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Katie Derham is joined by award-winning folk singer Bella Hardy, playing live in the studio. The Adelphi Quartet also perform live.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance no. 9 in B major

    Orchestra: Prague Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Tomáš Brauner.
    • Supraphon.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Humoresques for Violin and Orchestra - No. 6, Op. 89, No. 4

    Conductor: Neeme Järvi. Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.
    • Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No.1 / Sibelius: Humoresques Op.89; Violin Concerto.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7.
  • Bella Hardy

    The Holly and the Ivy

    Performer: Bella Hardy. Performer: Sam Carter.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat Major, K.447: III. Allegro

    • Berlin Classics.
  • Isobel Waller-Bridge

    Home

    Performer: Isobel Waller-Bridge. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Geoff Alexander.
    • The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse.
    • Sony.
    • 17.
  • Orazio Benevoli

    Missa Tu es Petrus: Kyrie

    Ensemble: I Fagiolini. Orchestra: The City Musick. Conductor: Robert Hollingworth.
    • Orazio Benevoli: Missa Tu es Petrus - Kyrie.
    • CORO.
    • 1.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony no.2 in E minor Op.27 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2: Budapest Festival Orchestra, Fischer.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 3.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in C minor, op. 17 No. 4 - 1st mvt. Moderato

    Ensemble: Adelphi Quartet.
  • Bob Chilcott

    Christmas Oratorio: I. Lo! How a Rose, e'er blooming

    Conductor: Benjamin Nicholas. Orchestra: Oxford Contemporary Sinfonia. Orchestra: Choir of Merton College, Oxford.
    • Bob Chilcott: Christmas Oratorio.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wachet! Betet! Betet! Wachet! (Cantata no.70)

    Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.
  • Bella Hardy

    I Would Bring you the Moon

    Performer: Bella Hardy. Performer: Sam Carter.
  • Masayoshi Soken

    Final Fantasy XVI Original Soundtrack - Away (refrain)

    Lyricist: John Taylor.
    • Final Fantasy XVI Original Soundtrack Ultimate Edition.
    • Square Enix Music.
    • 14.
  • Gustav Holst

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Director: Stephen Cleobury.
    • EMI.
  • Helvi Leiviskä

    Orchestral Suite No. 2, Op. 11: II. Humoreski (Humoresque)

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Helvi Leiviskä: Orchestral Works Vol. 1.
    • BIS.
    • 3.
  • Mieczysław Weinberg

    Aria for string quartet Op. 9

    Ensemble: Adelphi Quartet.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in C minor, op. 17 No. 4 - 2nd mvt. Menuet

    Ensemble: Adelphi Quartet.
  • Carl Friedrich Abel

    Symphony in E flat major, Op 7 No 6 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: La Stagione Frankfurt. Conductor: Michael Schneider.
    • CPO.
  • Luca Bassanese & la Piccola Orchestra Popolare:

    Ridi Pagliaccio

    • RESET!.
    • Aida Music.
  • Bella Hardy

    Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

    Performer: Bella Hardy. Performer: Sam Carter.

Broadcast

  • Fri 8 Dec 202317:00

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