Playlists with tracks by Howard Skempton
Tuesday 19th January 2021
12:00
Night Tracks
The constant harmony machine
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Hannah Peel with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
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Duke Ellington | Solitude |
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Shocking Twist | two music boxes | |
György Ligeti | Sonatina (2nd mvt) | ||
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Howard Skempton | Quavers | |
Johannes Brahms | Double Concerto in A minor Op.102 (2nd mvt) | ||
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KMRU | Well | |
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Lou Harrison | Suite for Violin and American Gamelan (Air) | |
Astor Piazzolla | Asleep (5 Tango Sensations) | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | String Quartet in F major Op.135 (3rd mvt) | ||
Claudio Monteverdi | Amor (Lamento della ninfa) | ||
Olga Glazova | Dreams of Grey Birds | ||
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Cool Maritime | Forest Bathing | |
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Olivia Chaney | Shelter | |
Daphne Oram | Purring Interlude | ||
Rentaro Taki | Kojo No Tsuki [The Moon on the Ruined Castle] | ||
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Richard Davy | Ah mine heart remember thee well | |
Frédéric Chopin | Nocturne in F sharp major Op.15 no.2 |
Wednesday 13th January 2021
14:00
Night Tracks
A little night music
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Hannah Peel with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
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John Tavener | Eternity's Sunrise | |
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John Dowland | In darkness let me dwell | |
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George Frideric Handel | Israel in Egypt: He sent a thick darkness | |
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Sven Helbig | Bell Sound Falling Like Snow | |
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith | Tides 1 | ||
Leslie Bricusse | Feelin' Good | ||
Bo Holten | First Snow (part 1) | ||
Maarja Nuut & Ruum | The Cloths of Heaven | ||
Boards of Canada | Sundown | ||
Matthew Bourne | Alex (from the album Moogmemory) | ||
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Duke Ellington | Sunset and the Mocking Bird [The Queen's Suite] | |
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Meredith Monk | Dark / Light 1 | |
Erkki-Sven Tüür | Passion | ||
Sergey Rachmaninov | Prelude in C sharp minor, Op 3 No 2 | ||
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Hannah Peel | Sunrise through the dusty Nebula | |
Telepasmiste | Come! Vehicles of Light! | ||
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Howard Skempton | He wishes for the Cloths of Heaven | |
The Walkmen | While I shovel the snow (instrumental) |
Friday 11th December 2020
03:00
Essential Classics
Suzy Klein
8 / 25 Tracks
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Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold | Captain Blood (Main Title) | |
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John Ireland | A London Overture | |
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Florence Price | Tropical Noon (Dances in the Canebrakes) | |
Ludwig van Beethoven | Quintet in E flat - 3rd mvt: Rondo | ||
Philip Glass | Wichita Vortex Sutra | ||
George Frideric Handel | Messiah arr. Mozart - Part 2 (conclusion) | ||
Sergey Rachmaninov | Symphony No 2 in E minor - 3rd mvt: Adagio | ||
Giuseppe Verdi | Falstaff, Act I: "Ehi! paggio... L'Onore! Ladri!" | ||
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Simon Wills | Quem pastores laudavere | |
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Giuseppe Verdi | La Traviata, Act 1: Prelude | |
Tim Tricker | Christmas Carol | ||
Howard Skempton | Well, well Cornelius | ||
William Byrd | Bow thine ear O Lord | ||
Antonio Vivaldi | A solis ortu usque ad occasum (Laudate pueri, RV.601) | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F major (4th mvt) | ||
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Sonata for 2 Pianos in D, K. 448 I. Allegro con spirito | |
Carl Nielsen | Symphony no. 2 Op.16 'The Four temperaments' (4th mvt) | ||
Johannes Brahms | Rhapsody No 2 in G minor, Op 79 | ||
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach | Trio Sonata in C minor 'Sanguineus and Melancholicus'. 1st movement | ||
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Colin MacDonald | Here Again | |
Joseph Haydn | Piano Trio in F major, H.15.6 (1st mvt) | ||
Eric Rogers | Carry On Camping (main titles) | ||
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Lewis Wright | Raise (for Z) |
Sunday 22nd November 2020
14:00
The Art of Simplicity with Stuart Maconie
The Grand Scheme of Things
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Simple music that emulates monolithic austerity and colossal form.
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Charles Ives | The Unanswered Question | |
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Terry Riley | In C | |
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Howard Skempton | Lento | |
György Ligeti | Musica ricercata per pianoforte fur Organ: 1 & 2 | ||
Alan Hovhaness | Symphony No. 2, Mysterious Mountain, Op. 132: I. Andante Con Moto | ||
Arvo Pärt | Psalom | ||
Ellen Arkbro | Chords For Organ | ||
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Giacinto Scelsi | 4 pezzi (su una nota sola): IV. | |
Giuliano d'Angiolini | Ad ora incerta |
Friday 2nd October 2020
09:00
In Tune Mixtape
Classical music to uplift and inspire you
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Refresh and renew your senses with 30 minutes of uplifting classical music, folk & jazz.
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Howard Skempton | Rise Up, My Love | |
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Oscar Peterson | Hymn to Freedom | |
Antonio Vivaldi | Violin Concerto in F minor, RV 297, 'Winter' (2nd mvt) | ||
George Frideric Handel | Ombra mai fu (from Serse, HWV 40, arr Pluhar) | ||
Gerald Finzi | Amen from Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice, Op. 26 (arr Paul Mealor) | ||
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The Gloaming | Allistrum's March |
Friday 28th August 2020
02:00
Breakfast
Friday - Petroc's classical alternative
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Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, including the Friday poem.
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Howard Skempton | Rise Up, My Love | |
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Henry Cowell | Aeolian Harp | |
Jean Sibelius | Lemminkainen's return (Lemminkainen suite Op.22) | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Prelude and Fugue in C # minor, BWV 849 (Book 1, The Well-Tempered Clavier) | ||
Joseph Haydn | Symphony No 102 in B flat major (4th mvt) | ||
Louise Farrenc | Symphony no.3 in G minor, Op.36 (3rd mvt) | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Septet in E flat major Op.20 (6th mvt) | ||
Dmitry Shostakovich | Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op.57 (3rd mvt) | ||
Sergey Rachmaninov | Prelude in D major, Op.23 no.4 | ||
Felix Mendelssohn | String Octet in E flat major Op.20 (1st mvt) | ||
George Frideric Handel | Music for the Royal Fireworks (Overture) | ||
Giovanni Picchi | Canzon decima nona a doi chori from 'Canzoni da sonar' |
Wednesday 5th August 2020
02:00
Breakfast
Wednesday - Georgia?s classical alarm call
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Georgia Mann presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
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John Philip Sousa | Hail to the Spirit of Liberty | |
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Igor Stravinsky | The Firebird |
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Lili Boulanger | Nocturne | |
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Chiara Margarita Cozzolani | Laudate pueri | |
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Felix Mendelssohn | Piano Trio No 2 in C minor, Op 66 | |
Louise Farrenc | Nonet in E flat major, Op 38 (3rd mvt) | ||
Florence Price | Dances in the Canebrakes - No. 3, Silk Hat and Walking Cane | ||
Maurice Ravel | Les entretiens de la belle et de la bête (Ma mère l'oye) | ||
Franz Schubert | Andantino varie, D 823 | ||
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Richard Allison | Psalm 147 | |
George Frideric Handel | Concerto grosso in D major Op.3`6 | ||
Teresa Carreño | Un rêve en mer, Op 28 | ||
Guillaume Dufay | Moribus et genera | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Symphony No 41 in C major, K 551, 'Jupiter' (4th mvt) | ||
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Henry Purcell | Come, ye Sons of Art : Sound the Trumpet | |
Ambroise Thomas | Mignon (Overture) | ||
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Howard Skempton | He wishes for the cloths of heaven | |
Antonio Vivaldi | Mandolin Concerto in C major, RV.425 | ||
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Johann Sebastian Bach | Schmucke dich, O liebe Seele BWV.654 | |
Claude Debussy | L'Enfant prodigue - Prélude; Cortège; Air de danse | ||
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson | Generations: Sinfonietta no.2 for strings (3rd mvt) |
Wednesday 22nd July 2020
14:00
Night Tracks
A little night music
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Hannah Peel with a magical sonic journey for late-night listening.
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Emilíana Torrini | Serenade | |
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Howard Skempton | Lento | |
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Flying Lotus | Say Something | |
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Gabriel Fauré | Requiem in D Minor, Op. 48: In Paradisum | |
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Kalyam Sharif Qawwali Troupe | Jo Tera Gham Na Ho | |
Laurence Pike | New Normal | ||
Benge | Eight | ||
Lukas Foss | Baroque Variations - I. On a Handel Larghetto | ||
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Brandon Ross | Until Iago Whispered | |
Thelonious Monk | Six in One | ||
Brìghde Chaimbeul | Mary Brennan's / The Reeling | ||
Thomas Meadowcroft | Candles | ||
Caroline Shaw | In manus tuas (solo viola version) | ||
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Tiny Leaves | Siba | |
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Daniel Kidane | Aria antica | |
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Tom Rogerson | On-ness |
Sunday 12th July 2020
10:00
The Listening Service
Going Slow
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Tom Service on what happens when our music goes slow.
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Leonard Cohen | Slow | |
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Kenny G | Songbird | |
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Anton Bruckner | Symphony no. 8 in C minor | |
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Edward Elgar | Variations on an original theme ('Enigma') Op.36 for orchestra | |
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Concerto no. 21 in C major K.467 for piano and orchestra | |
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Ludwig van Beethoven | Sonata no. 8 in C minor Op.13 (Pathetique) for piano | |
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Johann Pachelbel | Canon and gigue in D major for 3 violins and continuo | |
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Alexander Borodin | Quartet no. 2 in D major for strings | |
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Edvard Grieg | Concerto in A minor Op.16 for piano and orchestra | |
Thomas Adès | Arcadiana for string quartet | ||
George Gershwin | Rhapsody in blue vers. for 2 pianos & orchestra [1926] | ||
Thomas Adès | Asyla for orchestra | ||
Henryk Mikolaj Górecki | Symphony no. 3 Op.36 (Symphony of sorrowful songs) for soprano and orchestra | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Sonata no. 32 in C minor Op.111 for piano | ||
William Lawes | Consort suite 'for the violls' a 5 no. 3 in C minor [VdGS.74-7] | ||
Howard Skempton | Lento for orchestra | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Concerto (K.622) in A major, arr. R Rumbelow for clarinet and wind ensemble | ||
Italian Traditional Bagpipe Musicians | Pastorale in D major [17th C] | ||
Max Bruch | Concerto no. 1 in G minor Op.26 for violin and orchestra | ||
Joaquín Rodrigo | Fantasia para un gentilhombre for guitar and orchestra | ||
Morton Feldman | String quartet II | ||
Olivier Messiaen | Turangalila-symphonie | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Brandenburg concerto no. 6 in B flat major BWV.1051 | ||
Park Jai Sang | Gangnam Style | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Suite no. 3 in D major BWV.1068 for orchestra | ||
Samuel Barber | Adagio for string orchestra, arr. from 2nd mvt of String Quartet | ||
Joseph Haydn | The Seven last words of our Saviour on the Cross H.20.2 for soloists, chorus and orchestra, arr. from orch. version, H.20.1a | ||
Samuel Barber | Quartet in B minor Op.11 for strings | ||
Éliane Radigue | Occam river I for birbyne and viola | ||
Jules Massenet | Thais - comedie lyrique in 3 acts | ||
Sergey Rachmaninov | Symphony no. 2 in E minor Op.27 | ||
Gabriel Fauré | Apres un reve (Op.7`1), arr. Casals for cello & piano [orig. voice & piano] |
Wednesday 17th June 2020
15:00
Through the Night
Ockeghem's Mass
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Ockeghem's Missa Prolationem interwoven with more recent music. Jonathan Swain presents.
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Giacomo Puccini | Crisantemi | |
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William Byrd | Content is rich | |
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Erik Satie | La Belle Excentrique | |
Johannes Ockeghem | Kyrie from 'Missa Prolationum' | ||
Franz Liszt | Ballade no.2 in B flat, S.171 | ||
Johannes Ockeghem | Sanctus from 'Missa Prolationum' | ||
Frédéric Chopin | 12 Studies Op 10 for piano | ||
John Corigliano | Elegy for orchestra (1965) | ||
Georg Philipp Telemann | Concerto Polonais TWV 43:G4 | ||
John Fransden | O sacrum connvivium | ||
Ludvig Norman | 2 Charakterstücke for piano, Op 1 (1850) | ||
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Henryk Wieniawski | Legende, Op 17 | |
Maurice Ravel | Cinq melodies populaires grecques [5 popular Greek Songs] | ||
Arvo Pärt | Da Pacem Domine | ||
Howard Skempton | The Lord is my Shepherd | ||
Paul Gilson | La Captive [1900]: Suite from Act 1. Ballet-Pantomime | ||
Bo Holten | Alt har sin tid (There's a time for everything) | ||
Joaquin Nin | Seguida Espanola | ||
Sergei Prokofiev | Alexander Nevsky (Op.78) | ||
Carl Nielsen | Symphony no 5, Op 50 | ||
Johannes Ockeghem | Agnus Dei from 'Missa Prolationum' | ||
Stanislaw Moniuszko | Mazurka from the opera 'Halka' (1846-1857) | ||
Caroline Shaw | and the swallow | ||
Johannes Ockeghem | Credo from 'Missa Prolationum' | ||
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Johannes Ockeghem | Gloria from 'Missa Prolationum' | |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Quartet for piano and strings (K.478)in G minor | ||
Frano Parac | Scherzo for Winds |
Wednesday 10th June 2020
14:00
Night Tracks
The music garden
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Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
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Vincenzo Bellini | Casta Diva (Norma) | |
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Charlie Haden | Silence | |
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John Cage | Four2 | |
François Couperin | La Raphaéle (Second Livre de pièces de clavecin, Huitième ordre) | ||
Franz Schubert | An der Mond D.259 | ||
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Howard Skempton | Leamington Spa | |
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Laurie Anderson | Gongs and Bells Sing | |
Arvo Pärt | Psalom | ||
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Oskar Merikanto | Romance, Op.12 | |
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Sarah Pagé | Ephemeris Data | |
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Dawda Jobarteh | Jeg Gik Mig Ud En Sommerdag | |
Sergey Rachmaninov | Andante (Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19) | ||
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Dobrinka Tabakova | Nocturne | |
Trad. | Don't Want to Die in the Storm | ||
Duncan Chisholm | Slow Air: Bonnie At Morn | ||
Traditional Armenian | Akna krunk | ||
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Ernest Chausson | String Quartet in C minor, Op.35: II. Tres calme |
Monday 25th May 2020
04:00
Essential Classics
Suzy Klein
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Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
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Gioachino Rossini | L'Italiana in Algeri (Overture) | |
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Fanny Mendelssohn | Notturno in G minor | |
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Astor Piazzolla | Libertango |
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George Gershwin | An American in Paris | |
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Cole Porter | I love Paris | |
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Isabella Leonarda | Sonata duodecima | |
Benjamin Britten | Courtly Dances (Gloriana) | ||
George Frideric Handel | Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion (Messiah) | ||
Howard Skempton | Well, well Cornelius | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Symphony No 40 in G minor, K 550 | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No.6 in F major, 'Pastoral': I. Allegro ma non troppo | ||
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Johann Sebastian Bach | Fantasia and Fugue and C minor, BWV 562 | |
Giuseppe Verdi | La traviata (Act 1: opening) | ||
Thomas Tallis | Gloria (Missa Puer natus est) | ||
Henry Purcell | Fantazia No 5 in B flat major for four instruments | ||
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | Scheherazade: 3. The Young Prince and the Young Princess | ||
Frédéric Chopin | Etudes, Op. 10: 4. Etude in C Sharp Minor | ||
Joseph Haydn | Piano Trio in F major, H.15.6 (1st mvt) | ||
Jean Françaix | Le gay Paris | ||
Georg Philipp Telemann | Paris Quartet No 8 in A minor | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Clarinet Concerto in A major, K 622 (1st mvt) |
Sunday 24th May 2020
12:00
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone
Dungeon Synth
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Stuart explores his new favourite genre linked to black metal and fantasy literature.
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Melvins | Honey Bucket | |
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Hawkwind | Hurry On Sundown |
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Emperor | Into The Infinity of Thoughts |
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Stereolab | Vonal Declosion |
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Matching Mole | God Song |
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Albert Ayler | Spirits | |
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Throbbing Gristle | What A Day | |
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Drab City | Troubled Girl | |
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Party Dozen | World Prayer | |
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Eartheater | Below The Clavicle | |
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Pulled by Magnets | Invite Them In | |
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Sophie Tassignon | Cum Dederit | |
Ghost Money | Vernal Phenomenon | ||
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Summoning | Orthanc | |
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Albert Ayler | Ghosts First Variation | |
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Howard Skempton | Clarinet Quintet - III. Largo | |
Thangorodrim | In Hills of Shadow Bleak and Cold | ||
Jim Kirkwood | King Of The Golden Hall | ||
The Phillips Curve | Spar Pools | ||
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Albert Ayler | Vibrations | |
Kate NV | Lu Na | ||
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Bibio | Sleep On The Wing | |
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Kemper Norton | Seven Stones 1 | |
Chad Taylor Trio | The Shepherd | ||
Dead Can Dance | Act II The Mountain The Invocation The Forest Psychopomp |
Friday 8th May 2020
05:00
Sound Walk
Sound Walk to Hay-on-Wye
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Horatio Clare presents a 'slow radio' impression of a walk along Offa's Dyke.
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Arthur Honegger | Pastorale d'Ete | |
Howard Skempton | Clarinet Quintet - 1st mvt | ||
Howard Skempton | Three Preludes (1989) no.1 | ||
Alun Hoddinott | Folk-Song Suite | ||
Howard Skempton | Three Preludes (1989) no.2 | ||
Alun Hoddinott | Four Welsh Dances - Op. 15 No. 3 | ||
Howard Skempton | Three Preludes (1989) no.3 | ||
John Spiers | Cobbler's Hornpipe | ||
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Catrin Finch | Bugeilior Gwenith Gwyn | |
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Lavinia Meijer | Passaggio | |
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Catrin Finch | Tros Y Garreg | |
Olivier Messiaen | Des Canyons Aux Etoiles - The Resurrected | ||
György Ligeti | 6 Bagatelles For Wind Quintet - No. 1 | ||
Olivier Messiaen | Des Canyons Aux Etoiles - The Wood Thrush | ||
György Ligeti | 6 Bagatelles For Wind Quintet - No. 3 | ||
Orlando Gough | The World Encompassed - Berbers | ||
György Ligeti | 6 Bagatelles For Wind Quintet - No. 4 | ||
Wales.Traditional | Clychau Aberdyfi | ||
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Howard Skempton | Ben Somewhen | |
William Mathias | Symphony No. 1 - 3rd Mvt. |
Monday 4th May 2020
04:00
Essential Classics
Ian Skelly
10 / 22 Tracks
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Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi | Stabat mater dolorosa (Stabat mater in F minor) | |
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Claudio Monteverdi | Cantate Domino canticum novum | |
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Leroy Anderson | Plink Plank Plunk | |
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Gustav Mahler | Piano Quartet in A minor | |
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Samuel Barber | Summer Music | |
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Claude Debussy | Feux d'artifice (Preludes, Book 2) | |
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Felix Mendelssohn | Symphony No.3 in A minor (Op.56), "Scottish" | |
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Johann Sebastian Bach | Toccata in D major, BWV.912 | |
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Ludwig van Beethoven | 6 Bagatelles, Op.126: No.4 - Presto | |
Mélanie Bonis | Scene de la foret (Invocation) | ||
Giovanni Gabrieli | Exaudi me Domine for 16 voices/instruments | ||
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka | Souvenir d'une nuit d'été à Madrid | ||
Gustav Holst | My true love hath my heart, Op 16 No 2 | ||
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Symphony No 4 in F minor, Op 36 (3rd mvt) | ||
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Howard Skempton | He wishes for the cloths of heaven | |
Benjamin Britten | Simple Symphony (Playful Pizzicato) | ||
Jean Sibelius | Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47 (3rd mvt) | ||
Carl Nielsen | An Imaginary Journey to the Faroes | ||
Clara Schumann | Scherzo no.1 in D minor, Op.10 | ||
Johann Strauss II | Rosen aus dem Süden arr Schoenberg | ||
Léo Delibes | Sylvia, Act III: Divertissement a) Pizzicato |
Monday 27th April 2020
14:00
Night Tracks
Adventures in sound
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Sara Mohr-Pietsch with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
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Lau | Ghosts | |
Michael Vetter | Ancient Voices (Excerpt from) | ||
Peteris Vasks | Symphony for Strings 'Voices' (Balsis): I. Voices of Silence (Klusuma balsis) (1991) | ||
Alexander Scriabin | 2 Impromptus Op.14 for piano: no.1 in B major | ||
Reverso | Montparnasse | ||
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Caetano Veloso | Stardust | |
Robert Schumann | Quartet in E flat major Op.47 for piano and strings: 3rd mvt; Andante cantabile | ||
Erkki-Sven Tüür | Lombra della croce | ||
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William Basinski | Evening Scars | |
Howard Skempton | Half Moon for flute and accordion | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Concerto No. 25 In C Major K.503 For Piano And Orchestra, ii. Andante | ||
James Whitbourn | Luminosity, I. John the Apostle [Lux in tenebris] | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Bach mit Zumutungen | ||
Kálmán Balogh | In Memory of Balogh Elemer | ||
Marin Marais | Marais' Muzette for 2 from Book 3 |
Wednesday 8th April 2020
02:00
Breakfast
Wednesday - Petroc's classical commute
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Petroc Trelawny presents breakfast, featuring a complete Bach cantata for Holy Week.
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Johann Sebastian Bach | Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring |
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Thomas Tallis | Spem in alium |
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Thomas Tallis | O nata lux de lumine | |
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Howard Skempton | Rise Up, My Love | |
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Judith Weir | Arise, Arise! You Slumbering Sleepers | |
Johann Sebastian Bach | Cantata BWV.127 'Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott' | ||
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Anonymous | Faronells Ground | |
Johann Sebastian Bach | Prelude after Bach | ||
Antonio Vivaldi | Concerto in C major 'con molti strumenti', RV 558 (1st mvt) | ||
Johannes Brahms | Horn Trio in E flat, Op.40 (1st mvt) | ||
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Domenico Scarlatti | Sonata in D major, Kk.491 | |
Felix Mendelssohn | War March of the Priests (Athalie, Op.74) | ||
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Ludwig van Beethoven | Overture 'Leonore' no.3, Op.72b | |
Frank Zappa | Maggio | ||
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Sergei Prokofiev | March, Op.99 | |
Franz Berwald | Septet in B flat major (1st mvt) | ||
Sergey Rachmaninov | Prelude in D major, Op. 23 no.4 | ||
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Franz Schubert | Auf dem Strom, D.943 | |
Frederick Loewe | I'm Glad I'm Not Young Anymore (Gigi) | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Violin Sonata in D Major K.7 (2nd mvt) |
Thursday 19th March 2020
03:00
Essential Classics
Essential Classics with Suzy Klein: Essential music for spring, Gerard Hoffnung learns the tuba
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Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, old and new.
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Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita | Ceffylau | |
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Miles Davis | Blue in Green |
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | The Marriage of Figaro (Overture) | |
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Bill Evans | Peace Piece |
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Felix Mendelssohn | Ruy Blas, Op.95 | |
Ludwig van Beethoven | String Quartet in E minor, Op 59 No 2 'Razumovsky' (4th mvt finale) | ||
Max Reger | A Romantic Suite Op. 125: mvt. II - scherzo. vivace | ||
Francis Poulenc | Rag-Mazurka (Les biches) | ||
Max Richter | Spring (Recomposed) | ||
Francisco Guerrero | Maria Magdalena | ||
Michael Giacchino | The Glory Days - from The Incredibles | ||
Franz Schubert | Symphony no.5 in B flat major, D.485 (1st mvt) | ||
Frédéric Chopin | Ballade in G minor, Op 23 No 1 | ||
Miriam Hyde | Piano Concerto No 1 in E flat minor, 3rd mvt 'Allegro scherzando' | ||
Antonio Vivaldi | Sinfonia de L'Olimpiade, RV 725 | ||
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber | L'annonciation | ||
Nicolò Paganini | Tarantella in A minor | ||
Howard Skempton | Lento for orchestra | ||
Trad. | Sweet William | ||
Isaac Albéniz | Iberia Book 1 (El Puerto) | ||
Vincenzo Calestani | Damigella, tutta bella for voice and continuo [1617] | ||
Claude Debussy | Bruyères (Preludes Bk.2 no.5) | ||
Joseph Haydn | The Creation [Die Schopfung] (H.21.2), Pt 1 no.13; Die Himmel erzahlen | ||
Erich Wolfgang Korngold | Violin Concerto in D major, Op 35 (1st mvt) | ||
Kevin McKee | Iron Horse: I. The Blue Goose | ||
Erik Satie | Gymnopédie No 2 in C major |
Tuesday 17th March 2020
02:00
Breakfast
Tuesday - Petroc's classical alternative
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Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
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Samuil Feinberg | Piano Sonata no.1 Op.1 | |
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Howard Skempton | He wishes for the Cloths of Heaven | |
Sergey Rachmaninov | Prelude in E flat minor, Op.23 no.9 | ||
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Johann Sebastian Bach | Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV.830 (Toccata) | |
Sir Hamilton Harty | Piano Concerto in B minor (2nd mvt) | ||
Johann Strauss II | Spring in My Heart | ||
Turlough O'Carolan | Mary O'Neill | ||
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Johann Strauss II | Voices of spring, Op.40 | |
Johannes Brahms | Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77 (3rd mvt) | ||
Benjamin Britten | Noye's Fludde (excerpt) | ||
John Field | Nocturne no.1 in E flat major | ||
Charles Villiers Stanford | The Blue bird | ||
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Martin Hayes | Maghera Mountain | |
Claude Debussy | Sonate en trio (2nd mvt) | ||
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Moondog | Voices of Spring | |
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre | Trio Sonata no.4 in G minor | ||
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Rebecca Clarke | The Cherry-blossom wand | |
Georg Philipp Telemann | Scherzo no.1 in A major, TWV.42:A1 | ||
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor | Piano Quintet in G minor, Op.1 (3rd mvt) | ||
George Frideric Handel | Sound an alarm! (Judas Maccabaeus) |
Tuesday 10th March 2020
06:00
Afternoon Concert
Ulster Orchestra at Ulster Hall (2/4)
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The Ulster Orchestra plays music by Howard Skempton, Wagner, Elgar and Mozart in Belfast.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Clarinet Concerto | |
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Richard Wagner | Wesendonck Lieder | |
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Howard Skempton | Lento | |
Edward Elgar | Symphony No. 2 | ||
Deirdre Gribbin | Venus Blazing | ||
Ernest John Moeran | Rhapsody in F sharp major for piano and orchestra | ||
Sir Hamilton Harty | An Irish symphony - 3rd movement; In the Antrim Hills [Lento] |
Saturday 29th February 2020
03:00
Record Review
Béla Bartók's Piano Concerto No 3 on Building a Library with Kate Molleson and Andrew McGregor
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Kate Molleson chooses her favourite recording of Béla Bartók's Piano Concerto No 3.
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Gregorio Allegri | Miserere mei, Deus |
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Eriks Esenvalds | Stars | |
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Thomas Tallis | Loquebantur variis linguis | |
William Byrd | Ne irascaris, Domine | ||
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Howard Skempton | Nocturne No. 1 | |
Jacques Offenbach | "Ouvrez, au nom de la loi!" (Maître Péronilla, Act 2) | ||
Jacques Offenbach | "Petit papa, protégez-moi" (Maître Péronilla, Act 2) | ||
Arnold Schoenberg | Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (mvts. 3-5) | ||
Jacques Offenbach | "Allons, allons, il faut partir!" (Maître Péronilla, Act 2) | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Horn Quintet in E flat, K407 (1st mvt) | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Piano Concerto No. 5 in D major, K175 (3rd mvt) | ||
Josef Suk | Asrael Symphony, Op. 27 (2nd mvt) | ||
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Louise Farrenc | Overture No. 2, Op. 24 | |
Domenico Scarlatti | Keyboard Sonata K144 in G major | ||
Howard Skempton | Preludes and Fugue No. 7 in G-Flat Major | ||
Domenico Scarlatti | Keyboard Sonata K427 in G major | ||
Howard Skempton | Preludes and Fugue No. 8 in G Minor | ||
Thomas Adès | Concerto for piano and orchestra (1st mvt) | ||
Howard Skempton | Preludes and Fugue No. 9 in A-Flat Major | ||
Howard Skempton | Preludes and Fugue No. 10 in A minor |
Tuesday 7th January 2020
12:00
Night Tracks
The great escape
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Hannah Peel with an adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
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Moonlight Saving Time | Sea Fever | |
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Henry Purcell | Fantazia V in 4 parts | |
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Stella Chiweshe | Chipindura | |
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Tara Creme | Suite for Prepared Piano, Pt. 9 | |
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Howard Skempton | More Sweet Than My Refrain | |
Thomas Morgan | Tennessee Waltz | ||
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Isaac Schankler | Alien Warp Etude | |
John Cage | Suite for Toy Piano: IV | ||
John Field | Nocturne no.1 in E flat major | ||
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Julia Wolfe | Anthracite Fields: IV. Flowers | |
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Bernat Vivancos | Lux Perpetua | |
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Luke Daniels | Revolve & Rotate, Pt. 1 | |
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach | Sinfonia in C Major, Wq. 182.3, H. 659: III. Allegretto | |
Christopher Cerrone | South Catalina | ||
Ornette Coleman | I Heard It over the Radio | ||
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Felix Mendelssohn | Piano Trio No. 2 in C Minor Op. 66: II. Andante espressivo | |
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Santiago de Murcia | Gaitas | |
George lvanovich Gurdjieff | The Bokharian Dervish |
Saturday 28th December 2019
02:00
Breakfast
Saturday - Martin Handley
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Classical music for breakfast time.
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Paul McCartney | Blackbird | |
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Erik Satie | Je te veux |
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John Ireland | Sea Fever | |
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Howard Skempton | Rise up, my love | |
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Flute Quartet K.298 | |
Trish Clowes | Pfeiffer and the Whales | ||
Gabriel Pierné | Piano Concerto in C minor, Op.12 (3rd mvt) | ||
Jean Drejac | La chansonnette | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Brandenburg Concerto No.1 in F major, BWV.1046 (1st mvt) | ||
AntonÃn Dvořák | Czech suite, Op.39 (Sousedska) | ||
Luigi Boccherini | String Quintet in E major, Op.11`5 (3rd mvt) | ||
AntonÃn Dvořák | Romance in F minor Op.11 | ||
Benjamin Britten | Simple Symphony (Boisterous Bourrée) | ||
Ralph Vaughan Williams | The Waves (A Sea Symphony) | ||
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Tanburi Cemil Bey | Nihavent Sirto | |
Franz Schubert | Piano Sonata in A major, D 959 | ||
Trad. | Wa Habibi (Beloved) | ||
Frédéric Chopin | Mazurka In A Flat, Op. 50/2 |
Sunday 22nd December 2019
12:00
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone
Freak Zone Christmas Snowball
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Accumulating musicians down a snowy hill, Stuart presents a festive Freak Zone snowball
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Can | Halleluhwah | |
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The Polyphonic Spree | It's The Sun |
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Pentangle | Light Flight | |
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Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Trilogy |
Nérija | Redamancy | ||
Plan 9 | Dealing With The Dead | ||
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Anne Briggs | The Snow It Melts The Soonest | |
Jaga Jazzist | Banafluer Overalt | ||
Mats Morgan | Banned Again | ||
Iannis Xenakis | Atrees Pour 10 Instruments (2nd part) | ||
Kraftwerk | Heimatklänge | ||
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Shards | Beams | |
Howard Skempton | Grazioso | ||
World Saxophone Quartet | Plain Song | ||
Steve Reich | Section 1 | ||
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Brad Mehldau | The Sound Of Water | |
Tubular Brass | Opening Pt 1 | ||
Rhys Chatham | Part 3 | ||
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Bent Knee | Golden Hour |
Tuesday 12th November 2019
12:00
Night Tracks
Dissolve into sound
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An adventurous, immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
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Tom Waits | Goodnight Irene | |
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Christina Vantzou | Homemade Mountains | |
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Ivor Gurney | Sleep | |
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Howard Skempton | Rise Up, My Love no.4: how fair and how pleasant | |
Sir James MacMillan | For Ian | ||
Peteris Vasks | Pianissimo (Gramata cellam) | ||
Isaac Albéniz | Mallorca - barcarola arr. misc. for guitar [orig.piano Op.202] | ||
Mairearad Green & Mike Vass | Puirt | ||
Alessandro Marcello | Concerto for oboe and strings (2nd mvt) | ||
Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars | Aunt Hagar's Blues | ||
George Frideric Handel | Organ Concerto HWV 295 'The Cuckoo and the Nightingale' (3rd mvt) | ||
Robert Schumann | Violin Concerto (2nd mvt) | ||
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Hildegard von Bingen | O Virtus Sapientiae | |
Anon | Voglio una casa | ||
Taryalai Hashimi | Kataghani | ||
Francis Poulenc | Flute Sonata: 2nd mvt | ||
Jonathan Harvey | Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco for electronic tape | ||
Franz Schubert | Impromptu in E flat major D 899 No 2 | ||
Yogyakarta - Java | Gamelan Royal |
Monday 28th October 2019
14:00
Night Tracks
Immerse yourself
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An immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
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Elizabeth Cotten | When I get home | |
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Howard Skempton | Lento | |
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Mira Calix | A Ribbon Forgotten (Scene 12) | |
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith | Stratus | ||
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Manu Delago | Delta Sleep (Live At 4:33am) | |
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Bernard Parmegiani | L'herbe rouge 2 | |
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Maurice Ravel | String Quartet in F Major: I. Allegro moderato (arr. for 4 ondes martenot) | |
Claude Debussy | Nocturnes, transc. Ravel for 2 pianos: no.2; Fetes | ||
Eldbjørg Raknes | Sleep | ||
Robert Schumann | Kreisleriana Op.16 : IV Sehr langsam &V Sehr lebhaft | ||
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Thomas Morley | 9 Fantasie: No. 5, Il lamento | |
Erik Satie | Trois Mélodies: Élegie | ||
Hanna Paulsberg | Scent of Soil | ||
Henry Purcell | Sonata IX in F major 'Golden' | ||
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Jean Sibelius | 13 Pieces for Piano, Op.76: 2. Etude |
Friday 18th October 2019
07:00
The Listening Service
The Simple Truth
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When is less more, and less less? How hard is it to achieve meaningful musical simplicity?
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Nils Frahm | Tristana |
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Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony no. 9 in D minor Op.125 (Choral) | |
Howard Skempton | Chorale for piano [1976] | ||
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Howard Skempton | Piano Piece 1969 | |
Philip Glass | Concerto no. 1 for violin and orchestra | ||
Howard Skempton | Rise up, my love for chorus | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Requiem in D minor K.626, compl. Sussmayr | ||
Howard Skempton | Well, well Cornelius for piano [1982] | ||
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Joe Raposo | Sing | |
Aaron Copland | Appalachian spring - ballet vers. for orchestra [1945] | ||
Laurence Crane | 10, 000 Green Bottles | ||
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Anton Webern | Symphony Op.21 | |
Leos JanáÄek | Sinfonietta | ||
Arvo Pärt | Spiegel im Spiegel for violin and piano | ||
Ludovico Einaudi | The Dark Bank of Clouds | ||
Cadgwith Fishermen's Chorus | TRADITIONAL: What shall we do with a drunken sailor? | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | 33 Variations on a waltz by Diabelli in C major Op.120 for piano | ||
Franz Schubert | Quintet in C major D.956 for 2 violins, viola and 2 cellos | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Quartet in C sharp minor Op.131 for strings | ||
Howard Skempton | Campanella 3 for piano [1982] |
Tuesday 8th October 2019
12:00
Night Tracks
Dissolve into sound
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An immersive soundtrack for late-night listening.
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Mark O’Connor | Appalachia Waltz | |
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Brad Mehldau | Ron's Place | |
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Alonso Lobo | Versa est in luctum |
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Woody Guthrie | Hobo's Lullaby |
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Felix Mendelssohn | String Quartet in A minor, Op.13: II: Adagio non lento | |
Ludwig van Beethoven | 'Allegro' from Piano sonata No.15 in D major, Op.28, 'Pastorale' | ||
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Saulius Petreikis | Kankles | |
Einojuhani Rautavaara | Cantus arcticus, op.61 Concerto for Birds and Orchestra: II Melankolia | ||
Arvo Pärt | My heart's in the Highlands | ||
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Johann Paul von Westhoff | Sonata for violin and continuo III: Imitazione delle campane | |
AgustÃn Barrios Mangoré | La Catedral (Preludio Saudade) | ||
Howard Skempton | Kettle's yard canon | ||
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Stephan Micus | Midnight Sea | |
Igor Stravinsky | Apollon Musagete, Tableau II: Tableau II: Pas de deus: Apollo and Terpischore | ||
Domenico Scarlatti | Sonata K215 in E major | ||
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Steve Reich | Music for 18 musicians (modular version): Section IV | |
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Meredith Monk | Earth seen from above | |
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Emily Hall | The Happiness handbook: V |
Wednesday 25th September 2019
03:00
Essential Classics
Essential Classics with Suzy Klein: Rachel Riley, Lord Berners
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Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
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Claude Debussy | Pagodes (Estampes) | |
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Fats Waller | Ain't Misbehavin' |
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John Lennon | Blackbird | |
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Gregorio Allegri | Miserere mei, Deus |
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Robert Schumann | Papillons, Op 2 | |
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Richard Wagner | Forest Murmurs (Siegfried) | |
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Lord Berners | Come on Algernon' | |
Robert Schumann | Eintritt (Waldszenen, Op 82) | ||
Felix Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn: Athalie, Op. 74, MWV M 16: IVa. War March of the Priests | ||
Lord Berners | Nicholas Nickleby - Incidental Music from the Film - Part 1 | ||
George Frideric Handel | Concerto Grosso in G major, Op 3 No 3 | ||
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Lord Berners | Red Roses and Red Noses | |
Trad. | The Leaving of Liverpool | ||
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Lord Berners | The Triumph of Neptune - Prelude | |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Divertimento in F major, K 138 | ||
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Howard Skempton | More Sweet Than My Refrain | |
Ludwig van Beethoven | String Trio in D major, Op 9 No 2 (4th mvt) | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Keyboard Concerto No 5 in F minor, BWV 1056 | ||
Miles Davis | Blue in Green arr McLaughlin for 2 pianos | ||
AntonÃn Dvořák | Polonaise in E flat major, B100 | ||
Johannes Brahms | Hungarian Dance No 4 in F sharp minor | ||
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | Allegro in B flat major (Les Vendredis) | ||
Camille Saintâ€Saëns | Aquarium (Carnival of the Animals) | ||
John Adams | Violin Concerto - 3rd mvt 'Toccare ' | ||
Peter Dickinson | Suite for the Centenary of Lord Berners for Clavichord - i. Blues | ||
Cécile Louise Chaminade | Danse païenne, Op 158 | ||
Richard Strauss | 8 Lieder (Op.49) [1900-01], no.1; Waldseligkeit | ||
Joseph Haydn | Overture in D major H.1a.7 | ||
Cristóbal de Morales | Regina caeli | ||
Leos JanáÄek | The Cunning Little Vixen: Finale | ||
Robert Schumann | Abschied (Waldszenen, Op 82) |
Sunday 22nd September 2019
11:00
Words and Music
Truth
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'The truth is rarely pure and never simple.' Readings by Morfydd Clark and Neil Dudgeon.
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Joni Mitchell | Hejira |
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Howard Skempton | Lento | |
Giuseppe Verdi | QuestÂ’e la pace che voi date al mondo? | ||
Joel Cohen | Motet: Veritas Arpie | ||
John Tavener | New Jerusalem – Upanishad Hymn | ||
Anikulapo Kuti, Olufemi Olufela | Truth Don Die | ||
Lowman Pauling | Tell The Truth | ||
Arvo Pärt | Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Diabelli Variations – Var. 31: Largo, molto espressivo | ||
Brian Wilson | Till I Die | ||
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Manuel de Falla | El pan de Ronda que sabe a verdad | |
Darby Slick | Somebody To Love | ||
Ralph Vaughan Williams | Valiant-for-truth | ||
Dave Brubeck, Robert Penn Warren | Truth | ||
Giuseppe Verdi | O Signor, di Fiandra arrivo |