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Tonight's sonic stream-of-consciousness travels from Chopin's Fantaisie-impromptu via Korngold's main title for the film Captain Blood, to reimagined Albeniz, Anna Meredith, Vivaldi and Bach, and has choral music by Eriks Esenvalds at it's heart.

Producer: Naomi Anderson

30 minutes

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Tue 19 Mar 202419:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor Op.66 for piano

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov.
    • DG.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Captain Blood (Main Title)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • DG.

  • Isaac Albéniz

    Torre Bermeja (12 Piezas Caracteristicas)

    Music Arranger: Ginevra Bruno. Performer: Catrin Finch.
    • The Harpist: Catrin Finch.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.

  • Anna Meredith

    Blackfriars

    Music Arranger: Richard Jones. Performer: Anna Meredith. Ensemble: Ligeti Quartet.
    • Nuc.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 9.

  • Ēriks Ešenvalds

    Stars

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Ēriks Ešenvalds: Northern Lights & other choral works.
    • Hyperion.
    • 15.

  • Max Richter

    Vivaldi, The Four Seasons - Spring 1, Recomposed by Max Richter

    Performer: Max Richter. Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin. Conductor: André de Ridder.
    • Recomposed By Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.
    • Conifer.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 (Arr. Kempff for Piano)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt. Music Arranger: Wilhelm Kempff.
    • Bach Arrangements & Transcriptions for Piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.

Broadcast

  • Tue 19 Mar 202419:00
    BBC Radio 3

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