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Includes music by Vaughan Williams, Britten, Tavener, Glinka, Rachmaninov, Ravel, CPE Bach, Verdi, Saint Saens, Corelli, Schubert, Weber, Mozart, Bartok, Tchaikovksy and Berwald.

With Susan Sharpe.

Including:

Vaughan Williams: O Mistress Mine Song, The Willow Song (Three Elizabethan Songs for chorus); Come Away, Death for chorus
Britten: Chorale after an old French carol - Our father, whose creative will; A Shepherd's Carol for chorus
Tavener: The Tyger for chorus; The Lamb - carol
Holten: Spring (The Marriage of Heaven and Hell for soprano and chorus)
Mantyjarvi: Four Shakespeare Songs for chorus (Come Away, Death; Lullaby; Double, Double, Toil and Trouble; Full Fathom Five)
Martin: Full Fathom Five (5 Ariel Songs for 16 voices - The Tempest)
Vaughan Williams: Three Shakespeare Songs for chorus
Glinka: Memories of a Summer Night in Madrid (Spanish Overture No 2)
Rachmaninov: Symphony No 2 in E minor, Op 27
Ravel Gaspard de la nuit for piano
Debussy, arr Kocsis: Arabesque No 2, L 66; Mazurka, L 67
Chopin, arr Kocsis: Nocturne in E flat, Op 55 No 2
CPE Bach: Concerto in F for 2 harpsichords, Wq 46
Verdi: Quartet in E minor for strings
Canteloube: Three songs (Chants de France)
Saint-Saens: Concerto No 1 in A minor for cello and orchestra, Op 33
Corelli, arr Billington: Concerto in C, Op 6 No 10
Schubert: Overture (Des Teufels Lustschloss) (The Devil's Castle)
Mendelssohn, arr Rachmaninov: Scherzo (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Weber: Rondo brillante in E flat for piano, Op 62 (La gaite)
Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate, K165
Sweelinck: Psalm 23 (Thysius Lute Book)
Scheidt: 3 Symphoniae for 2 violins and continuo
Handel: Sonata in F, Op 1 No 5, HWV 363a
Wiren: Serenade for strings, Op 11
Bartok, arr Szekely: Romanian folk dances, Sz 56
Tchaikovsky: Burya (The Tempest) - symphonic fantasia after Shakespeare, Op 18
Berwald: Piano Quintet No 1 in C minor, Op 5.

6 hours

Last on

Mon 26 May 200801:00

Broadcast

  • Mon 26 May 200801:00