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Chopin's Nocturnes Op. 9

Connecting Ireland with American jazz, Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps Chopin's inky Nocturnes Op. 9. Stops include Baroque longings, a teenage Mendelssohn's symphony and an operatic kiss.

Connecting Ireland with a teenage Mendelssohn and American jazz, Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps Chopin's inky Nocturnes Op.9. These three pieces became the template for Romantic nocturnal musings, and there are twilit yearnings along the way. With stops for vespertine Baroque wanderings and a twentieth century kiss, there's also a surprise appearance from a Rat Pack classic.

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Music Played

  • John Field

    Nocturne No. 14 in G Major, H. 58

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • DG.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Recit accomp: "die stille Nacht umschloss den Kreis der Erden"

    Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Petra Müllejans.
    • Erato.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik K525: IV Rondo

    Orchestra: Münchener Kammerorchester. Conductor: Enrico Onofri.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Lili Boulanger

    Nocturne

    Performer: Juliette Hurel. Performer: Hélène Couvert.
    • Alpha Classics.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings: Nocturne

    Performer: Richard Watkins. Singer: Allan Clayton. Ensemble: Aldeburgh Strings. Conductor: Markus Däunert.
    • Linn.

  • Jon Batiste

    Nocturne no.1 in D minor

    Performer: Jon Batiste.
    • Verve.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no.1 in C minor: IV Allegro con fuoco

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • DG.

  • Louis Andriessen

    "Un beau baiser" from the opera, George Sand

    Choir: Cappella Amsterdam. Conductor: Daniel Reuss.
    • Pentatone.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    6 Polish Songs: I. Maiden's Wish

    Performer: Mariam Batsashvili. Music Arranger: Franz Liszt.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Chopiniana, op.46: I. Polonaise

    Composer: Frédéric Chopin. Orchestra: Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Decca.

  • Dave Brubeck

    Thank You

    Ensemble: The Dave Brubeck Quartet.
    • FONTANA.

  • Franz Schubert

    Ave Maria D.839

    Singer: Sabine Devieilhe. Ensemble: Pygmalion.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Jacques Revaux

    My Way

    Composer: Gilles Thibaut. Composer: Claude François. Composer: Paul Anka. Singer: Frank Sinatra.
    • Capitol Records.

  • Richard Strauss

    Der Rosenkavalier Suite: III. Baron Ochs' Waltz

    Music Arranger: Stefan Potzmann. Ensemble: ensemble minui.
    • ARS Produktion.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturnes op.9 nos.1, 2 and 3

    Performer: Maria João Pires.
    • DG.

  • Hubert Parry

    Welcome Yule

    Choir: The Rodolfus Choir. Conductor: Ralph Allwood.

Broadcast

  • Last Sunday13:30
    BBC Radio 3