Playlists with tracks by Olivier Messiaen
Sunday 11th April 2021
14:00
Through the Night
Leonidas Kavakos and friends
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Two concerts from Switzerland, featuring Bach, Brahms and Messiaen. With Catriona Young.
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Olivier Messiaen | Quatuor pour la fin du Temps | |
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Frederick Delius | La Calinda | |
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Jacques Ibert | Trois Pieces Breves for wind quintet | |
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George Gershwin | 3 Preludes for piano (1926) | |
Antonio Rosetti | Grande Symphonie in D major | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Partita no.3 in E major BWV.1006 for violin solo | ||
Georges Hüe | Phantasy vers. flute and piano | ||
Johannes Brahms | Piano Quartet no.3 in C minor, Op.60 | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Largo from Suite for solo violin no.3, BWV.1005 | ||
Joseph Haydn | Piano Sonata in E minor, H.16.34 | ||
Dmitry Shostakovich | Concerto no. 2 in G major Op.126 for cello and orchestra | ||
Felix Mendelssohn | Octet for strings in E flat major, Op 20 | ||
Giuseppe Torelli | Sonata in D for Trumpet, Strings and Basso Continuo | ||
Henriëtte Bosmans | Verses from Maria Lecina |
12:00
Iveta Apkalna's Pipe Dreams
Heaven and Hell
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A fresh and compelling odyssey through the extraordinary world of organ music.
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Olivier Messiaen | Dieu parmi nous (La Nativite du Seigneur) | |
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Henri Mulet | Thou Art the Rock | |
Louis Vierne | Gargoyles and Chimeras (24 Pieces de fantaisie) | ||
George Thalben-Ball | Paganini Variations, for pedal solo | ||
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Olivier Messiaen | La Banquet Celeste | |
Petr Eben | Walpurgisnacht | ||
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Johann Sebastian Bach | Komm, susser Tod | |
Franz Liszt | St Francis of Paola Walking on the Waves, S.175 no.2 | ||
Franz Liszt | St Francis of Assisi's Sermon to the Birds, S.175 no.1 |
Tuesday 6th April 2021
05:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Perth Easter Festival
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Steven Osborne performs Messiaen's epic Quartet for the End of Time with SCO soloists.
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Olivier Messiaen | Quartet for the end of time | |
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Giacomo Puccini | E Lucevan le stelle (Tosca) |
Sunday 4th April 2021
04:00
Sunday Morning
Sarah Walker with guest Sharuna Sagar
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Sarah Walker chooses uplifting music to complement your morning.
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Jerome Kern | All The Things You Are | |
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John Adams | The Chairman Dances |
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William Byrd | Mass for 5 voices: Credo | |
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Emmanuel Chabrier | Feuillet d'album | |
Johann Sebastian Bach | Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV4 | ||
Carl Maria von Weber | Symphony No. 2 in C major, J51 | ||
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Leonard Cohen | Listen to the Hummingbird | |
Dmitry Shostakovich | Four Waltzes | ||
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Olivier Messiaen | Preludes for piano: VIII. Un reflet dans le vent | |
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre | Trio Sonata in G minor | ||
Philip Glass | The Photographer - Act I "A Gentleman's honour" | ||
Ralph Vaughan Williams | Household Music: II. Scherzo | ||
Frederick Delius | 5 Pieces for Piano, RT IX/7: No. 4, Lullaby for a Modern Baby | ||
Stephen Sondheim | One More Kiss (from Follies) | ||
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Herbert Howells | The B's, Op. 13: Overture, Bublum | |
Trad. | This Joyful Eastertide | ||
Joaquín Turina | Canto a Sevilla - II. Semana Santa | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Piano Sonata No 7 in C major, K 309 (1st mvt) | ||
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Johann Pachelbel | Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt |
Tuesday 30th March 2021
03:00
Essential Classics
Suzy Klein
6 / 30 Tracks
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Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music
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Karl Jenkins | Adiemus | |
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Ralph Vaughan Williams | Valiant for Truth | |
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Ilse Weber | Wiegala | |
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Giacomo Puccini | Senza mamma (Suor Angelica) | |
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Ilse Weber | Ich wandre durch Theresienstadt | |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | The Sleeping Beauty (Panorama) | ||
Hans Krása | Brundibár - Suite (1st mvt) | ||
Ildebrando Pizzetti | 3 Orchestral preludes for Sophocles's Oedipus Rex | ||
Sergey Rachmaninov | Valse (Suite No 2 for two pianos, Op 17) | ||
Antonio Vivaldi | Concerto for Recorder and 2 Violins in A minor RV.108 | ||
Tielman Susato | Ronde no.11 [Danserye, 1551] | ||
Arthur Honegger | Souvénir de Chopin | ||
Traditional Zulu | Tula baba | ||
Carl Maria von Weber | Clarinet Concerto no.1 in F minor Op.73 (3rd mvt) | ||
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Johann Sebastian Bach | O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sunde gross BWV.622 | |
Träd | Shlof mein kind | ||
Erkki Melartin | Butterfly Waltz (The Sleeping Beauty) | ||
Joseph Haydn | String Quartet in A major Op.20`6 (2nd mvt) | ||
William Lawes | Fantazy "Sunrise" (Consort Suite a 6 in F) | ||
Errollyn Wallen | Concerto Grosso | ||
William Levi Dawson | O, le' me shine, shine like a Morning Star! (Folk Symphony) | ||
Felix Mendelssohn | Volklied in A minor Op.53 no.5 | ||
Olivier Messiaen | Quartet for the end of time (Intermede) | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Serenade in D major K.239, 'Serenata notturna' (3rd mvt) | ||
Frédéric Chopin | Waltz in D flat major Op.70`3 | ||
Paul Lansky | Prelude (Threads) | ||
George Frideric Handel | Dove sei (Rodelinda) | ||
Pierre de la Rue | O salutaris hostia |
Sunday 28th March 2021
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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Jacques Ibert | The Little White Donkey | |
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Hector Berlioz | Villanelle (Les Nuits d'ete) | |
Johannes Brahms | Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit (A German Requiem) | ||
Joseph Haydn | Sonata in D major H.16.37 for piano | ||
Chuck Berry | The Woodpecker | ||
Joseph Haydn | The Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross, Hob XX:1b; Sonata I, Largo | ||
Claude Debussy | Le Livre de Baudelaire (Le Jet d'Eau) | ||
Liza Lehmann | The Wren (from Birdsongs) | ||
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Clive Richardson | Beachcomber | |
Olivier Messiaen | The Wood Thrush (Des Canyons aux Etoiles) | ||
Edvard Grieg | To Spring (Lyric Pieces) | ||
Rob Harbron | Sussex Waltz | ||
George Butterworth | Sowing the seeds of love (11 Folk-songs from Sussex) | ||
Ronald Binge | Alto Saxophone Concerto - 2nd mvt: Andante espressivo | ||
Thomas Morley | Those dainty daffadillies | ||
William Grant Still | Symphony no.3 "The Sunday Symphony" (Prayer) | ||
Jenny McLeod | Rock Concerto - 3rd mvt: Rondo Latino | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K.622 | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Himmelskonig, sei willkommen, BWV 182 |
Wednesday 24th March 2021
14:00
Night Tracks
Music after dark
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Hannah Peel with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
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Astor Piazzolla | Oblivion | |
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Judee Sill | Crayon Angels | |
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Josquin des Prez | Ave Maria | |
Kaffe Matthews | Sonic Bikes | ||
Alban Berg | Seven Early Songs: No. 3 The Nightingale | ||
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Marconi Union | Northern Stations | |
Alban Berg | Seven Early Songs: No. 4 Crowned by a Dream | ||
Olivier Messiaen | Turangalila-Symphonie: Jardin du sommeil de l'amour | ||
Arvo Pärt | Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten | ||
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Rob Lewis | Symphytum | |
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Samuel Sharp | Pushing Swings | |
Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou | The Homeless Wanderer (excerpt) | ||
Traditional Malian | Haïnamady Town | ||
George Frideric Handel | "Fra l'ombre e gl'orrori" (Aci, Galatea e Polifemo) | ||
Zoë Keating | Hello Night (from the album Into the Trees) | ||
Håkon Stene | Riis | ||
Jack Wyllie | Art In The Age Of Automation |
Saturday 6th March 2021
12:00
Opera on 3
Puccini's La Rondine from the Met
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Puccini's La Rondine in a performance from 2009 at the Met.
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Francis Poulenc | Trio for piano, oboe and bassoon | |
Giacomo Puccini | La Rondine from The Met Act I | ||
Giacomo Puccini | La Rondine from The Met Act II | ||
Giacomo Puccini | La Rondine from The Met Act III | ||
Olivier Messiaen | Poemes pour Mi (Deuxieme livre) | ||
Olivier Messiaen | Poemes pour Mi (Premier livre) | ||
Richard Strauss | Violin Sonata in E flat major, Op 18 |
Tuesday 23rd February 2021
07:00
In Tune
George Fu, Pekka Kuusisto
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Katie Derham with music and conversation with some of the world's finest musicians.
Gioachino Rossini | Fantasy on William Tell (arranged by Frederic Chaslin) | ||
Gustav Mahler | Symphony No 1 in D major, 'Titan' (2nd mvt) | ||
Antonio Vivaldi | L'autunno' from Concerto in F Major, Op. 8 no. 3 - The Four Seasons | ||
Jean Sibelius | Humoresques [nos.1-2] Op.87 for violin and orchestra: no.1 in D minor | ||
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Ballaké Sissoko | Djourou | |
Johann Christoph Pepusch | No more Britannia, sigh no more (from 'While pale Britannia pensive sate') | ||
Carl Maria von Weber | Clarinet Quintet in in B flat major,Op.34 (4th mvt) | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G major, BWV 1048 | ||
Claude Debussy | Étude 5 pour les octaves | ||
Jules Massenet | Invocation (Les Erinnyes) | ||
Claude Debussy | Piano Trio in G major (4th mvt) | ||
Matvey Blanter | Long-range cannons are silent | ||
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Daníel Bjarnason | Violin Concerto | |
Olivier Messiaen | Turangalila Symphony: mov. 4 Chant d'amour 2 (extract) | ||
Dobrinka Tabakova | Dawn (extract) | ||
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat Major, K. 361 "Gran partita": VII. Finale. | |
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Francisco Guerrero | Regina caeli | |
Frédéric Chopin | Etude in C-sharp minor, Op. 25 No. 7 |
Tuesday 9th February 2021
07:00
In Tune
Esther Yoo, Nathan Barr
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Sean Rafferty with music and conversation with some of the world's finest musicians.
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Giacomo Puccini | Che gelida manina (La bohème) | |
Isaac Albéniz | Sevilla (Suite Española no.1 Op.47) | ||
Joseph Haydn | Symphony No. 86 in D Major, Hob.I.86 "La Capricieuse": IV. Finale. Allegro con spirito | ||
Nathan Barr | The Great - Intro | ||
Aram Khachaturian | Sabre Dance (from the ballet Gayaneh, Act 3) | ||
Nathan Barr | The Great: Do What We Want | ||
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Arno Babajanian | Piano Trio in F-Sharp Minor - II. Andante | |
Nathan Barr | The Great: The Way Things Were | ||
Atticus Ross | Way Back When (from soundtrack to 'Mank') | ||
Olivier Messiaen | Joie du sang des étoiles (Turangalîla-Symphonie) | ||
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Dmitry Shostakovich | Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 67 - II. Allegro con brio | |
Ottorino Respighi | Violin Concerto in A Minor, P. 75 "All'antica" (Ed. S. Di Vittorio): II. Adagio | ||
Franz Liszt | Consolation in D flat major, S.172 no.3 | ||
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Danse Russe | ||
Franz Schubert | Winterreise: no.20 Der Wegweiser | ||
Richard Wagner | Siegfried's Funeral March (Götterdämmerung) | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K. 453 (Arr. I. Lachner for Piano & String Quintet | ||
Heinrich Biber | Requiem in F Minor, C 8 - Dies Irae |
Thursday 4th February 2021
03:00
Essential Classics
Ian Skelly
9 / 27 Tracks
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Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
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Scott Joplin | The Entertainer | |
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Aram Khachaturian | Gayane: Sabre Dance | |
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Maurice Ravel | Tzigane | |
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Georg Philipp Telemann | Trumpet Concerto in D major, TWV.51:D7 | |
Oskar Fried | Verklärte Nacht, Op. 9 | ||
George Frideric Handel | Acis & Galatea: Sinfonia | ||
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Souvenir de Florence, Op 70 (4th mvt) | ||
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Ad Wammes | Miroir | |
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Georges Bizet | Carmen - Act 3; Melons! Coupons! | |
Ralph Vaughan Williams | Songs of Travel: The Vagabond; Whither must I wander; Bright is the ring of words | ||
Gustav Holst | A Fugal Overture, Op.40`1 | ||
Arthur Bliss | Dance of the 4 Knights (from Checkmate) | ||
Henry Purcell | Fantazia No 7 in C minor | ||
Sergey Mikhaylovich Lyapunov | Symphony No 1 in B minor, Op 12 (2nd mvt) | ||
Billy Mayerl | Joker (Four Aces) | ||
Igor Stravinsky | Jeu de cartes (Deal 3) | ||
Sergey Rachmaninov | Cello Sonata in G minor, Op 19 (3rd mvt) | ||
Erik Satie | Chanson du chat (Ludions) | ||
Joby Talbot | The Queen Of Hearts' Tango (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - suite) | ||
Tomás Luis de Victoria | Lamentations of Jeremiah: Aleph. Ego vir videns a 5 | ||
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Ernest Seitz | The World is Waiting for the Sunrise | |
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Johannes Brahms | Ballade, Op 10 No 4 in B major | |
Francesca Caccini | Lasciatemi qui solo (Il primo libro delle musiche) | ||
Jules Massenet | Sevillana (Don César de Bazan) | ||
Franz Liszt | Impromptu ("Nocturne") in F sharp major | ||
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Gabriel Fauré | Papillon for cello and piano, Op 77 | |
Olivier Messiaen | Turangalila-Symphonie: No 10 Final |
Wednesday 27th January 2021
06:00
Afternoon Concert
German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin (3/4)
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The German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin, perform Strauss, Mozart, Haydn and Messiaen.
Arnold Schoenberg | Chamber symphony no. 1 in E major Op.9 | ||
Béla Bartók | Romanian Folk Dances arr Szekely (No 3, Transylvanian Stamping Dance) | ||
Joseph Haydn | Symphony no. 6 in D major H.1.6 (Le Matin) | ||
Knut Nystedt | Pia memoria - requiem Op.65 | ||
Olivier Messiaen | L' Ascension - 4 meditations symphoniques for orchestra | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Symphony no. 1 in E flat major K.16 |
Sunday 24th January 2021
17:00
Through the Night
Bartok, Mozart and Gorecki
6 / 16 Tracks
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Camerata Zurich with harpsichord concertos written 200 years apart. With Catriona Young.
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August Enna | The Match Girl: overture | |
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Claude Debussy | Tarantelle styrienne | |
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Wojciech Kilar | Orawa | |
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Ralph Vaughan Williams | Silence and music | |
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Richard Wagner | Overture to Tannhauser | |
Olivier Messiaen | Louange à l'Éternité de Jésus (No 5, Quatuor pour la fin du temps) | ||
Thea Musgrave | Loch Ness - a postcard from Scotland | ||
Béla Bartók | Excerpts from '44 Duos for Violin, Sz 98' and 'Mikrokosmos, Sz 107' | ||
Béla Bartók | Ten Excerpts from For Children, Sz 42 | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Piano Concerto No 12 in A, K 414 | ||
Boris Papandopulo | Croatian Mass in D minor, Op 86 | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Three Marches (K.408) | ||
Zygmunt Noskowski | Symphony no 3 in F major, 'From Spring to Spring' | ||
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Dmitry Shostakovich | Two Pieces for String Octet, Op 11 | |
Henryk Mikolaj Górecki | Harpsichord Concerto | ||
MAias Alyamani | Warda |
Friday 15th January 2021
02:00
Breakfast
Friday - Petroc's classical mix
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Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Friday poem.
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Maurice Ravel | Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs) | |
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John Dowland | If my complaints could passions move | |
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Johann Sebastian Bach | Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied | |
Traditional English | The Cheshire Waltz | ||
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Johann Strauss | Frederica-Polka, Op 239 | |
William Byrd | Fantasia no. 2 à 6 | ||
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Arthur Johnston | Cocktails for Two | |
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William Grant Still | Suite for violin and piano: Mother and Child | |
César Franck | Panis Angelicus (Mass, Op 12) | ||
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John Ireland | Tutto e sciolto | |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | String Quartet no.19 in C Major K.465 'Dissonance' (4th mvt) | ||
Claude Debussy | Preludes Book 1: Voiles | ||
Don van Vliet | A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond | ||
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Miriam Hyde | The Fountain | |
Erik Satie | Airs à faire fuir, No. 3: S'inviter (Pièces Froides I.) | ||
Olivier Messiaen | Quartet for the End of Time (Louange a l'immortalite de Jesus) | ||
Felix Mendelssohn | Concert piece no. 2 in D minor Op.114 | ||
Philip Glass | Etude No 14 for piano | ||
Franz Schubert | Symphony no.3 in D major D.200 (4th mvt) | ||
Richard Rodney Bennett | Murder on the Orient Express (Waltz) | ||
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Gottfried Finger | A Ground in D minor | |
Samuel Scheidt | Canzon ad imitationem Bergamasca (Ludi musici I) | ||
Johann Friedrich Fasch | Concerto in D major | ||
Sergey Rachmaninov | Prelude in G sharp minor, Op 32 No 12 |
Sunday 10th January 2021
15:00
The Electronic Century with Gabriel Prokofiev
New Sonic Territories
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Gabriel Prokofiev shares his love of electronically generated sound in classical music.
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Daphne Oram | Four Aspects | |
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Raymond Scott | The Rhythm Modulator | |
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Louis and Bebe Barron | Love At The Swimming Hole | |
François Bayle | Quadrille | ||
Gabriel Prokofiev | Pulse | ||
Raymond Scott Quintette | Twilight In Turkey | ||
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Bernard Parmegiani | Filature | |
György Ligeti | Artikulation | ||
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Suzanne Ciani | "Pop & Pour" Coca-Cola Logo | |
Bernard Parmegiani | Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport | ||
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Holly Herndon | Frontier | |
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Suzanne Ciani | 'Clean Room' ITT TV Spot | |
Charanjit Singh | Raga Bhairav | ||
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Hugh Le Caine | Dripsody | |
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Suzanne Ciani | Part Eight | |
Clara Rockmore | Pièce En Forme De Habanera | ||
Wendy Carlos | Timesteps | ||
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Conrad Schnitzler | 9 | |
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Oleg Buloshkin | Sacrament | |
Olivier Messiaen | Fête Des Belles Eaux | ||
Daphne Oram | Look At Oramics | ||
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Raymond Scott | Lightworks | |
Denis Smalley | Pentes | ||
Raymond Scott | Lightworks (Slow) | ||
Ensemble D'Ondes Martenot De Montréal | Oraison | ||
Raymond Scott | Manhattan Research, Inc. Copyright |
Monday 4th January 2021
07:00
Afternoon Concert
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra (1/3)
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Tom McKinney introduces recent concert recordings from the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra.
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Olivier Messiaen | Trois Petites Liturgies de la Presence Divine | |
Dmitry Shostakovich | Symphony No.13 "Babi Yar" | ||
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Ferruccio Busoni | Nocturne symphonique, Op 43 | |
Joseph Haydn | Cello Concerto No.1 in C |
Saturday 26th December 2020
06:00
Inside Music
Violinist and conductor Pekka Kuusisto with seasonal sounds from Scandinavia and beyond
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Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside.
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Nat King Cole | The Christmas Song | |
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Joni Mitchell | River |
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John Adams | Short Ride in a Fast Machine |
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Ayub Ogada | Obiero | |
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Vincent Youmans | Tea for Two | |
Louise Farrenc | Nonet for string & winds in E flat major, Op. 38 - movements 3 & 4 | ||
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Missy Mazzoli | Vespers for Violin | |
Amanda Maier-Rontgen | Violin Sonata in B minor - I. Allegro | ||
Olivier Messiaen | Fêtes des belles eaux, mvmt 6: L'eau (à son maximum de hauteur) | ||
Olli Mustonen | Triple Concerto / Concerto for three violins - Finale | ||
Ellen Reid | The World Was Calling Me | ||
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | The Seasons - December | ||
François Couperin | Les Tours de passe-passe (22e order) | ||
Thomas Adès | 3 Studies from Couperin - Les Tours de passe-passe | ||
Jean Sibelius | En etsi valtaa loistoa Op. 1 No. 4 | ||
Traditional Swedish | Fran himmelen kom angeln Gabriel | ||
Jean Sibelius | Symphony No. 5 - 1st movement | ||
William Byrd | Bow thine ear |
Friday 25th December 2020
02:00
Breakfast
Petroc?s Christmas Breakfast
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A Christmas Day special, with Paul Guinery at the piano and featuring listener requests.
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Trad. | Sussex Carol | |
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Maurice Ravel | Lever du Jour (Daphnis et Chloe) | |
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John Lewis | England's Carol | |
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Lili Boulanger | Nocturne | |
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Orlando Gibbons | Go from my window | |
Haydn Wood | The Horse Guards, Whitehall (from London Landmarks Suite) | ||
James Walton | Christmas Carol | ||
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Richard Rodgers | South Pacific: There Is Nothin' Like A Dame | |
Johann Sebastian Bach | Cantata 91: Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ | ||
Theo Adam | O Holy Night | ||
Anon | A Scots Tune (Rowallan MS) | ||
Trad. | Sans Day Carol | ||
Anon | A Scotts Tune, by Mr. Lesslie (Balcarres MS) | ||
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Jonathan Rathbone | The Oxen | |
Benjamin Britten | Cuckoo Song | ||
Trad. | Up in the Morning Early | ||
Carl Nielsen | A Dream about 'Silent Night' | ||
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Ludwig van Beethoven | String Quartet in B flat, Op. 130 (Finale. Allegro) | |
Traditional Cornish | Awake with Joy, Salute the Morn | ||
David Evans | Tu Bethlem dref | ||
Mats Wallman | Julottan - Christmas Morning | ||
Träd | The Banks O' Doon | ||
Eaton / L Wagner / Shuman | Penguin At The Waldorf | ||
Ernest John Moeran | Irish Love Song (no.1 of Two Folksong Arrangements) | ||
Nicolò Paganini | Violin Concerto No.1 in D, Op.6 - 3. Rondo: Allegro spiritoso | ||
Francesco Manfredini | Sinfonia Pastorale, Op 2 No 12 | ||
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Olivier Messiaen | La Nativité du Seigneur: Les Anges |
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 | |
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 | ||
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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 |
Friday 18th December 2020
03:00
Essential Classics
Ian Skelly with Essential Sunrises, Anna Lapwood, Williams's O Adonai
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Gustav Holst | The Planets, Op 32 (Neptune, the Mystic) | |
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Peter Maxwell Davies | An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise | |
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Fanny Mendelssohn | Fantasia in G minor | |
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Hector Berlioz | Hungarian March (The Damnation of Faust) | |
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Giovanni Gabrieli | Jubilate Deo | |
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Roderick Williams | O Adonai | |
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Giovanni Sollima | Prelude for Mandolin Solo | |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Dance of the Reed Pipes (The Nutcracker. Act 2) | ||
Anonymous | Swete was the song the Virgine soong | ||
Giuseppe Tartini | Violin Concerto in A major, D 96 | ||
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Mother Ginger and the Clowns (The Nutcracker. Act 2) | ||
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Benjamin Britten | A Ceremony of Carols (Procession) | |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Tea (The Nutcracker. Act 2) | ||
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach | Symphony in G major, Wq.173 | ||
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Trepak (The Nutcracker. Act 2) | ||
Claude Debussy | Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (Children's Corner, No 1) | ||
Jan Dismas Zelenka | Trio Sonata No 2 in G Minor, ZWV 181 (2nd mvt) | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | O Jesulein süss | ||
Sergey Rachmaninov | La Foire (Etudes-tableaux No 2, after Rachmaninov's Op 33 No 4) | ||
Franz Schubert | String Quartet No 4 in C major, D46 (4th mvt) | ||
Joseph Haydn | Cello Concerto no.1 in C major H.7b.1 (3rd mvt) | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Piano Concerto No 14 in E flat major, K 449 (1st mvt, chamber version) | ||
Frédéric Chopin | Mazurka in A minor, 'Notre temps' | ||
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Ludwig van Beethoven | The Creatures of Prometheus Op.43 (Overture) | |
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Gerald Finzi | By Footpath and Stile, Op. 2: No. 3. The Oxen | |
Olivier Messiaen | Transports de joie (L'Ascension, 3rd meditation) | ||
Gerald Finzi | My Spirit Sang All Day, Op.17 no.3 | ||
Ottorino Respighi | Pines of the Janiculum (Pines of Rome, 3rd mvt) |
Tuesday 15th December 2020
07:00
In Tune
Gerald Finley, Fergus Sheil, Pierre-Laurent Aimard
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Sean Rafferty with music and conversation with some of the world's finest musicians.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | The Abduction from the Seraglio (Overture) | ||
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Frank Bridge | Sir Roger de Coverley - Christmas Dance | |
Georges Bizet | L'Arlésienne Suite No 1 (Carillon) | ||
Jonathan Ticher | Christmas Carol | ||
Karl Jenkins | Silent night | ||
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Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 19 - III Rondo - Allegro molto | |
Olivier Messiaen | Preludes (8) - 3. Le nombre léger | ||
Rob Wright | Beethoven Remixed | ||
Tim Tricker | Christmas Carol |
Thursday 10th December 2020
06:00
Afternoon Concert
The BBC Singers and the BBC SSO
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The BBC Singers and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, live in concert.
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Francis Poulenc | Videntes stellam | |
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Francis Poulenc | Quem vidistis pastores | |
Olivier Messiaen | No. 1 La vierge et l'enfant (The Virgin and Child) | ||
Sarah Quartel | This endris night | ||
Olivier Messiaen | No. 2 Les bergers'(The Shepherds) | ||
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William Byrd | Non vos relinquam orphanos | |
Olivier Messiaen | No. 3 Desseins éternels (Eternal designs) | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Symphony No.34 | ||
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Adrian Peacock | Venite, Gaudete! | |
Olivier Messiaen | No. 5 Les enfants de Dieu (The Children of God) | ||
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Egil Hovland | The Glory of the Father | |
Olivier Messiaen | No. 6 Les anges (The Angels) | ||
Elfrida Andrée | Concert Overture in D | ||
Olivier Messiaen | No. 7 Jesus accepte la souffrance (Jesus accepts suffering) | ||
Olivier Messiaen | No. 8 Les mages (The Magi) | ||
Olivier Messiaen | No. 9 Dieu parmi nous (God among us) | ||
Ildebrando Pizzetti | The Quayside at the port of Famagusta | ||
Olivier Messiaen | No.4 Le verbe (The Word) | ||
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Joanna Marsh | Lord, Thou hast searched me and known me | |
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Pierre Villette | Hymn a la Vierge | |
Naji Hakim | Noel | ||
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Sally Beamish | Reckless |
Monday 7th December 2020
13:00
Night Tracks
Musical Voyage through Space
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Hannah Peel with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
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Public Service Broadcasting | The Race for Space | |
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Laurie Spiegel | Appalachian Grove I | |
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Phillip Wilkerson | Adrift in Peace | |
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Olivier Messiaen | Le banquet celeste | |
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Abul Mogard | Bound Universe | |
Reynaldo Hahn | Les Etoiles (Rondels) | ||
Arnold Schoenberg | String Quartet no.2 Op.10 | ||
Roland Pöntinen | Mercury Dream | ||
Hinako Omori | Teleport | ||
Rued Langgaard | Music of the Sphere (Glimpse of the Sun through Tears) | ||
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Justin Hurwitz | Moon Walk | |
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Spacecraft | Zodiacal Light | |
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Karlheinz Stockhausen | Interstellar no. 7 | |
Terry Riley | One Earth, One People, One Love | ||
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Karlheinz Stockhausen | Interstellar no.10 | |
Tim O'Brien | My sonification of X-rays from black hole Cygnus X-1 | ||
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Karlheinz Stockhausen | Interstellar no.9 |
Sunday 6th December 2020
18:00
Through the Night
Wagner, Debussy and Stravinsky
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The Halle Orchestra and Sir Mark Elder at the 2018 BBC Proms. Catriona Young presents.
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Olivier Messiaen | Theme and Variations for violin and piano | |
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Igor Stravinsky | Song of the Nightingale | |
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Claude Debussy | Danse sacree et danse profane for harp and strings | |
Frédéric Chopin | Ballade No 2 in F major, Op 38 | ||
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Richard Wagner | Tannhäuser - overture | |
George Enescu | Violin Sonata No 3 in A minor, Op 25, 'dans le caractère populaire roumain' | ||
Alexander Borodin | Notturno (Andante) - from String Quartet No.2 in D | ||
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina | Agnus Dei - super ut-re-mi-fa-sol-la (for 6 and 7 voices) | ||
Antonio Lotti | Sonata for 2 oboes, bassoon and continuo in F major, 'Echo sonata' | ||
Igor Stravinsky | Russian Folk Songs and Firebird Suite | ||
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach | Sinfonia for 2 violins and continuo in D major, H.585 | ||
Johann Rosenmüller | Sinfonia Quinta | ||
Claude Debussy | La Damoiselle elue | ||
Johannes Brahms | Variations on a theme of Haydn (Op.56a) 'St Antoni Chorale' vers. for orchestra | ||
Étienne Méhul | Piano Sonata in D major Op.1 No.10 | ||
Josef Rheinberger | Horn Sonata in E flat major, Op 178 | ||
Felix Mendelssohn | Laudate Pueri (motet, Op 39 no 2) | ||
Modest Mussorgsky | Pictures at an Exhibition (orig for piano orch Ravel) | ||
Francis Poulenc | Motets pour un temps de penitence - No.3 Tenebrae & No.4 Tristis est anima mea | ||
Franz Berwald | Piano Trio No 1 in E flat [1849] | ||
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 3 Characteristic Pieces |
Friday 4th December 2020
03:00
Essential Classics
Suzy Klein
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Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
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Frederick Delius | On hearing the first cuckoo in spring | |
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Vincenzo Bellini | Norma (Overture) | |
George Gershwin | Girl Crazy (Overture) | ||
Modest Mussorgsky | The Old Castle (Pictures at an Exhibition) | ||
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Igor Stravinsky | Firebird Suite (1919 Version): VII. Finale [Live] | |
Nicola Matteis | Grave / Ground after the Scotch Humour (Ayres for the Violin) | ||
Jean Villard Gilles | Les Trois Cloches | ||
Nicolas Gombert | Missa Media Vita (Kyrie) | ||
Aaron Copland | Saturday Night Waltz (4 Dance Episodes from 'Rodeo') | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Fugue in G minor, BWV 861 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1) | ||
Nicolò Paganini | Violin Concerto No 2 in B minor, Op 7 'La campanella' (3rd mvt, Rondo) | ||
Alessandro Scarlatti | Dormi, o fulmine di guerra (La Giuditta) | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Prelude in G minor, BWV 861 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1) | ||
Olivier Messiaen | Le baiser de l'Enfant-Jésus (Vingt Regards sur l'enfant Jésus) | ||
Anonymous | Concerto in E flat major for horn, two oboes and continuo | ||
John Dowland | Time stands still in gazing on her face [1603] arr. for voice and orchestra | ||
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Symphony No 1 in G minor, Op 13 'Winter Daydreams' (1st mvt, Reveries of a Winter Journey) | ||
Antonio Bazzini | La ronde des lutins, scherzo fantastique for violin and piano, Op 25 | ||
Joseph Haydn | Symphony no. 9 in C major H.1.9 | ||
Trad. | Sevillanas | ||
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Felix Mendelssohn | Song Without Words in D major, Op. 109 | |
Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No 6 in F Major, Op 68 'Pastoral' (2nd mvt, Szene am Bach) arr. for four hands | ||
Florence Price | Organ suite no.1 (Toccato) | ||
Marc-André Hamelin | Study No 3 after Paganini-Liszt | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | String Quartet No 8 in F Major, K 168 (1st mvt) | ||
Franz Schubert | String Quartet in C Minor, D. 703 "Quartettstatz": I. Allegro assai | ||
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Matthew Martin | O Oriens | |
Meredith Monk | On Behalf of Nature (Eon) |
Wednesday 25th November 2020
09:00
In Tune
Katharine Dain and Sam Armstrong
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Music and conversation with some of the world's finest musicians.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Major, K. 40 | |
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Bob Marley | Redemption Song | |
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Francisco Guerrero | Maria Magdalene | |
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George Butterworth | The Banks of Green Willow | |
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Jonathan Leshnoff | Piano Concerto: IV. Finale. Fast (Live) | |
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Kilema | Tambanivolo | |
Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Sonata in A flat major, Op 110 (1st mvt) | ||
Claire Delbos | L'âme en bourgeon: I. Dors | ||
Luigi Boccherini | String Quintet No. 60 in C Major, G. 324 - "La musica notturna delle strade di Madrid" (Arr. J. Azkoul) - - mov.5: La ritirata | ||
Claude Debussy | Proses lyriques, L. 84: II. De grève | ||
Marguerite Monnot | Hymne a l'amour (orch Jerome Ducros) | ||
Claudio Monteverdi | O dolce anima mia, dunque è pur vero (from Il Terzo Libro de Madrigali) | ||
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Matthew Hindson | Maralinga (Version for Violin & Orchestra) | |
Erik Satie | Gymnopédie No 1 in D major | ||
Nicola Porpora | Nell' attendere mio bene (Polifemo) | ||
Olivier Messiaen | Poèmes pour Mi: V. L'épouse | ||
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Gareth Farr | Mondo Rondo (Arr. J. Azkoul): III. Mambo Rambo | |
Robert Schumann | String Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 41 No. 2 - first mov | ||
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Turlough O'Carolan | Planxty Irwin | |
George Frideric Handel | Pensieri, voi mi tormentate (Agrippina) |
Tuesday 17th November 2020
13:00
Through the Night
Symphony of a Thousand
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Jukka-Pekka Saraste conducts Mahler's epic, exuberant Symphony No 8. With Jonathan Swain.
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Erik Satie | Trois morceaux en forme de poire | |
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George Gershwin | Rhapsody in Blue | |
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Samuel Barber | Agnus Dei | |
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Joseph Haydn | Sonata Partita No 10 in C major | |
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Olivier Messiaen | Quatuor pour la fin du temps for clarinet, piano, violin and cello | |
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William Walton | Partita for orchestra | |
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Giuseppe Verdi | La Forza del Destino, Overture | |
Alfred Désenclos | Prelude, Cadence and Finale | ||
Gustav Mahler | Symphony No 8 in E flat 'Symphony of a Thousand' | ||
Antonio Vivaldi | Concerto da Camera in D major RV.95 | ||
Hans Krása | Overture for chamber orchestra | ||
Arthur Butterworth | Romanza for horn and strings | ||
Einojuhani Rautavaara | Regular Sets of Elements | ||
Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev | Overture on Russian themes | ||
Franz Schubert | Fantasy for piano in C major "Wandererfantasie" | ||
Georg Philipp Telemann | Quartet in D Minor, TWV 42 | ||
George Frideric Handel | Jeptha excerpt ('Scenes of horror .. While in never-ceasing pain') | ||
George Frideric Handel | Spirit Music (Nos.1 to 4) - from "Alcina" |
09:00
Radio 3 in Concert
The CBSO at 100
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Tom McKinney marks 100 years of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
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Jean Sibelius | The Swan of Tuonela | |
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Edward Elgar | Cello Concerto | |
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Jean Sibelius | Lemminkainen's Return | |
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Benjamin Britten | Sinfonia da requiem Op.20 | |
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Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka | Ruslan i Lyudmila: Overture | |
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Ludwig van Beethoven | Overture to Leonore no. 3 | |
Georges Bizet | Symphony in C major: Scherzo | ||
Benjamin Britten | War Requiem Op.66: Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus | ||
Olivier Messiaen | Turangalila-symphonie: Final | ||
Edvard Grieg | Peer Gynt - incidental music Op.23: In the hall of the Mountain King |
Monday 16th November 2020
14:00
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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Goldfrapp | Laurel | |
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Duke Ellington | Melancholia | |
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John Dowland | Sorrow, stay | |
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Floating Points | For Marmish | |
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Johann Sebastian Bach | Cello Suite no.6 in D Major BWV.1012 (Allemande) | |
Jorge Sánchez-Chiong | Overclockers 3 | ||
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Ad Wammes | Miroir | |
Margaret Snyder | Witchcraft | ||
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Arvo Pärt | Spiegel im Spiegel | |
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Nathan Schram | Soft | |
Brian Eno | Stedelijk | ||
Olivier Messiaen | Regard du Pere (Vingt Regards dur l'enfant Jesus) | ||
Trygve Seim | In Your Beauty (Rumi Songs) | ||
Edvard Grieg | Piano Concerto in A minor Op.16 (2nd mvt) | ||
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Wyldest | Barefoot | |
Jean de Sainte-Colombe | Concert no.41 'Le Retour' ['67 Concerts a deux violes esgales'] |
Saturday 14th November 2020
21:00
Through the Night
Fair Music from Aargau and Rediscoveries from Norway
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Aargau Philharmonic performs Schubert's 'Great' Ninth Symphony. With Jonathan Swain.
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Claude Debussy | L'Isle joyeuse | |
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Maurice Ravel | Alborada del gracioso |
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Olivier Messiaen | Theme and Variations for violin and piano | |
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Pezzo capriccioso, arr. for cello and piano | |
Franz Schubert | Symphony no 9 in C, D.944 ('Great') | ||
Hjalmar Borgstrom | Violin Concerto in G, Op 25 | ||
Trad. | Traditional Homecoming | ||
Imants Zemzaris | The Light springs | ||
Traditional Hungarian | 17th Century Dances | ||
Anton Vranicky | Cello Concerto in D minor | ||
Johann Rosenmüller | Beatus vir qui timet Dominum | ||
Werner Wehrli | Chilbizite | ||
Antonio Vivaldi | Concerto in F major (RV.442) for treble recorder | ||
Johann Schobert | Keyboard Concerto in G major | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Piano Sonata in F major K.280 | ||
Lepo Sumera | Symphony No 2 (dedicated to Peeter Lilje) (1984) | ||
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Rondo for violin and orchestra in C major, K373 | |
Edvard Grieg | 6 Orchestral songs (Nos 1-5 only) (EG.177) | ||
Edvard Grieg | The Last Spring, from 'Two Elegiac Melodies, Op 34' | ||
Nicolaus Bruhns | Jauchzet dem Herren alle Welt - cantata for voice, 2 violins, [bassoon] and continuo | ||
Ernest Chausson | Pavane & Forlane from Quelques danses for piano, Op 26 (1896) | ||
Franz Schubert | 3 Songs - Liebesbotschaft, Heidenroslein & Litanei auf das Fest | ||
Oskar Lindberg | Morgonen (Morning) | ||
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Franz Schubert | Fierrabras, D 796 (Overture) | |
Oskar Morawetz | Overture on a Fairy Tale |