22 May 2005
Sunday 22 May 2005 16:00-17:45 (Radio 3)
Today's array of listener requests includes performances of Felix Mendelssohn's Symphony No 4, the Italian - and Richard Strauss Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks; both of these pieces were inspired by memories of the Second World War.
There's also a chance to hear Contrasts by Bela Bartok, who died in the same year that the war ended - 1945.
Duration:
1 hour 45 minutes
Playlist
WALTON: Suite - Battle of Britain
ASMF / Sir Neville Marriner
Chandos CHAN 8870, T 17 and 18
RAVEL: Jeux D'eau
Moura Lympany
EMI CDZ 7 67204-2, T 13
VIVALDI: Concerto in B Minor for 4 violins, RV 580
John Holloway / Monica Huggett / Catherine Mackintosh / Elizabeth Wilcock / Academy of Ancient Music / Christopher Hogwood
Oiseau Lyre 4580782. CD2 T22-24
BARTOK: Contrasts
Joseph Szigeti / Benny Goodman / Bela Bartok
Sony Classical MPK 47676, T 1-3
R STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
Cleveland Orchestra / George Szell
Sony Classical SBK 48272, T 8
BACH: from the Coffee Cantata, BWV 211, mvts 2-4
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Julia Varady / ASMF /
Sir Neville Marriner
Philips 412 882-2, T 2-4
MENDELSSOHN: Italian Symphony
OAE / Sir Charles Mackerras
Virgin VC 7 90725-2, T 1-4
