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Music in the Great War: Thursday

As part of Radio 3's Music in the Great War season, Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's classical music Breakfast Show and introduces music from countries which were major participants in WW1. Today the focus is on the World at War: Empires and other participants.

2 hours, 30 minutes

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Thu 3 Jul 201406:30
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Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto No 2 in D major, H VIIb 2 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Pieter Wispelwey. Ensemble: Florilegium.
    • Channel Classics.

  • Gustav Holst

    Lord, who hast made us for thine own (Two Psalms)

    Choir: City of London Choir. Choir: Choir of St Paul's Girls' School. Orchestra: Holst Orchestra. Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton.
    • Gustav Holst: The Coming of Christ etc..
    • EM Records.
    • 2.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    18 Pieces for piano (Op.72), no.15; Un Poco di Chopin

    Performer: Jonathan Plowright.
    • Hommage A Chopin: Jonathan Plowright piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Bartered Bride (Dance of the Comedians)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: James Levine.
    • Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Schubert: Rosamunde (Excerpts) etc..
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sinfonia in D major for violin and orchestra, BWV.1045

    Performer: Natsumi Wakamatsu. Choir: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • J.S. Bach - Cantatas.
    • BIS.
    • 20.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Festive Overture Op.96

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Shostakovich: Symphony No.2 etc: Royal Philhamonic Orchestra/Ashkenazy.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Richard Arnell

    Trio for flute, cello and piano, Op.168; 2nd mvt; allegro moderato

    Ensemble: Locrian Ensemble.
    • Arnell: String Quintet etc..
    • Dutton Laboratories.
    • 10.

  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Su le sponde del Tebro - cantata ..., Dite almeno [aria]

    Director: Christopher Monks. Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Performer: Crispian Steele‐Perkins. Orchestra: Armonico Consort.
    • Let The Bright Seraphim Works by J.S. Bach, Telemann, A.Scarlatti and Handel.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 15.

  • Dag Wirén

    String Serenade in C major Op.11 (Marcia)

    Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stig Westerberg.
    • Swedish Highlights: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Westerberg.
    • Caprice.
    • 5.

  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in F minor, D 935 No 4

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • Schubert: Impromptus op.90 & op.142: Alfred Brendel.
    • Philips.
    • 8.

  • John Tavener

    The Lamb (Carol)

    Performer: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Performer: Peter Stevens. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • A Festival Of Nine Lessons and Carols.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 14.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No 3 in A minor, Op 56, 'Scottish' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Christoph von Dohnányi.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos.3 - 5; THe Hebrides, etc. - Wiener Philharmoniker, D.
    • Decca.
    • 4.

  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen Suite No 1 (Aragonaise)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Bizet - L'Arlesienne: Suites; Carmen: Suites.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 12.

  • Darius Milhaud

    L'Abandon

    Singer: Robin Tritschler. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
    • Songs of 1914.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 12.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wir glauben all' an einen Gott - chorale-prelude (Giant Fugue) BWV.680

    Music Arranger: Leopold Stokowski. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • Stokowski's Symphonic Bach.
    • Chandos.
    • 14.

  • Frederick Septimus Kelly

    Idyl

    Performer: David Quigley.
    • Private recording.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Balletto detto Il conte Orlando (Ancient Airs and Dances Suite no.1)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborado del gracioso

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Ravel: Ma mere l'Oye, Rapsodie espagnole: Berliner Philharmoniker, Boulez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in B flat major for strings, RV 166

    Conductor: Simon Standage. Orchestra: Collegium Musicum 90.
    • Vivaldi: String Concertos, Vol. 3 - Collegium Musicum 90/Standage.
    • Chandos.
    • 16.

  • Trad.

    Pokarekare Ana

    Choir: Te Wai Pounamu College.
    • Golden Age of Maori Song.
    • South Pacific Recordings.
    • 12.

  • Louis Spohr

    Nonet in F major Op.31 (Finale)

    Ensemble: Ensemble 360.
    • Spohr: Septet and Nonet: Ensemble 360.
    • ASV.
    • 4.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Pastorale

    Performer: Emily Beynon. Performer: Andrew West.
    • L'Album Des Six.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 39 in E flat major, K 543 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39 & 41: Sir Colin Davis.
    • Philips.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Thu 3 Jul 201406:30
    BBC Radio 3