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Sat 15 Nov 202506:30
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Music Played

  • Pietro Locatelli

    Concerto Grosso in F Minor, Op. 1 No. 8 (Christmas Concerto); VI. Pastorale...

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Farewell to Stromness

    Music Arranger: Timothy Walker. Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • An Orkney Wedding.
    • LINN.
    • 8.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata in B Major, D.575 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • Weber & Schubert: Sonatas.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 7.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Violin Concerto in A Minor, P. 75 "All'antica" (Ed. S. Di Vittorio): II. Adagio

    Performer: Davide Alogna. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of New York. Conductor: Salvatore Di Vittorio.
    • Respighi: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 102.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 59, Recit. Ach Golgatha (Alto)

    Lyricist: Christian Friedrich Henrici. Singer: Hertha Töpper. Orchestra: Munich Bach Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Richter.
    • Bach, J.S.: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244.
    • Archiv Produktion.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 60, 'Sehet, Jesus hat die Hand'

    Lyricist: Christian Friedrich Henrici. Singer: Hertha Töpper. Orchestra: Munich Bach Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Richter. Choir: Munich Bach Chorus. Choir: Munich Chorknaben.
    • Bach, J.S.: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244.
    • Archiv Produktion.

  • Gustav Mahler

    I went this morning over the field (Songs of a Wayfarer)

    Singer: Christian Gerhaher. Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. Conductor: Kent Nagano.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Anton Stepanovich Arensky

    Piano Trio no.1 in D minor Op.31 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.
    • Arensky: The Piano Trios.
    • Philips Classics.
    • 2.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 5 in B flat major, D 485 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 8: OAE, Sir Charles Mackerras.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 2.

  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Septet in E flat major (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • Glinka: Septet, Trio Pathetique, Serenade & 3 Russian Songs.
    • CPO.
    • 104.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Zefiro torna

    Choir: I Fagiolini. Ensemble: Barokksolistene. Director: Robert Hollingworth.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Berceuse (Dolly Suite)

    Orchestrator: Henri Rabaud. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Faure: Orchestral works: BBC Philharmonic/Tortelier.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in E major Kk.206

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Murray Perahia plays Handel and Scarlatti.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 19.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Harp Concerto in B-Flat Major, HWV 294, Op. 4 No. 6: I. Andante - Allegro

    Performer: Xavier de Maistre. Ensemble: Lucerne Festival Strings.
    • Händel.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Rigaudon (Holberg Suite)

    Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Terje Tønnesen.
    • SIMAX.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No 5 in D major (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 9.
    • LSO Live.
    • 3.

  • Jean Cras

    Quintette: I. Assez anime

    Ensemble: Linos Ensemble.
    • French Music for Flute, Harp And String Trio.
    • SWR Classic.
    • 1.

  • Robert Schumann

    Abschied (Waldszenen, Op 82)

    Performer: Marc‐André Hamelin.
    • Schumann - Kinderszenen & Waldszenen; Janacek - On the overgrown path I..
    • HYPERION.
    • 19.

  • Johann Friedrich Fasch

    Concerto in F major for Recorder, Strings and Continuo FaWV LF6 [complete]

    Performer: Thomas Triesschijn. Ensemble: The Counterpoints.
    • Thomascantors in Dialogue.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 14-16.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64: III. Valse. Allegro moderato

    Conductor: Karina Canellakis. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Karina Canellakis conducts Tchaikovsky.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 3.

  • Agathe Backer-Grøndahl

    3 Sange, Op. 1: No. 3, Til mit Hjertes Dronning

    Performer: Sholto Kynoch. Lyricist: Percy Bysshe Shelley. Lyricist: Christian Preetzmann. Singer: Joanna Harries.
    • Backer Grøndahl: 3 Sange, Op. 1: No. 3, Til mit Hjertes Dronning.
    • CRD.
    • 1.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Magnificat in D Major, Wq. 215: I. Magnificat

    Singer: Miriam Feuersinger. Choir: Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart. Singer: Marie Henriette Reinhold. Singer: Patrick Grahl. Singer: Markus Eiche. Director: Hans-Christoph Rademann.
    • J.S. Bach & C.P.E. Bach: Magnificat.
    • Accentus Music.
    • 13.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No. 2, K. 417 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alec Frank-Gemmill. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.
    • Mozart: Horn Concertos.
    • BIS.
    • 6.

Broadcast

  • Sat 15 Nov 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3