Playlists with tracks by Oliver Knussen
Friday 19th February 2021
03:00
Essential Classics
Ian Skelly
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Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
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George Gershwin | Somebody Loves Me | |
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Franz Schubert | Du bist die Ruh, D.776 | |
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Robert White | Portio mea | |
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Richard Wagner | Tannhauser: Overture | |
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William Walton | Partita for orchestra | |
Caroline Shaw | Partita (Sarabande) | ||
Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély | Boléro de concert, Op 166 | ||
Arvo Pärt | The Deer's Cry | ||
Dmitry Shostakovich | Cello Sonata in D minor, Op 40 (4th mvt) | ||
Gabriel Fauré | Après un rêve, Op 7 No 1 | ||
Emmanuel Chabrier | Scherzo-valse (Suite pastorale) | ||
George Frideric Handel | Love sound the alarm (Acis and Galatea) | ||
Claudio Monteverdi | Hor che'l ciel et la terra (8th Book of Madrigals) | ||
Frédéric Chopin | Scherzo No 4 in E major, Op 54 | ||
Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou | Mother's Love | ||
Christoph Willibald Gluck | Orfeo ed Euridice, Act II Scene 1 | ||
Johan Svendsen | Norwegian Artists' Carnival, Op 14 | ||
Henry Purcell | Fantazia upon one note in F, Z.745 | ||
Oliver Knussen | ...upon one note (Fantasia after Purcell) | ||
Johannes Brahms | Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77 (3rd mvt) | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Allegro for clarinet and string quartet in B flat major K. Anh. 91 | ||
John Ireland | Concertino Pastorale (2nd mvt) |
Sunday 3rd January 2021
18:00
Through the Night
Great British Youth at the BBC Proms
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National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain plays Ravel, Ligeti and Debussy. With John Shea.
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Claude Debussy | La Mer | |
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Modest Mussorgsky | A Night on the Bare Mountain | |
Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli | Violin Sonata in A minor, Op 3 no 2, 'La Cesta' | ||
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György Ligeti | Lontano | |
Arcangelo Califano | Sonata for 2 oboes, bassoon and keyboard in C major | ||
Jan Dismas Zelenka | Missa Nativitatis Domini, ZWV.8 | ||
Carl Friedrich Abel | Symphony in D major, Op 10 No 5 | ||
Karl Goldmark | Scherzo for orchestra in E minor, Op 19 | ||
Clara Schumann | Piano Trio in G minor, Op 17 | ||
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Maurice Ravel | Piano Concerto in D major for the Left Hand | |
Domenico Scarlatti | Chaconne on a Theme by Scarlatti after Keyboard Sonata in D minor K 32 | ||
Oliver Knussen | Prayer Bell Sketch | ||
Felix Mendelssohn | Fantasia on an Irish song "The last rose of summer" for piano Op 15 | ||
Sergey Rachmaninov | 2 Songs: When Night Descends in silence; Oh stop thy singing maiden fair | ||
Frédéric Chopin | 24 Preludes, Op 28 | ||
Gaspar Sanz | Xácaras and Canarios (Instrucción de música sobre la guitara española" [1674]) | ||
George Benjamin | Dance Figures for Orchestra |
Thursday 22nd October 2020
06:00
Afternoon Concert
Dalia?s Mix Tape - BBC Symphony Orchestra 90th Birthday Celebration
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The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Dalia Stasevska live from Maida Vale.
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Igor Stravinsky | The Rite of Spring |
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Ralph Vaughan Williams | Fantasia on Greensleeves |
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Henry Purcell | Fantasia Upon One Note | |
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Benjamin Britten | Sinfonia da Requiem |
Jean Sibelius | Suite from Belshazzar's Feast Op.51 No.1 Oriental Procession | ||
Jean Sibelius | Suite from Belshazzar's Feast Op.51 No.2 Solitude | ||
Judith Weir | Still, Glowing | ||
Einojuhani Rautavaara | Into the Heart of Light | ||
Lotta Wennäkoski | Hava | ||
George Walker | Lyric | ||
Oliver Knussen | Upon One Note | ||
Gerald Finzi | Let us Garlands Bring Op.18 | ||
Patty Hill | Happy Birthday BBC SO | ||
Richard Wagner | Overture The Flying Dutchman | ||
Jean Sibelius | Scenes Historiques Op.66 No 1 The Chase | ||
Jean Sibelius | Scenes Historiques Op.66 No.2 The Love Song | ||
Jean Sibelius | Scenes Historiques Op.66 No.3 On the Drawbridge |
Thursday 15th October 2020
03:00
Essential Classics
Suzy Klein with Essential South American music, Gabriella Swallow, Handel's Ma quando tornerai
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Ludwig van Beethoven | Romance in F major for violin and orchestra, Op 50 | |
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Louis Armstrong | La Vie En Rose |
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Johann Sebastian Bach | Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230 | |
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Giacomo Puccini | Un bel di vedremo (Madama Butterfly) | |
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Johannes Brahms | Intermezzo in A major, Op.118 no.2 | |
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Lili Boulanger | Psalm 24 | |
George Frideric Handel | Ma quando tornerai (Alcina) | ||
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Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber | Sonata jucunda | |
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Oliver Knussen | Violin Concerto, Op. 30: II. Aria | |
Adolphus Hailstork | Epitaph for a Man who dreamed (In memoriam Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.) | ||
Henry Purcell | Curtain Tune (Timon of Athens Z.632) | ||
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Symphony No 4 in F minor, Op 36 (4th mvt) | ||
Alexander Scriabin | Study in C sharp minor, Op 2 No 1 | ||
Hubert Parry | Lady Radnor's Suite | ||
Robert Schumann | Liederkreis (Op.24), no.5; Schöne Wiege meiner Leiden | ||
Antonio Vivaldi | Ah fuggi rapido (from Orlando Furioso) | ||
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Robert Schumann | Liederkreis (Op.24), no.6; Warte, warte, wilder Schiffmann | |
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Fanny Mendelssohn | Die Mainacht, Op.9 no.6 | |
Johann Sebastian Bach | Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her; Var. 4, In canone all'ottava per augmentatione | ||
Trad. | Mareta, mareta no'm faces plorar (Mummy, dear mummy, don't make me cry) | ||
Federico García Lorca | Sevillanas del siglo XVIII (No. 6 from Canciónes spañolas antiguas) | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Quartet for oboe and strings in F major, K.370 (3rd mvt) | ||
Franz Schubert | String Quartet No. 4 in C major, D46 - IV. Finale | ||
John Williams | Buckbeak's Flight (From "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban") | ||
Franz Schubert | Violin Sonata No 1 in D major, D 384, 'Sonatina' (1st mvt) | ||
Joseph Haydn | Piano Trio No. 11 in E major, Hob.XV:34; Finale (Presto) | ||
Gabriel Fauré | Apres un reve |
Tuesday 6th October 2020
09:00
Radio 3 in Concert
BBC Symphony Orchestra at 90
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Highlights from Barbican Hall concerts of the last two decades.
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Igor Stravinsky | Symphony of Psalms | |
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Ralph Vaughan Williams | Toward the Unknown Region | |
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Oliver Knussen | Flourish with Fireworks | |
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Jean Sibelius | Luonnotar | |
Anna Clyne | The Seamstress | ||
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Augusta Read Thomas | Radiant Circles | |
Bohuslav Martinu | Fantaisies Symphonique (Symphony No.6) | ||
György Ligeti | San Francisco Polyphony | ||
John Adams | Tromba Lontano |
Monday 17th August 2020
11:00
BBC Proms
2020, Mahler's Seventh Symphony with the BBC Philharmonic
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Gianandrea Noseda conducts Mahler?s Seventh Symphony.
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Gustav Mahler | Symphony no 7 | |
Johannes Brahms | Piano Quartet No 3 in C minor, Op 60 | ||
Oliver Knussen | Symphony no 2 op 7 | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Overture Don Giovanni |
Friday 7th August 2020
14:00
Through the Night
Great British youth at the BBC Proms
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National Youth Orchestra at 2018's BBC Proms play Ravel and Debussy. With John Shea.
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Claude Debussy | La Mer | |
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Modest Mussorgsky | A Night on the Bare Mountain | |
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Howard Cable | The Banks of Newfoundland | |
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Domenico Scarlatti | Sonata in F minor, Kk466 | |
Frédéric Chopin | 24 Preludes, Op 28 | ||
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Maurice Ravel | Piano Concerto in D major for the Left Hand | |
Gaspar Sanz | Xácaras and Canarios (Instrucción de música sobre la guitara española" [1674]) | ||
Alphons Diepenbrock | Im grossen Schweigen for baritone and orchestra | ||
George Benjamin | Dance Figures for Orchestra | ||
Oliver Knussen | Prayer Bell Sketch for piano | ||
Arcangelo Califano | Sonata for 2 oboes, bassoon and keyboard in C major | ||
Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli | Violin Sonata in A minor, Op 3 no 2, 'La Cesta' | ||
Sergey Rachmaninov | 2 Songs: When Night Descends in silence; Oh stop thy singing maiden fair | ||
Artemy Vedel | Choral concerto No.5 "I cried unto the Lord With my voice" Psalm 143 | ||
György Ligeti | Lontano for Orchestra | ||
Carl Friedrich Abel | Symphony in D major, Op 10 No 5 | ||
Henry Eccles | Sonata for double bass, continuo and strings | ||
Clara Schumann | Piano Trio in G minor, Op 17 | ||
Jan Dismas Zelenka | Missa Nativitatis Domini, ZWV.8 | ||
Domenico Scarlatti | Chaconne on a Theme by Scarlatti after Keyboard Sonata in D minor K 32 | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Concerto for keyboard and string orchestra No 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 | ||
Karl Goldmark | Scherzo for orchestra in E minor, Op 19 | ||
Felix Mendelssohn | Fantasia on an Irish song "The last rose of summer" for piano Op 15 | ||
Marjan Mozetich | The Passion of Angels - Concerto for 2 harps and orchestra (1995) |
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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Claude Debussy | Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune | |
Deirdre McKay | Wild blossom in the time of covid | ||
Minna Keal | Symphony | ||
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Modest Mussorgsky | Intermezzo symphonique in modo classico |
Friday 26th June 2020
10:00
Radio 3 in Concert
Celebrating the Aldeburgh Festival
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The BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Oliver Knussen, at the 2018 Aldeburgh Festival.
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Aaron Copland | Appalachian Spring | |
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Oliver Knussen | Ophelia's Last Dance | |
Aaron Copland | Music for a Great City | ||
Aaron Copland | Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson (a selection chosen by Oliver Knussen) | ||
Imogen Holst | Psalm 56; Psalm 91 | ||
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Morton Feldman | Structures | |
Philip Cashian | Piano Concerto 'The Book of Ingenious Devices' |
Saturday 13th June 2020
06:00
Inside Music
Musical honesty and virtuosity with oboist and conductor Nicholas Daniel
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Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside.
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Carole King | Music |
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Johann Sebastian Bach | Toccata in C minor, BWV 911 | |
Jean Sibelius | Symphony No. 5 - 1st movement | ||
Oliver Knussen | 2 Organa for orchestra, Op. 27 No. 1 | ||
Antonio Vivaldi | 'Gelido in ogni vena' from Farnace, RV 711 | ||
Sir James MacMillan | A Child's Prayer | ||
Thea Musgrave | Two's Company - final movement - Warm, passionate, exultant | ||
César Franck | Sonata in A major - 3rd mvoement - Recitativo fantasia | ||
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David Bruce | The Consolation of Rain II | |
David Lang | Child - 2nd movement - Sweet Air | ||
Franz Schubert | Impromptu Op. 90 No. 1, D. 899 | ||
Herbert Howells | Requiem - 3rd movement - Requiem aeternam | ||
Igor Stravinsky | Petrushka (opening) |
Thursday 11th June 2020
05:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Flautist Adam Walker and pianist James Baillieu live at London's Wigmore Hall
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Flautist Adam Walker and pianist James Baillieu live at London's Wigmore Hall
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Francis Poulenc | Sonata | |
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Henri Dutilleux | Sonatine | |
Oliver Knussen | Masks | ||
Olivier Messiaen | Vocalise | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Andante and Rondo |
Sunday 31st May 2020
03:00
Breakfast
Sunday - Martin Handley
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Martin Handley presents Breakfast, including a Sounds of the Earth slow radio soundscape.
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Reynaldo Hahn | L'heure exquise | |
Lucio Demare | Tango Malena | ||
Francis Poulenc | Piano Concerto (2nd mvt) | ||
Joseph Haydn | String Quartet in D Major, Op. 20 No. 4, Hob. III:34: IV. Presto e scherzando | ||
Jacques Ibert | Valse (Divertissement for orchestra) | ||
Carl Nielsen | Wind Quintet, Op 43 (1st mvt) | ||
Antonio Vivaldi | Concerto in D minor for violin and organ RV541 | ||
Oliver Knussen | Two Organa Op.27: No.1 Notre Dame des Jouets | ||
William Wallace | Lurline: The night winds | ||
Johannes Brahms | 3 Intermezzi, Op 117 (ii) |
Saturday 18th April 2020
06:00
Inside Music
Surprising musical twists with composer Alex Woolf
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Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside.
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Henry Purcell | Hear my prayer, O Lord | |
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Lili Boulanger | Nocturne | |
Ludwig van Beethoven | String Quartet No. 12 in E flat, Op. 127 - 1st movement | ||
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Alex Woolf | O vos omnes | |
Mark-Anthony Turnage | Frieze IV | ||
Benjamin Britten | Fugue from Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra | ||
Nico Muhly | Motion for clarinet, string quartet and piano | ||
César Franck | Sonata for Violin and Piano - 4th mvt - Allegretto poco mosso | ||
Oliver Knussen | Violin Concerto - 2nd mvt - Aria | ||
Edward Elgar | Symphony No. 1 in A flat major - 4th mvt | ||
Stephen Sondheim | Move On from Sunday in the Park with George | ||
Franz Schubert | Das Wirthaus from Winterreise | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Introitus & Kyrie from Requiem K626 | ||
György Ligeti | Six Bagatelles - Nos. 1, 3 & 6 | ||
Ivor Gurney | Sleep (from 5 Elizabethan Songs) | ||
Jonathan Dove | Ring out wilde bells from The Passing of the Year |
Sunday 8th December 2019
15:00
The Future of the Past - Early Music Today
Mixing it up
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Nicholas Kenyon asks where we can take classical music's authentic revolution now.
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Franz Schubert | Impromptu D 935 no 4 in F minor | |
Johann Sebastian Bach | Sinfonia - Cantata 29 | ||
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Anon. | Sanctus | |
Heinrich Schütz | Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener in Friede fahen | ||
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Richard Wagner | Lohengrin - Act 3 Prelude | |
Josef Lanner | Jorgel-Polka Op 194 | ||
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Claude Debussy | Nocturnes - Fetes | |
Oliver Knussen | Two Organa - No 1 | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Widerstehe doch der Sünde, BWV 54 (Transcr. by VÃkingur Ólafsson) |
Thursday 17th October 2019
09:00
Radio 3 in Concert
Contemporary Resonance
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The premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage's 'Refugee' song cycle, sung by Allan Clayton.
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Franz Schubert | Piano Sonata in D major, D.850 | |
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Oliver Knussen | Songs Without Voices | |
Benjamin Britten | Nocturne Op.60 For Tenor, 7 Instruments & String Orchestra | ||
Franz Schubert | Divertissement sur des motifs originaux francais in E minor/B min D.823 for piano duet | ||
Mark-Anthony Turnage | Refugee For Tenor And Orchestra | ||
Michael Tippett | Divertimento On Sellinger's Round For Chamber Orchestra |
02:00
Breakfast
Thursday - Petroc's classical alarm call
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Petroc Trelawny presents Breakfast, including the next of our American Portraits.
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Peter Maxwell Davies | Farewell to Stromness | |
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Caroline Shaw | Dolce Cantavi | |
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Benjamin Britten | Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Dawn) | |
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William Byrd | Quomodo cantabimus? | |
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Godfrey Ridout | Fall Fair | |
Henry Purcell | Music for a while (Oedipus, Z.583) | ||
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Valse-Scherzo, Op.34 | ||
Herbert Howells | String Quartet No.3 "In Gloucestershire" (4th mvt) | ||
Sergey Rachmaninov | Piano Concerto no.1 in F sharp minor, Op.1 (3rd mvt) | ||
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Baude Cordier | Tout par compas suy composes | |
Jerry Bock | Dear Friend (She Loves Me) | ||
William Alwyn | Sonatina (1st mvt) | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Widerstehe doch der Sünde (Cantata BWV.54) | ||
Camille Saintâ€Saëns | Bassoon Sonata in G major, Op.168 | ||
José Pablo Moncayo | Huapango | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Exsultate (Exsultate, jubilate, K.165) | ||
Jules Massenet | Navarraise [Le Cid] | ||
Felix Mendelssohn | Organ Sonata Op.65`1 in F minor (4th mvt) | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Bagatelle in C major, Op.33 no.2 | ||
Godfrey Finger | Trumpet Sonata in C Major (3rd mvt) | ||
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Michael Tippett | Bonny at morn | |
Godfrey Keller | Ciaccona in G Major | ||
Oliver Knussen | ...upon one note (Fantasia after Purcell) | ||
Henry Purcell | Chaconne in G minor Z.T680 | ||
Philippe de Monte | Super flumina Babylonis |
Friday 27th September 2019
10:00
Radio 3 in Concert
Jurowski's Tchaikovsky
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Vladimir Jurowski conducts the LPO in Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 6 'Pathetique'.
Benjamin Britten | Violin Concerto, Op.15 | ||
Franz Schubert | Fantasy in F minor for piano duet, D 940 | ||
Manuel de Falla | Danza Espagnole | ||
Maurice Ravel | Rapsodie espagnole for 2 pianos | ||
Oliver Knussen | Scriabin Settings for chamber orchestra | ||
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Symphony No.6 in B minor, Op.74 (Pathetique) |
Sunday 15th September 2019
06:00
BBC Proms
2019, Proms at ? Cadogan Hall 8: Tribute to Oliver Knussen
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Live BBC Proms. Knussen Chamber Orchestra conducted by Ryan Wigglesworth.
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Oliver Knussen | Songs without Voices | |
Alastair Putt | Halazuni | ||
Freya Waley-Cohen | Naiad | ||
Hans Abrahamsen | Herbstlied | ||
Oliver Knussen | ... upon one note - Fantasia after Purcell | ||
Sir Harrison Birtwistle | Fantasia upon all the notes |
Thursday 22nd August 2019
09:00
BBC Proms
2019, Prom 46: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
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Live BBC Proms. CBSO and Mirga Gra?inyt?-Tyla with cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason.
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Edward Elgar | Cello Concerto in E minor | |
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Oliver Knussen | The Way to Castle Yonder | |
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Dorothy Howell | Lamia | |
Johann Sebastian Bach | Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G major, BWV 1048 | ||
Mieczyslaw Weinberg | Prelude No. 18 | ||
Mieczysław Weinberg | Symphony No 3 |
Saturday 3rd August 2019
13:00
New Music Show
Spiders, moths and fears
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The best new music in live performance, plus interviews and features.
Elliott Carter | Mosaic for ensemble | ||
Ian Wilson | Licht/ung for orchestra | ||
Claudia Molitor | Walking with Partch | ||
Claudia Molitor | Auricularis Superior | ||
Fozié Majd | Dreamland Music by for string quartet - I. Lento; II. Delicatamente e cantado | ||
Sir Harrison Birtwistle | 3 Songs from 'The Holy forest' for soprano and ensemble | ||
Oliver Knussen | Study for 'Metamorphosis' for solo bassoon | ||
Genevieve Murphy | Calm In An Agitated World |
Thursday 25th July 2019
06:00
Afternoon Concert
Prom 6 repeat: The Rite of Spring
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Edward Gardner conducts Orchestra of the Royal Academy of Music and the Juilliard School.
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Igor Stravinsky | The Rite of Spring |
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Benjamin Britten | Violin Concerto | |
Anna Thorvaldsdottir | Metacosmos | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Violin Sonata No 2 in A minor, BWV 1003 (3rd mvt) | ||
Oliver Knussen | Flourish with fireworks Op 22 | ||
Johann Nepomuk Hummel | Trumpet Concerto in E or E flat | ||
Jean Sibelius | Symphony No 6 in D minor, Op 104 |
Saturday 6th July 2019
07:00
Inside Music
Magnetic melodies with conductor Andrew Gourlay
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Conductor Andrew Gourlay opens up a colourful selection of music from the inside.
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Edward Elgar | Sospiri | |
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Oliver Knussen | The Way to Castle Yonder | |
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Heitor Villaâ€Lobos | Choros No.10 'Rasga o Coracao' | |
Felix Mendelssohn | Songs without words Op.85 No.4 | ||
Claude Debussy | La mer - Jeux de vagues | ||
Richard Rodney Bennett | Partita - first movement | ||
Benjamin Britten | Four Sea Interludes - 'Moonlight' from Peter Grimes | ||
Ralph Vaughan Williams | Symphony 5 - 3rd movement Romanza | ||
Sergey Rachmaninov | Prelude Op.23 No.9 | ||
Alessandro Marcello | Concerto in D minor BWV974 - Andante spiccato | ||
Georg Muffat | Concerto grosso No.1 'Bona Nova' | ||
Tito Puente | La ultima copa | ||
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Igor Stravinsky | Symphony in three movements - first movement | |
Steve Reich | Octet - Eight lines; Ziffer 16; Ziffer 31 |
Wednesday 3rd July 2019
11:00
Radio 3 in Concert
A Tribute to Oliver Knussen - Britten Oboe Quartet
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Oboist Nicholas Daniel at Aldeburgh Festival with works by Knussen, Britten and Debussy.
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Claude Debussy | Syrinx |
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Robert Schumann | Mondnacht | |
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Oboe Quartet in F, K370 | |
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Colin Matthews | Oboe Quartet No 2 | |
Joanna Lee | Among the Unlimitless Etha | ||
Oliver Knussen | ...Upon One Note (after Purcell) | ||
Oliver Knussen | Prayer Bell Sketch (1st version) | ||
Paul Dukas | La Péri | ||
Oliver Knussen | Horn Concerto Op.28 | ||
Oliver Knussen | Fire | ||
Benjamin Britten | Phantasy Quartet | ||
Oliver Knussen | Cantata | ||
Oliver Knussen | Masks |
Tuesday 2nd July 2019
09:00
Radio 3 in Concert
An Aldeburgh tribute to Oliver Knussen
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The Knussen Chamber Orchestra marks the life of the great composer who died last year.
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Benjamin Britten | Nocturne |
Oliver Knussen | Gong (Four Late Poems and an Epigram of Rainer Maria Rilke) | ||
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Igor Stravinsky | Septet | |
Oliver Knussen | Scriabin Settings | ||
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Toru Takemitsu | How Slow The Wind | |
Oliver Knussen | O Hototogisu! | ||
Benjamin Britten | Curlew River - 'Curlew River, smoothly flowing' & 'Today is an important day' | ||
Franz Schubert | Symphony No 5 | ||
Arcangelo Corelli | Trio sonata in B minor Op.2`8 |
Sunday 30th June 2019
04:00
Sunday Morning
Sarah Walker with Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov and Victoria
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Sarah Walker with a broad range of music, including her Sunday Escape.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | The Magic Flute | |
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Percy Grainger | Shepherd's Hey |
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William Alwyn | Suite for oboe and harp | |
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John Bull | Ut re mi fa sol | |
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Francesca da Rimini, op. 32 | |
Sergey Rachmaninov | Ten Preludes, op. 23: no. 4 in D | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Prelude, from English Suite in A minor, BWV 807, arr. 2 marimbas | ||
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Ruth Gipps | Knight in Armour, Op.8 | |
Camille Saintâ€Saëns | Carnival of the Animals, movements 8-14 | ||
Victor Young | A Hundred Years from Today | ||
Tomás Luis de Victoria | Vadam et circuibo civitatem | ||
Heitor Villaâ€Lobos | Hommage a Chopin (i - Notturno; ii - A la Ballada) | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Orchestral Suite no. 3 in D, BWV 1068: ii 'Air on a G string' | ||
César Franck | Panis Angelicus | ||
Joseph Haydn | String Quartet in F sharp minor Op. 50 no. 4 | ||
Henri Dutilleux | Symphony No. 1, Mov. 1 | ||
Franz Schubert | Impromptu no 2 (from Four Impromtus D899) | ||
Charlesâ€François Gounod | Funeral March of A Marionette | ||
Richard Strauss | Concerto for Oboe and small orchestra in D major, mov 1 | ||
Oliver Knussen | Oliver Knussen: The Ride to Castle Yonder |
Saturday 22nd June 2019
06:00
This Classical Life
Jess Gillam with Lucy Armstrong
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Jess Gillam is joined by composer Lucy Armstrong to share the music they love.
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Bedrich Smetana | The Bartered Bride (Overture) |
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Francis Poulenc | Flute Sonata |
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Kurt Weill | Je ne t'aime pas | |
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Oliver Knussen | ...upon one note | |
Richard M. Sherman | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | ||
Stephen Sondheim | It's Hot Up Here | ||
Darius Milhaud | Scaramouche - suite, arr. for saxophone/clarinet & orch.....: Brazileira | ||
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Tansy Davies | Neon | |
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Dobrinka Tabakova | Nocturne | |
Henry Purcell | Fantazia in F major upon one note | ||
Lucy Armstrong | 'Same Same But Different' - 3rd movement | ||
Lucy Armstrong | The Executioner's Pond [extract] | ||
Nicolò Paganini | 24 Caprices Op.1 for violin solo; no. 6 in G minor |
Friday 21st June 2019
06:00
Afternoon Concert
Knussen, Ariosi, Berg and Dvorak
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Tom McKinney concludes a week of performances from the BBC Philharmonic.
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John Adams | The Chairman Dances - Foxtrot | |
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Oliver Knussen | Flourish with Fireworks | |
Alban Berg | 3 Fragments from Wozzeck | ||
AntonÃn Dvořák | Symphony no. 9 in E minor, op. 95 'From the New World' | ||
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Arthur Bliss | Melee fantasque | |
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George Antheil | McKonkey's Ferry - Overture | |
Hans Werner Henze | Ariosi for soprano, violin and orchestra | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Chaconne from Partita No.2 in D minor (BWV.1004) | ||
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Jonathan Dove | Run to the Edge |
Wednesday 12th June 2019
02:00
Breakfast
Wednesday - Petroc's classical rise and shine
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Breakfast with Petroc, including music chosen by 'Take Five' artist Isata Kanneh-Mason.
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Malcolm Arnold | Fantasy, Op 88 | |
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Reynaldo Hahn | A Chloris |
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Fantasia in D minor, K.397 | |
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Chick Corea | Noon Song | |
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Oliver Knussen | Flourish with Fireworks | |
Franz Schubert | String Quartet in D minor, D 810, 'Death and the Maiden' (2nd mvt) | ||
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina | Beata Barbara | ||
AntonÃn Dvořák | Bagatelle, Op.47 no.1 | ||
Hans Krása | Brundibár - Suite (1st mvt) | ||
Arcangelo Corelli | Violin Sonata in D minor, Op 5 No 7 (2nd mvt) | ||
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Johann Sebastian Bach | Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537 | |
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Astor Piazzolla | Tango No 2 | |
Léo Delibes | La paix (Coppélia) | ||
Barbara Strozzi | Parasti cor meum | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | String Quartet in B flat major Op.18`6 (3rd mvt) | ||
Camille Saintâ€Saëns | Havanaise, Op 83 | ||
Charles Villiers Stanford | Beati quorum via | ||
Ralph Vaughan Williams | Let beauty awake (Songs of Travel) | ||
Clara Schumann | Piano Concerto in A minor Op.7 (1st mvt) | ||
Fanny Hensel | 6 Character pieces (no.4) | ||
Roderick Williams | Ave Verum Corpus Re-Imagined |
Sunday 5th May 2019
11:00
Words and Music
Out of My Head
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Actors Grace Cookey-Gam and Toby Jones & a journey of intoxication, inspiration and loss.
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Arvo Pärt | Spiegel im Spiegel | |
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Kurt Weill | Alabama Song | |
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Cecil Taylor | Jitney No. 2 |
Nightingales from Slow Listening on BBC Radio 3 | Improvisation with nightingales | ||
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan | Nothing without You (Tery Bina) | ||
Alvin Lucier | I am Sitting in a Room extract | ||
Oliver Knussen | Fanfare 1-Overture from Higglety Pigglety Pop! | ||
Arnold Schoenberg | Verklarte Nacht- Breiter | ||
Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster | Secret Love | ||
William Duckworth | Time Curve Prelude 7 | ||
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Grace Slick | White Rabbit | |
György Kurtág | fin fond de neant | ||
Hans Abrahamsen | Let me Tell you How it is | ||
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Hildegard von Bingen | Ignis Spiritus |
Friday 26th April 2019
06:00
Afternoon Concert
Celebrating the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (4/4)
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Thomas Dausgaard conducts a Spanish-themed concert of works by Debussy, Falla and Ravel.
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Claude Debussy | Images | |
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Manuel de Falla | Nights in the gardens of Spain | |
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Maurice Ravel | Rapsodie espagnole | |
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Maurice Ravel | Alborada del gracioso |
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Manuel de Falla | El Sombrero de tres picos - suite no. 2 | |
Oliver Knussen | Symphony No 3 | ||
Gioachino Rossini | La Gazza ladra [The thieving magpie] - opera in 2 acts i Overture | ||
Gioachino Rossini | Mose in Egitto i Act 2; La pace mia smarrita [Amaltea,Coro] | ||
Gioachino Rossini | La Cenerentola, ossia La bonta in trionfo i Act 2 sc.3; Non piu mesta (Rondo) |