Playlists with tracks by Richard Rodney Bennett
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 |
Wednesday 6th January 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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Maurice Ravel | Introduction and Allegro | |
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Cecilia McDowall | Rain, Steam and Speed | |
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John Adams | Harmonielehre: III. Meister Eckhardt and Quackie | |
Joseph Haydn | Cello Concerto No 1 in C major - 3rd mvt | ||
Antonio Vivaldi | Violin Concerto in F minor, RV 297, 'Winter' | ||
Marco Uccellini | Aria sopra La Bergamasca Op.3`5 | ||
Bent Sørensen | Phantasmagoria | ||
Modest Mussorgsky | Cattle (Pictures at an Exhibition orch Ravel) | ||
Charles-Valentin Alkan | Le chemin de fer | ||
Nino Rota | Music from Fellini's 8 1/2 | ||
Franz Schubert | Im Frühling, D.882 | ||
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Percy Grainger | Country Gardens (arr. Sousa) | |
Frédéric Chopin | Grande Valse Brillante in E flat major, Op.18 | ||
Richard Rodney Bennett | Murder on the Orient Express (Waltz) | ||
Gioachino Rossini | The Barber of Seville (Overture) | ||
William Grant Still | Prelude (2nd mvt) | ||
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi | Lieto così talvolta (Adriano in Siria) | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Piano Concerto No.27 in B flat major - 2nd mvt: Larghetto | ||
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Johannes Brahms | Horn Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 40: IV. Finale. Allegro con brio |
Saturday 26th December 2020
03:00
Record Review
Bach's Christmas Oratorio in Building a Library with Nicholas Kenyon and Andrew McGregor
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Nicholas Kenyon chooses his favourite recording of Bach's Christmas Oratorio.
Louis Adam | Sonata in C Major, Op. 8 No. 2 (3rd mvt) | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 'Waldstein' (4th mvt) | ||
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach | Fantasia in D minor, Wq. 113 / 3 (H195) | |
Ludwig van Beethoven | Romance No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra in F major, Op. 50 | ||
Erik Satie | Pièces froides: Danse de travers No. 2 | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135 (2nd mvt) | ||
Erik Satie | Pièces froides: Danse de travers No. 3 | ||
Malcolm Arnold | The Dancing Master, Op. 34 (opening) | ||
Erik Satie | Sarabande No. 3 | ||
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Richard Rodney Bennett | Lullaby Baby | |
Frederic Rzewski | Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around | ||
Richard Strauss | Träumerei am Kamin. Ruhig schwebend (4 Symphonic Interludes from "Intermezzo, Op. 72", TrV 246a, No. 2) | ||
György Ligeti | Arc-en-ciel (Etudes, Book 1, No. 5) | ||
Robert Schumann | Adagio & Allegro, Op. 79 | ||
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Johann Sebastian Bach | Badinerie from Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067 (Arr. for Four Hands) | |
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Samuel Scheidt | Ludi musici I, No. 22: Intrada, SSWV 60 | |
Johannes Brahms | Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8 (2nd mvt) | ||
Sergey Rachmaninov | Arion, Op. 34 No. 5 | ||
Lennox Berkeley | Shepherd, Shepherd, Hark That Calling |
Monday 30th November 2020
09:00
In Tune
Lewis Wright, Peter Whelan
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Music and conversation with some of the world's finest musicians.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Polonaise (Eugene Onegin) | |
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Thelonious Monk | Pannonica |
Johannes Brahms | Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor, Op 15 (3rd mvt) | ||
Lewis Wright | Les Lilas | ||
Anna Clyne | Masquerade | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Mödlinger Tanz in B flat major, WoO 17 No 2 | ||
Antonio Vivaldi | Bassoon Concerto in C major, RV 473 (1st mvt) | ||
Matthew Dubourg | Hibernia's sons, your voices raise (from Ode for Dublin Castle, 1753) | ||
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Clancy Eccles | A new division upon the ground bass of "John come and kiss me" | |
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Cliff Burwell | Sweet Lorraine | |
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Richard Rodney Bennett | Lullaby baby | |
Federico García Lorca | Sevillanas del siglo XVIII (No. 6 from Canciónes spañolas antiguas) | ||
Franz Schubert | 12 Écossaises, D 781 (Nos. 1-11) | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Serenade in C minor for wind octet, K 388 (4th mvt) | ||
Frederic Lamond | Aus dem Schottischen Hochlande, Op 4 [ From the Scottish Highlands] | ||
York Bowen | Three Serious Dances, Op 51 (No 2) | ||
George Frideric Handel | Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (Messiah) | ||
Gregorian chant | Mass - Introitus - Dominus secus mare (November 30th) |
Sunday 29th November 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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Giuseppe Verdi | The Force of Destiny (Overture) | |
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Nadia Boulanger | Elegie | |
Richard Rodney Bennett | Murder on the Orient Express (Waltz) | ||
Anon. | Veni, veni, Emmanuel | ||
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Robert Schumann | Adagio and Allegro Op.70 - Allegro | |
Claude Debussy | Des pas sur la neige (Preludes, Book 1) | ||
Sergey Rachmaninov | Symphony No.2 in E minor - 4th mvt: Allegro molto | ||
Francis Poulenc | Nocturne No.1 | ||
Francis Poulenc | Si quaeris miracula (Laudes de Saint Antoine de Padoue) | ||
Franz Lehár | Ballsirenen-Walzer (on themes from The Merry Widow) | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Schwingt freudig euch empor (Cantata No 36) | ||
Joseph Haydn | Winter (The Seasons) | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Quartet in F major Op.59`1 (Rasumovsky) for strings: 1st mvt; Allegro |
Friday 20th November 2020
03:00
Essential Classics
Suzy Klein with Tiersen's Valse d'Amélie, Owain Park, Essential Quintets
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Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
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Ruggero Leoncavallo | Pagliacci: 'Recitar!... Vesti la giubba' | |
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Yann Tiersen | La Valse D'amelie | |
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Jacques Brel | La Valse a mille temps |
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John Tavener | The Lamb | |
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Alexander Borodin | In the steppes of central Asia |
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Jessie Montgomery | Source Code | |
Johann Sebastian Bach | Sinfonia concerto (Cantata no.174) | ||
Samuel Barber | Agnus Dei arr from String Quartet in B minor | ||
Johannes Brahms | Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op 115 (2nd mvt) | ||
Simone de Bonefont | Missa pro mortuis (Agnus Dei) | ||
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Alison Willis | Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep | |
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William Bolcom | 3 Ghost Rags: No. 2. The Poltergeist | |
Antonio Vandini | Cello Concerto in D Major, D-SWI | ||
Joseph Haydn | Symphony No 87 in A major, H.1.87 (4th mvt) | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Serenade (K.525) in G major "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik", 4th movement; Rondo... | ||
François Couperin | Les baricades mistérieuses (Pieces de clavecin - ordre no. 6) | ||
Léo Delibes | Galop Final (Coppélia) | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Serenade in D major, K.320 'Posthorn' (1st mvt) | ||
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Frank Barcellini | Mon oncle (from Mon oncle) | |
Niccolò Jommelli | Par che di giubilo (Attilio Regolo) | ||
Franz Liszt | Paraphrase sur Rigoletto | ||
Nikolai Karlovich Medtner | Skazka (Fariy Tale), Op 26 No 3 in F Minor | ||
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George Frideric Handel | Suite in A Major, HWV 426: III. Courante | |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Violin Concerto in D major, Op 35 (3rd mvt) | ||
Ralph Vaughan Williams | Violin Sonata in A minor (1st mvt) | ||
Jacques Offenbach | Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann, Act 4: "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" (Arr. for | ||
Richard Rodney Bennett | Nobody's Jig (Country Dances, Book 1) |
Friday 6th November 2020
14:00
Through the Night
Barber, Glass and Schubert
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The Gerhard Quartet at the Concerts d'Aro Summer Festival, Catalonia. With Catriona Young.
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Samuel Barber | Adagio for strings |
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Mieczyslaw Karlowicz | 9 Songs | |
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Marcel Tournier | Vers la source dans le bois | |
Franz Schubert | String Quartet no 15 in G, D.887 | ||
Richard Rodney Bennett | Aubade for orchestra | ||
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Gabriel Fauré | Nocturne No 1 in E flat minor, Op 33 No 1 | |
Richard Wagner | O du mein holder Abendstern - from "Tannhauser" | ||
Aloys-Henri-Gerard Fornerod | Concert for 2 violins and piano, Op 16 | ||
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer | Sonata in D major for 3 violins and continuo | ||
Richard Wagner | Wesendonck-Lieder for voice and orchestra | ||
August Söderman | Three songs from 'Idyll and Epigram' | ||
John Field | 1. Aria; 2. Nocturne & Chanson | ||
Bedrich Smetana | 2 Dances (Czech Dances, Book II) | ||
Joseph Haydn | Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, H.7e.1 | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Le Nozze di Figaro, Act 4: Susanna's aria 'Deh vieni, non tardar' | ||
Biagio Marini | Works by Marini, Landi, Piccinini, d'India, Monteverdi, Trabaci, Peri, etc | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No 8 in F major, Op 93 | ||
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach | Sinfonia in D major Wq.183 No 1 | ||
César Franck | Prelude, fugue and variation for organ in B minor (M.30) | ||
Domenico Scarlatti | Six Sonatas (K474; K132; K461; K115; K215; K260) | ||
Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller | Tre Madonnasange (Op.65) [1900] | ||
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Franz Liszt | Piano Sonata in B minor S.178 | |
Philip Glass | String Quartet no 2 (1983) ('Company') | ||
Franz Schubert | Piano Trio D.897 in E flat major, "Notturno" | ||
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Eugene Onegin, Op 24 (Act 2: Introduction & waltz) |
Thursday 15th October 2020
05:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
A Scottish landscape
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Lorna Anderson and Malcolm Martineau perform MacMillan, Liddell, Clarke and Bennett
Richard Rodney Bennett | On Jessy Watson's Elopement | ||
Richard Rodney Bennett | Sweet Isabel | ||
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Benjamin Britten | Dawtie's Devotion | |
Sir James MacMillan | Ballad | ||
Claire Liddell | The Beachcomber | ||
Sir James MacMillan | Scots Song | ||
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Francis George Scott | Milkwort and Bog-Cotton | |
Thea Musgrave | Willie Wabster | ||
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Francis George Scott | The Old Fisherman | |
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Francis George Scott | The Wee Man | |
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Francis George Scott | The Wren's Nest | |
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Jonathan Dove | My Love is Mine | |
Judith Weir | The Song of a Girl Ravished Away by the Fairies in South Uist | ||
Rebecca Clarke | Binnorie |
Wednesday 30th September 2020
03:00
Essential Classics
Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Essential flute music, Alpesh Chauhan
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Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
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Carlo Gesualdo | Se la mia morte brami | |
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Johannes Brahms | Tragic Overture, Op.81 | |
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Igor Stravinsky | Violin Concerto in D major | |
Hugo Alfvén | Shepherd-Girl's Dance (The Mountain King) | ||
Sergei Prokofiev | Flute Sonata in D major Op.94 (1st mvt) | ||
Sir James MacMillan | Christus vincit | ||
Antonio Vivaldi | Concerto for two violins in C major, RV.507 | ||
Jean Sibelius | Lemminkainen's Return (Lemminkainen Suite, Op.22) | ||
Sir James MacMillan | Memento | ||
Bedrich Smetana | The Bartered Bride (Polka) | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Komm, süsser Tod, BWV 478 orch Stokowski | ||
Trad. | Now Found is the Fairest of Roses | ||
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Benjamin Britten | 4 Cabaret Songs (Calypso) | |
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Johann Sebastian Bach | St John Passion BWV.245 (Herr, unser Herrscher') | |
Vivien Ellis | Coronation Scot (Paul Temple) | ||
Johann Strauss II | Trisch-Tratsch Polka | ||
Edvard Grieg | March of the Trolls (Lyric Pieces, Book 5 Op.54) | ||
Erich Wolfgang Korngold | Symphony in F sharp Op.40 (3rd mvt) | ||
John Playford | Lilliburlero - Maiden Lane - Halfe Hannikin - Sellengers Rownde | ||
Florence Price | Elfentanz | ||
Lili Boulanger | Clairieres dans le ciel (Les lilas qui avaient fleuri) | ||
George Gershwin | Piano Concerto in F major (3rd mvt) | ||
Philippe de Monte | La dolce vista della donna mia | ||
Giacomo Puccini | Turnadot (Signore, asolta!) | ||
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Richard Rodney Bennett | Murder on the Orient Express: Waltz |
Monday 28th September 2020
09:00
In Tune
Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason, Jacqui Dankworth & Charlie Wood
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Music and conversation with some of the world's finest musicians.
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Duke Ellington | It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) |
Ludwig van Beethoven | Violin Concerto in D major, Op.61 (3rd mvt) | ||
Philippe-Gérard | (Ah, the Apple Trees) When the World Was Young | ||
Alice Mary Smith | Andante | ||
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | The Nutcracker (Overture) | ||
Claudio Monteverdi | Toccata & Prologue (L'Orfeo) | ||
Richard Rodney Bennett | Celebration for Orchestra | ||
Sir James MacMillan | So Deep | ||
Enrique Granados | The Maiden and the Nightingale, Op 11 (Goyescas) | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K 525 (1st mvt) | ||
François Couperin | Les bergeries (Pièces de clavecin, Ordre No 6) | ||
Gabriel Fauré | Apres un reve | ||
Grant McLachlan | Abdi (Sonatina) | ||
Jan Ladislav Dussek | Donna nobis pacem (Messe solemnelle) | ||
Lou Harrison | Troika (Pipa concerto) |
Friday 25th September 2020
06:00
Afternoon Concert
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
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Music by Wagner, Schoenberg, Hindemith, Dukas, Mendelssohn and Richard Rodney Bennett.
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Richard Wagner | Siegfried Idyll | |
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Felix Mendelssohn | Symphony No. 1 | |
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Alfred Schnittke | Moz-Art a la Haydn | |
Arnold Schoenberg | Verklärte Nacht | ||
C Duncan | Dance from a Distance | ||
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Paul Dukas | Fanfare from La Peri | |
Paul Hindemith | Concert Music for Brass and Strings | ||
Richard Rodney Bennett | Piano concerto |
Tuesday 22nd September 2020
06:00
Afternoon Concert
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
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With music by Sibelius, Robert Schumann, Dvorak, Ibert, Bennett, Ruth Gipps and Suckling.
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Jacques Ibert | Divertissement | |
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Robert Schumann | Concerto in A minor Op.129 for cello and orchestra | |
Jean Sibelius | Lemminkainen Suite: The Swan of Tuonela | ||
Martin Suckling | Piano Concerto | ||
Martin Suckling | The White Road, for flute & orchestra | ||
Richard Rodney Bennett | Country Dances | ||
Richard Strauss | Der Rosenband, Op.36 No.1 | ||
Ruth Gipps | Clarinet Concerto in G minor, Op.9 |
Monday 21st September 2020
07:00
Afternoon Concert
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
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With music by Louise Farrenc, Robert Schumann, Beethoven, Dalby, Bennett and Walthew.
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Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No. 8 | |
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Robert Schumann | Concerto in A minor Op.54 for piano and orchestra | |
Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie | Burns [Scottish rhapsody no.2] Op.24 (3rd mvt) | ||
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Louise Farrenc | Overture No. 2, Op. 24 | |
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Ludwig van Beethoven | Rondo a capriccio, op.129 (Rage over a lost penny) | |
Martin Dalby | Nozze di primavera for orchestra | ||
Richard Rodney Bennett | Anniversaries | ||
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Richard Rodney Bennett | Aubade | |
Richard Rodney Bennett | Troubador Music | ||
Richard Walthew | Clarinet Concerto |
Saturday 22nd August 2020
13:00
Through the Night
Haydn's London Symphony from Helsinki
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Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Herbert Blomstedt. Jonathan Swain presents.
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Maurice Ravel | Miroirs | |
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Johannes Brahms | Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73 | |
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina | Stabat Mater | |
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Richard Rodney Bennett | Murder on the Orient Express - music from the film | |
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Robert Schumann | Variations on a Theme by Clara Wieck | |
Krsto Odak | Adriatic Symphony, Op 36 | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Concerto for piano and orchestra No 2 Op 19 in B flat major | ||
Antonio Vivaldi | Concerto da Camera in C, RV 87 | ||
August de Boeck | Violin Concerto | ||
Peggy Glanville-Hicks | Three Gymnopedies | ||
Dieterich Buxtehude | Alles, was ihr tut mit Worten oder mit Werken, BuxWV 4 | ||
Fernando Sor | Introduction and variations on Mozart's 'O cara armonia' for guitar (Op 9) | ||
Thea Musgrave | Loch Ness - a postcard from Scotland for orchestra | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Six Chorales from the Schemelli Collection | ||
Veljo Tormis | Sugismaastikud (Autumn landscapes) | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Quartet for Strings in D minor (K.421) | ||
Joseph Haydn | Symphony No. 104 in D, Hob. I:104 'London' | ||
Zoltán Kodály | Adagio for violin (or viola, or cello) and piano in C major | ||
Joseph Haydn | Trumpet concerto in E flat (1st mvt 'Allegro') |
Tuesday 11th August 2020
03:00
Essential Classics
Suzy Klein with Peter Brathwaite
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Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
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Gustav Holst | Jupiter (The Planets) | |
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Ralph Vaughan Williams | The Lark Ascending |
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Johannes Brahms | Rhapsody in B minor, Op 79 No 1 | |
Joseph Haydn | Symphony no. 9 in C major H.1.9 | ||
Alonso Lobo | Versa est in luctum (Liber primus missarum) | ||
Carl Nielsen | Maskarade (Overture) | ||
Richard Rodney Bennett | Country Dances | ||
Ernest Bloch | Pastorale and rustic dances (Concerto grosso No 1) | ||
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Sergei Prokofiev | Adagio, Op. 97bis (from Cinderella, Op. 87) | |
Fazil Say | Violin Concerto, Op. 25 "1001 Nights in the Harem": IV. - | ||
Thomas Tomkins | Adieu, ye city-prisoning towers! - To the shady woods now wend we | ||
Franz Schubert | Trio in E flat major D.897 (Notturno) for piano and strings | ||
George Frideric Handel | Care selve (Atalanta) | ||
Henryk Mikolaj Górecki | 3 Pieces in Olden Style | ||
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Johann Sebastian Bach | Partita in C Minor, BWV 826: I. Sinfonia |
Friday 7th August 2020
03:00
Essential Classics
Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Ben Parry, Essential Tone Poems, Gibbons' O clap your hands
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Duke Ellington | Solitude |
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Eric Whitacre | Sleep | |
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Jean Sibelius | Valse triste |
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Hubert Parry | I was glad | |
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Lili Boulanger | Nocturne | |
Jan Hugo Vorisek | Symphony in D major, Op. 24 | ||
Traditional Catalan | Song of the Birds | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja (The Magic Flute) | ||
Carl Maria von Weber | Clarinet Quintet in B flat major - 4th mvt: Rondo | ||
Joaquín Rodrigo | Concierto serenata; iii) Sarao: Allegro deciso | ||
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Violin Concerto No. 1 in B flat major K207 iii) Presto | |
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Manuel de Falla | Siete Canciones populares españolas - v) Nana | |
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Erik Satie | Gnossienne | |
Modest Mussorgsky | Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks (Pictures at an Exhibition) | ||
François Couperin | Les baricades mistérieuses (Pièces de clavecin, Ordre no.6) | ||
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Nadia Boulanger | Soir d'hiver | |
Franz Schubert | Symphony in E major, D729. iv) Allegro giusto | ||
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | Scheherazade, Op. 35 - I. The Sea and Sinbad's Ship | |
Frédéric Chopin | Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor, Op.66 | ||
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Reynaldo Hahn | La dernière valse | |
Richard Rodney Bennett | Murder on the Orient Express - Overture, Waltz, Finale | ||
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Jan Dismas Zelenka | Sonata No 5 in F major ZWV.181 (iii. Allegro) | |
Sergey Rachmaninov | Étude-tableau No 2 in A minor, Op 39 |
Monday 3rd August 2020
07:00
Afternoon Concert
Summer Festivals
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Penny Gore presents great BBC Proms of recent years given by BBC orchestras and choirs.
Arvo Pärt | Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten | ||
Grace Williams | Fairest of stars | ||
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John Barry | Out of Africa (main theme) | |
Reinhold Moritzevich Glière | Symphony No 3 "Ilya Muromets" | ||
Richard Rodney Bennett | Murder on the Orient Express: Overture, Waltz and Finale | ||
Sergey Rachmaninov | Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op.43 |
Sunday 28th June 2020
09:00
Jazz Record Requests
28/06/20
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Alyn Shipton plays jazz records requested by Radio 3 listeners.
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Carmen McRae | My Funny Valentine |
Vijay Iyer | Hood | ||
Bud Freeman'S Summa Cum Lauda Orchestra | I Cover The Waterfront | ||
Chick Corea | La Fiesta Jazz | ||
Dill Jones | Limehouse Blues | ||
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Jason Moran | God Only Knows | |
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John Coltrane | Fran-Dance | |
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Johnny Keating | Headin' North | |
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Quincy Jones | The Birth Of A Band | |
Richard Rodney Bennett | What'll I Do |
Thursday 4th June 2020
07:00
In Tune
Lisa Batiashvili, Roger Vignoles and Louise Alder
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Katie Derham presents a lively mix of music and arts news.
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Karl Jenkins | Benedictus (The Armed Man) | |
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Padre Antonio Soler | Fandango | |
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Maurice Ravel | Feria (Rapsodie espagnole) | |
Richard Rodney Bennett | Partita for Orchestra - Finale | ||
Johann Strauss I | Furioso Galopp on Themes by Franz Liszt op. 114 | ||
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Franz Ignaz Beck | Symphony in G Minor, Op. 3, No. 3: I. Allegro con spirito | |
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Richard Strauss | Allerseelen Op 10 no 8 | |
Richard Strauss | Standchen | ||
Johann Evangelist Brandl | Symphony in D Major: IV. Presto | ||
Frédéric Chopin | Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor Op.66 for piano | ||
Joel Thompson | Seven Last Words of the Unarmed | ||
Charlie Chaplin | City Memories Medley | ||
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Franz Schubert | Allegretto in C Minor, D. 915 | |
Michel Legrand | Paris Violon | ||
Johann Hermann Schein | Allemande in D minor (Banchetto musicale No 2) | ||
Edvard Grieg | Incidental music to 'Peer Gynt': Prelude to Act I - At the Wedding | ||
Trad. | Mairead nan Cuiread / The Burnt Leg | ||
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Philip Glass | Metamorphosis No. 1 |
Sunday 10th May 2020
14:00
Record Review Extra
Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker
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Hannah French presents more music from the freshest recordings in classical music.
Richard Rodney Bennett | Nobody's Jig (Country Dances, Book 1, No 5) | ||
Giuseppe Tartini | Concerto in D minor for violin and orchestra, D 44 | ||
Johannes Brahms | 6 Piano Pieces Op 118 No 5, Romanze | ||
Arnold Schoenberg | Pelleas und Melisande, Op 5 (opening) | ||
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | The Nutcracker, Op 71 | ||
Traditional Estonian | Whilst great is our poverty |
Saturday 9th May 2020
03:00
Record Review
Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker with Edward Seckerson and Andrew McGregor
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Edward Seckerson's recommendation from available versions of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker.
Richard Rodney Bennett | Country Dances | ||
Xavier Montsalvatge | Cuba dentro de un piano (No.1, Cinco canciones negras) | ||
Arnold Schoenberg | Gurrelieder (excs) | ||
Giovanni Battista Bononcini | La Converzione di Maddalena [excerpt] | ||
Giuseppe Tartini | Violin Concerto in D minor, D45 (1st mvt) | ||
Herbert Howells | Kyrie (Missa Sabrinensis) | ||
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Johann Jakob Froberger | Canzona VI in A Minor, FbWV 306 | |
Johann Sebastian Bach | St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 (end of part 1) | ||
Leonardo Vinci | "Vil trofeo d'un'alma imbelle" (Alessandro nelle Indie, Act 1) | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2 No. 3 (4th mvt) | ||
Ralph Vaughan Williams | Horn Sonata (1st mvt) |
Wednesday 6th May 2020
15:00
Through the Night
Zagreb String Quartet's centenary
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Music by Ravel, Boccherini, Elgar and a premiere by Srdan Dedic. With Jonathan Swain.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Symphony No 5 in E minor | |
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Maurice Ravel | String Quartet in F | |
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Claude Debussy | Tarantelle styrienne | |
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Richard Rodney Bennett | Murder on the Orient Express - music from the film | |
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Igor Stravinsky | The Firebird (excerpts) | |
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Franz Schubert | Fierrabras, D 796 (Overture) | |
Robert White | Christe qui lux es et dies (White) & A Child's Prayer (MacMillan) | ||
André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry | Overture and Duo (Le jugement de Midas) | ||
Imants Kalni | Rock Symphony (1st mvt. Allegretto) | ||
Ruth Watson Henderson | Missa Brevis | ||
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Arvo Pärt | Spiegel im Spiegel | |
Jacques Buus | Ricercare | ||
Srdan Dedic | String Quartet No 2 | ||
Blagoje Bersa | Sunny Fields | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | French Suite No 5 in G major, BWV 816 | ||
Traditional Chinese | Beautiful Fresh Flower | ||
Cipriano de Rore | O santo fior felice (O blest and happy flower) | ||
Joseph Haydn | String Quartet in G minor, Op 74, No 3 'Rider' (2nd movt) | ||
Clara Schumann | Piano Trio in G minor, Op 17 | ||
Krzysztof Penderecki | Kaddish | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Overture from the Incidental music to König Stephan | ||
Dmitry Shostakovich | Cello Concerto No 1 in E flat | ||
Luigi Boccherini | Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D | ||
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Edward Elgar | Introduction and Allegro, op 47 | |
Franz Doppler | Bird in the woods |
Saturday 2nd May 2020
07:00
Sound of Cinema
Good Films for Hard Times
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With cinemas closed, Matthew Sweet considers the best film music for these hard times.
John Barry | Robin and Marian (1976): 3rd Love Theme | ||
Johnny Douglas | The Railway Children (1970): Overture | ||
Allan Gray | A Matter of Life and Death (1946) - Prelude / Stairway to Heaven | ||
Miklós Rózsa | Ben-Hur (1959): Suite | ||
Benjamin John Power | A Field in England (2013): Chernobyl | ||
Philip Glass | Koyaanisqatsi OST: Koyaanisqatsi | ||
Bret McKenzie | The Muppets (2011): Life's a Happy Song | ||
Richard Rodney Bennett | Billy Liar (1963): Main Title | ||
David Lee | Masque of the Red Death (1964): Prelude | ||
Ron Goodwin | Miss Marple (1961-64): Theme | ||
Elmer Bernstein | Airplane! (1980): Resolution / Tag | ||
Teo Usuelli | L'Ape Regina (1963): Theme | ||
Eric Carmen | Bridget Jones's Dairy (2001): All by myself | ||
Henry Mancini | Silver Streak (1976): Theme | ||
Javier Navarrete | PAN'S LABYRINTH (2006): The Labyrinth | ||
Jim Williams | A Field in England (2013): Intro |
Sunday 26th April 2020
04:00
Sunday Morning
Sarah Walker with an inspiring musical mix
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Sarah Walker chooses uplifting music to complement your morning.
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Franz Schubert | String Quartet in C minor, D 703, 'Quartettsatz' | |
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Eduardo di Capua | O sole mio | |
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Maurice Ravel | Jeux d'eau |
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Arcangelo Corelli | Violin Sonata in D minor, Op 5 No 12, 'La Folia' | |
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Debashish Bhattacharya | Aanandam | |
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Felice Anerio | Salve Regina | |
François Couperin | Les baricades misterieuses | ||
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Richard Rodney Bennett | Murder on the Orient Express: Waltz | |
The Gigspanner Big Band | Haul on the Bowline | ||
Antonio Vivaldi | Cum dederit dilectis (Nisi Dominus, RV 608) | ||
Frédéric Chopin | Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor, Op 11 (3rd mvt) | ||
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Hilary Campbell | Song of the Dane Women | |
Jean Sibelius | Serenade D major, Op.69 no.1 | ||
Domenico Cimarosa | Overture: I traci amanti | ||
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Joan Ambrosio Dalza | Pavana alla Venetiana | |
Johan Helmich Roman | Bilagers musiquen (Royal Wedding music) | ||
Edvard Grieg | Peer Gynt Suite No 1, Op 46 | ||
Johannes Brahms | Sonata for Viola and Piano Op 120/2 in E flat major | ||
Eric Coates | London Everyday: ii. Westminster (Meditation) | ||
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Karlheinz Stockhausen | Tierkreis: XI: Sagittarius | |
Felix Mendelssohn | String Symphony No. 11 in F major - V - Allegro moderato | ||
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Michel Legrand | You must believe in Spring |
Monday 6th April 2020
04:00
Essential Classics
Ian Skelly with Essential Trumpet Concertos, Grainger's Walking Tune, Fanny Dickens
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Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, old and new.
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Johann Strauss II | Tales from the Vienna Woods, Op 325 | |
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George Gershwin | Promenade (Walking the Dog) | |
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Ralph Vaughan Williams | The Vagabond (Songs of Travel) | |
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Michael Torke | Javelin | |
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Frederic Curzon | The Boulevardier | |
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Gordon Langford | Rhapsody on Sea Shanties | |
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka | Viola Sonata (1st mvt) | ||
Ignaz Moscheles | Allegretto: Tempo di polacca - 3rd mvt from Piano concerto no.2 in Eb major | ||
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Ottorino Respighi | Pines of Rome (The Pines of the Appian Way) | |
Arcangelo Corelli | Concerto grosso in D major Op.6`4 | ||
Ignaz Moscheles | Study No 4 (Melodisch-Contrapunktische Studien, Op 137) | ||
Percy Grainger | Walking Tune No 1 | ||
Chris Fitkin | Sextet | ||
Johann Nepomuk Hummel | Trumpet Concerto in E or E flat | ||
Erno Dohnanyi | Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Minor, Op. 42: III. Allegro vivace | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Fugue in G major, BWV 577, 'Alla gigue' | ||
Richard Rodney Bennett | Partita for orchestra (Finale) | ||
Felix Mendelssohn | Song without Words in E flat major, Op 38 No 1 | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Symphony No 41 in C major, K 551, 'Jupiter' | ||
Franz Schubert | Rosamunde, D 797 (Ballet in G major) | ||
John Hullah | Some Folks who have Grown Old (The Village Coquettes) | ||
Yuquijiro Yocoh | Sakura Variations | ||
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John Ireland | A Downland Suite (Prelude) | |
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Gabriel Fauré | Mazurka in B flat major, Op 32 | |
Joseph Haydn | My mother bids me bind my hair, H XXVIa 27 | ||
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Gavin Bryars | Glorious Hill | |
Joseph Haydn | Symphony No 6 in D major, 'Le matin' (1st mvt) |
Saturday 14th March 2020
02:00
Breakfast
Saturday - Elizabeth Alker
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Classical music for breakfast time plus found sounds and the odd unclassified track.
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Hugo Wolf | Italian Serenade |
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Giovanni Felice Sances | Stabat mater dolorosa | |
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Tino Rossi | Le bateau des iles | |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | The Sleeping Beauty Suite (Waltz) | ||
Richard Rodney Bennett | Partita for orchestra (Intrada) | ||
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Clara Schumann | Romance, Op.22 no.2 | |
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Richard Rodney Bennett | I Never Went Away | |
Françoise Hardy | Le premier bonheur du jour | ||
Richard Rodney Bennett | Billion Dollar Brain | ||
Frédéric Chopin | Nocturne in D flat major, op. 27 no. 2 | ||
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Sam Lee | Jasper Sea | |
Gabriel Fauré | Sicilienne, Op 78 | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Symphony No 41 in C major, K 551, 'Jupiter' (3rd mvt) | ||
Johann David Heinichen | Dresden Concerto in D major, S226 | ||
Kieran Hebden | Mama Teaches Sanskrit | ||
Maurice Ravel | Violin Sonata in G major (2nd mvt, 'Blues') |
Wednesday 11th March 2020
03:00
Essential Classics
Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: The original rock music, Ravel's La Valse, Essential Operatic Villains
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Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, old and new.
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Morten Lauridsen | O nata lux (Lux aeterna) | |
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Gabriela Montero | Baroque and Me | |
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Maurice Ravel | La valse |
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Steve Reich | Nagoya Marimbas |
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Reynaldo Hahn | La Barcheta (Venezia) | |
Guns n' Roses arr. Suzzie Vango | Sweet Child o' Mine | ||
George Frideric Handel | O ruddier than the cherry (Acis and Galatea) | ||
Sergey Rachmaninov | The Rock, Op 7 | ||
Sergey Rachmaninov | Andante con moto (Tempo di valse) from Symphonic Dances, Op.45 (version for 2 pianos) | ||
Joseph Haydn | Sinfonia Concertante in B flat major, H I 105 (3rd mvt) | ||
Rick Bamford | Kilmartin Lithophone | ||
Einojuhani Rautavaara | Notturno (from notturno e danza) | ||
José Antonio Bottiroli | Waltz in E Minor, B26 "Verdadero" | ||
William Byrd | Mass for 4 voices (Sanctus and Benedictus) | ||
Felix Mendelssohn | String Symphony No 8 in D major (4th mvt) | ||
Franz Schubert | Overture, D.590 'in the Italian Style' | ||
Hector Berlioz | Béatrice et Bénédict (Overture) | ||
Henry Purcell | Strike the viol (Come ye sons of art) | ||
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Nikita Koshkin | Usher-Waltz, Op 29 | |
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Richard Rodney Bennett | Murder on the Orient Express: Waltz | |
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Gabriel Fauré | Barcarolle No 5 in F sharp minor, Op 66 | |
Antonio Vivaldi | Concerto for 2 violins and 2 cellos in D major, RV 575 complete | ||
Richard Strauss | Suite in B flat major for 13 wind instruments, Op 4 (Gavotte) | ||
Johan Svendsen | Norwegian Artists' Carnival, Op 14 | ||
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Dmitry Shostakovich | Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 8 |
Sunday 9th February 2020
04:00
Sunday Morning
Sarah Walker with an intriguing musical mix
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Sarah Walker chooses uplifting music to complement your morning
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Herbie Hancock | Maiden Voyage |
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Joseph Haydn | Trumpet Concerto in E flat |
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Maurice Ravel | Trois chansons | |
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Ivy Whipp | Woo Her Gently | |
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Ottorino Respighi | Burlesca for orchestra | |
Jule Styne | Everything's Coming up Roses (from Gypsy) | ||
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Giuseppe Verdi | Paraphrase de Concert sur Rigoletto, S.434 | |
Dmitri Kabalevsky | Colas Breugnon Op. 24 - Overture | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Flute Sonata in E minor, BWV 1034 arr. alto recorder and basso continuo | ||
Richard Rodney Bennett | Four Piece Suite: iv. Finale | ||
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Michael Nyman | The Heart asks Pleasure First (from The Piano) | |
Toru Takemitsu | Sakura (Cherry Blossoms) | ||
George Frideric Handel | Concerto Grosso in A minor, Op. 6 No. 4 | ||
Michael Nyman | Candelfire (from The Diary of Anne Frank) | ||
Toru Takemitsu | Tsubasa [Wings] (Uta) | ||
Ralph Vaughan Williams | Good-bye; Fancy's knell (Along the Field) | ||
Erich Wolfgang Korngold | Straussiana (after Johann Strauss II) | ||
Luigi Cherubini | Démophoon: Overture | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | String Quartet in G, K. 80 | ||
Richard Rodney Bennett | Four Piece Suite: ii. Country Blues | ||
Richard Rodney Bennett | Four Piece Suite: i. Samba Triste | ||
Anonymous | Exultet caelum cum laudebus | ||
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Alexander Scriabin | Etude in B-flat minor, Op. 8 No. 11 | |
Ennio Morricone | Deborah's Theme (from One upon a time in America) | ||
Bernhard Crusell | Grand Concerto in F minor - 3rd Movement | ||
Richard Rodney Bennett | Four Piece Suite: iii. Ragtime Waltz |
Saturday 8th February 2020
07:00
Sound of Cinema
The Oscars
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Matthew Sweet explores the world of film music.
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Henry Mancini | The Pink Panther | |
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Max Steiner | Gone with the Wind | |
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold | Captain Blood | |
John Williams | The Empire Stikes Back | ||
James Horner | Braveheart | ||
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Richard A. Whiting | Hooray for Hollywood | |
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Philip Glass | The Hours; Morning Passages | |
Mica Levi | Jackie; Intro | ||
Bernard Herrmann | Citizen Kane; Aria from Salammbo | ||
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Alexandre Desplat | Little Women | |
Max Steiner | Casablanca; Medley (At La Belle Aurore) | ||
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Thomas Newman | 1917 | |
Leonard Bernstein | On the Waterfront; Main Title | ||
John Williams | Star Wars; The Rise of Skywalker; Finale | ||
Randy Newman | Marriage Story; What I Love About Charlie | ||
Nino Rota | The Godfather | ||
Hildur Guðnadóttir | Joker; Call Me Joker | ||
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Richard Rodney Bennett | Murder on the Orient Express - Overture | |
John Corigliano | Altered States; Love Theme |
Friday 7th February 2020
03:00
Essential Classics
Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Samuel Laycock, Mozart's Piano Concerto No 21, Essential Entrances
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Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
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Edvard Grieg | Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, Op 65 No 6 (Lyric Pieces) | |
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Piano Concerto No 21 in C major, K 467 (2nd mvt) | |
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Eric Whitacre | The Seal Lullaby | |
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Johan Halvorsen | Entry of the Boyars | |
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Arthur Honegger | Pacific 231 |
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William Denis Browne | To Gratiana dancing and singing | |
Traditional English | The Railway / The Steamboat Quickstep | ||
Ildebrando Pizzetti | Violin Sonata in A major: second movement (Prayer for the Innocent) | ||
Samuel Laycock | Bowton's Yard | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Sull' aria...Che soave zefiretto (The Marriage of Figaro) | ||
Sergey Rachmaninov | Suite No 2 for two pianos, Op 17: Romance; Tarantelle | ||
Richard Wagner | Albumblätt für Frau Betty Schott | ||
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges | Largo (2nd movement) from Violin Concerto in A major, Op.5 no.2 | ||
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Arthur Honegger | Mouvement symphonique No 2, 'Rugby' | |
Giuseppe Verdi | Simon Boccanegra: Act 1 Prelude and Come in quest'ora bruna | ||
Franz Schubert | Octet in F major, D.803 (3rd mvt) | ||
Jean-Baptiste Loeillet | Trio Sonata in F Major, Op. 2 No. 2 | ||
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Barbara Strozzi | L'Eraclito amoroso (Udite amanti) | |
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Samuel Barber | Night Flight, Op 19a | |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Serenade in B flat major, K 361, 'Gran Partita' (3rd mvt) | ||
Meredith Monk | Night Travel (from Atlas) | ||
Charles Koechlin | Three Poems from The Jungle Book | ||
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Richard Rodney Bennett | Murder on the Orient Express: Waltz | |
Joseph Haydn | March, from Notturno No 1 in C major |