Greg Morris
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Sean Rafferty presents, with guests including pianist Alice Sara Ott, who performs live.
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Gustav Mahler | Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen | |
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Hubert Parry | I was glad | |
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Franz Schubert | Die Forelle |
Modest Mussorgsky | Gopak (Sorochinskaya yarmarka) | ||
Edvard Grieg | Lyric Pieces: To the Spring (Book 3, No. 6) | ||
Pietro Locatelli | Sonata in C minor for violin and keyboard, Op 6 No 5 | ||
Edvard Grieg | Lyric Pieces: March of the Trolls | ||
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Symphony no. 6 (Op.74) in B minor "Pathetique", 3rd mvt; Allegro molto vivace | ||
Felix Mendelssohn | Konzertstück No 1 in F minor, Op 113 | ||
Richard Wagner | The Flying Dutchman (Overture) | ||
Henry Purcell | King Arthur (Chaconne) | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Sonata for Violin and Continuo in G major BWV 1021 (1st and 2nd movement) | ||
Kenneth Leighton | Six Fantasies on Hymn Tunes, Op. 72: No. 6 Hanover | ||
Charles‐François Gounod | Faust: Act 5 - Duet. 'Ah! C'est la voix du bien-aimé... Oui, c'est toi je t'aime' | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | The Creatures of Prometheus Op.43 - Maestoso | ||
Edvard Grieg | Lyric Pieces: The Butterfly (Book 3, No. 1) |
Wednesday 12th April 2017
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert
BBC National Orchestra of Wales - Bach's St John Passion
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John Butt directs the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales in Bach's St John Passion
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Johann Sebastian Bach | O Lamm Gottes unschuldig | |
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Johann Sebastian Bach | St John Passion | |
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Kenneth Leighton | Martyrs - Dialogues on a Scottish Psalm tune | |
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Johann Sebastian Bach | Nun danket alle Gott, BWV 657 |
Tuesday 14th February 2017
16:30
In Tune
Boxwood and Brass, Stephen Farr, Ensemble Plus Ultra
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Sean Rafferty's guests include Boxwood and Brass, Stephen Farr and Ensemble Plus Ultra.
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Sergei Prokofiev | Dance of the Knights (Romeo and Juliet) | |
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina | Surge propera | |
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Astor Piazzolla | Oblivion | |
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Claude Debussy | L'isle joyeuse | |
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Giacomo Puccini | O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi) | |
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Gerald Finzi | O mistress mine | |
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Andante in C major, K315 | |
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Kenneth Leighton | Paean | |
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Giovanni Gabrieli | Canzon septimi toni à 8 arr Block | |
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Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Sonata No 8 in C Minor, Op 13, 'Pathetique' (2nd mvt) | |
Tomás Luis de Victoria | Vadam et circuibo | ||
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina | Osculetur me | ||
Francesco Cavalli | La Calisto (Act 1, Sc 14: Ballo de orsi; Ciacona) | ||
Kenneth Leighton | Toccata on Hanover (Six Fantasies on Hymn Tunes, Op 72) | ||
Gustav Mahler | Symphony No 5 (4th mvt, 'Adagietto') | ||
Tomás Luis de Victoria | Nigra sum sed formosa | ||
François‐Adrien Boïeldieu | Johann von Paris (Overture) |
Saturday 11th February 2017
09:00
Record Review
Andrew McGregor with Nicholas Kenyon and Chi-chi Nwanoku
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Andrew McGregor and guests review the best recordings of classical music.
Malmö SymfoniOrkester | Violin Concerto Op. 28, i. | ||
Johann Stamitz | Concerto In B Flat Major For Clarinet And Orchestra | ||
La Capella Reial de Catalunya | Velo Que Bonito (O San Antonio) | ||
Jordi Savall | Manden Mandinkadenou | ||
William Alwyn | The Black Tent - Suite From The Music For The Film | ||
Kenneth Leighton | Missa De Gloria Op.82 For Organ | ||
Kremerata Baltica | Piano Quintet Op. 18 | ||
Felix Mendelssohn | A Midsummer Night'S Dream - Incidental Music, Op.21. No. 3 Lied |
Tuesday 24th January 2017
14:00
Afternoon on 3
The BBC National Orchestra of Wales in British Music, Episode 2
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The BBC NOW performs music by Bridge, Leighton, Tippett, Holst, Elgar and Stanford.
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Gustav Holst | The Hymn of Jesus Op.37 | |
Michael Tippett | Ritual dances from 'The midsummer marriage' for orchestra & chorus ad lib. | ||
Edward Elgar | Sonata (Op.28), orch. Gordon Jacob [orig. for organ] | ||
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford | Songs of the sea Op.91 for baritone, male chorus and orchestra | ||
Frank Bridge | A Royal Night of Variety, H 184 | ||
Frank Bridge | Enter spring - rhapsody for orchestra | ||
Kenneth Leighton | Concerto Op.58 for organ, string orchestra and timpani |
Sunday 25th December 2016
07:00
Breakfast
Sunday - Martin Handley
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Martin Handley with a Christmas Day edition, including the winner of the Carol Competition
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Duke Ellington | The Nutcracker Suite; Toot toot tootie toot | |
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John Rutter | Blow, blow, thou Winter Wind (When Icicles Hang) | |
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Traditional Carol | Deck the Halls | |
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Kenneth Leighton | Coventry Carol | |
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Claude Debussy | Children's corner for piano, The Snow is dancing | |
Trad. | Joy to the world! arr. Denson for brass sextet [orig. for chorus] | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Cantata no.110, BWV.110 (Unser Mund sei vill Lachens) - Opening chorus | ||
John Gardner | Tomorrow shall be my dancing day Op.75`2 | ||
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | Polonaise from Christmas Eve | ||
Victor Hely-Hutchinson | A Carol symphony | ||
Malcolm Archer | A child is born in Bethlehem (Come and Sing Event) | ||
Jessica Reeves | Alleluia! A new work is come on hand. (2016 BBC Radio 3 Carol Competition Winner) | ||
Michael Head | The Little road to Bethlehem for a capella choir | ||
Frank Bridge | Sir Roger de Coverley - Christmas dance arr. for full orchestra | ||
Arcangelo Corelli | Concerto Grosso in G minor Op.6 No.8 "Christmas Concerto" | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | In dulci jubilo [BWV.751] arr. Kempff for piano | ||
Émile Waldteufel | Les Patineurs [The skaters] - waltz (Op.183) | ||
Sergei Prokofiev | Lieutenant Kije - suite for orchestra, with baritone ad lib. (Op.60), Troika |
Wednesday 9th November 2016
16:30
In Tune
Odaline de la Martinez, Ensemble Odyssee, Johannette Zomer
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Sean Rafferty presents, with conductor Odaline de la Martinez and Ensemble Odyssee.
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George Gershwin | Three Preludes - No. 1 | |
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Symphony No. 6, Op. 74 'Pathetique' - ii. Allegro con Grazia | |
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John Field | Piano Concerto No. 3 in E flat major - ii. Nocturne | |
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Kenneth Leighton | Let all the world in every corner sing | |
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Felix Mendelssohn | A Midsummer night's dream - incidental music (Op.61), no.1; Scherzo | |
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William Babell | Concerto no. 2 in D major - iv. Allegro | |
Antonio Vivaldi | 'Transit aetas' from Juditha triumphans | ||
Johan Halvorsen | Passacaglia in G Minor (after G.F. Handel's Keyboard Suite No. 7) | ||
Antonio Vivaldi | Laudate pueri RV 600 - No. 1 Allegro | ||
Antonio Vivaldi | O qui coeli RV 631 - No. 3 Rosa quae moritur | ||
Camille Saint‐Saëns | Wedding-Cake: Caprice-Valse in A flat Major, Op.76 | ||
Domenico Scarlatti | Sonata in A major, Kk.212 | ||
William Babell | Concerto no. 3 in E minor - i. Adagio and ii. Allegro | ||
Franz Schubert | Who is Sylvia? D981 | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Il Re pastore - dramma per musica in 2 acts (K.208), Overture | ||
Gabriel Fauré | Le secret | ||
Hector Berlioz | Les Nuits d'ete for voice and piano or orchestra (Op.7), no.1; Villanelle | ||
Jennifer Higdon | Smash |
Wednesday 21st September 2016
13:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Leicester International Music Festival 2016, Episode 2
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From the Leicester Music Festival, music by Elgar, M Berkeley, L Berkeley and Leighton.
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Gustav Holst | The Planets: Jupiter, the bringer of jollity | |
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Edward Elgar | Salut d'amour Op.12 | |
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Michael Berkeley | Snake | |
Lennox Berkeley | Trio Op.19 | ||
Kenneth Leighton | Fantasy on an American hymn-tune Op.70 | ||
Edward Elgar | Chanson de nuit Op.15`1 |
Wednesday 13th July 2016
19:30
Radio 3 in Concert
BBC Singers - Jam on the Marsh
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BBC Singers perform in a concert of literary music with readings by Janet Suzman.
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Frank Martin | 5 Songs of Ariel | |
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Ralph Vaughan Williams | 3 Shakespeare songs | |
Kenneth Leighton | God's grandeur | ||
Paul Mealor | To seek where shadows are | ||
Kenneth Leighton | Improvisation, in memoriam Maurice de Sausmarez | ||
Jaakko Mäntyjärvi | 4 Shakespeare songs | ||
Gerald Finzi | All this night Op.33 | ||
Thomas LaVoy | O great beyond | ||
Joseph Haydn | String quartet in in G major Op.77 no.1 | ||
Johann David Heinichen | Concerto for oboe in G minor S.237 | ||
Gustav Holst | The Evening-watch Op.43`1 |
Tuesday 12th July 2016
09:00
Essential Classics
Tuesday - Rob Cowan with Kate Adie
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With Artist of the Week: conductor Sakari Oramo in Sibelius's Tapiola.
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Gerald Finzi | Love's Labours Lost - Three Soliloquies | |
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Carl Michael Bellman | Fjariln vingad syns pa Haga | |
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Franz Schubert | Sonatina for violin & piano in D major, D384 | |
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Ralph Vaughan Williams | English Folk Song Suite | |
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Giuseppe Verdi | Overture to La forza del destino | |
Osvaldo Golijov | Wa Habibi [My Love] | ||
Kenneth Leighton | I. Allegro (Sonatina No.2) | ||
François Couperin | Concerto No.9 in E (Les Gouts-Reunis ou Nouveaux Concerts) | ||
Charles-François Gounod | Overture to Cinq-Mars | ||
Alonso Lobo | Jerusalem, Jerusalem (Lamentations) | ||
Jean Sibelius | Tapiola, Op.112 | ||
George Frideric Handel | 'Revenge, Timotheus cries' (Alexander's Feast) | ||
Franz Schubert | Symphony No.1 in D major, D82 | ||
Jean Françaix | L'heure du berger | ||
Eivind Groven | Margjit Hjukse, Op.48 |
Saturday 30th April 2016
13:00
Saturday Classics
Rory Kinnear
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Actor Rory Kinnear presents a personal selection of music for voice.
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Christoph Willibald Gluck | Orfeo Ed Euridice - Ah! Se intorno a quest'urna fune | |
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Johann Sebastian Bach | Mass In B Minor - Qui Tollis | |
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Giacomo Puccini | La Rondine - Dimmi che vuoi seguirmi alla mia casa | |
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Leos Janacek | Jenufa - Odesli | |
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mass In C Minor K.427 | |
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Alfred Schnittke | Seid Nuchtern Und Wachet (Faust Cantata) | |
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Antonin Dvorak | Stabat Mater - Eja, Mater, fons amoris | |
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Miriam Makeba | The Click Song | |
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Benjamin Britten | Tom Bowling | |
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Wally Fowler | I want to be more like Jesus | |
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Franz Schubert | Die Schone Mullerin | |
Kenneth Leighton | Symphony No. 2 Op.69 (Sinfonia Mistica) | ||
Bulgaria.Traditional | Kalimankou Denkou [the Evening Gathering] | ||
Eriks Esenvalds | Infelix Ego | ||
Guido Haazen | Missa Luba For Chorus And Percussion [said To Be Based On Trad. Zairean Melodies | ||
Jayanta Bose | O Mistress Of Mine | ||
John Adams | American Standard - Christian Zeal And Activity |
Sunday 27th December 2015
16:00
The Choir
Stephen Hough
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Sara Mohr-Pietsch asks pianist and composer Stephen Hough about his favourite choral music
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Hector Berlioz | The Shepherds' Farewell | |
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Harold Edwin Darke | In the bleak midwinter | |
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Leroy Anderson | Sleigh Ride |
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Francis Poulenc | 4 Motets pour le temps de Noel | |
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Gerald Finzi | In Terra Pax | |
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Kenneth Leighton | Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child | |
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Benjamin Britten | Gloria (Missa Brevis) | |
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina | Hodie Christus Natus Est | |
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Edward Elgar | Praise to the Holiest (The Dream of Gerontius) | |
Stephen Hough | Credo (Missa Mirabilis) | ||
George Frideric Handel | Und ist zum Heil ein Kind geboren (Der Messias) | ||
Antonin Dvorak | TC_Mass In D Major B.153, Op.86 For Soloists, Chorus And Organ - Kyrie | ||
Arvo Pärt | Bogoroditse Dyevo |