Playlists with tracks by James MacMillan
Sunday 22nd December 2019
10:00
Something Understood
Parochialism
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Mark Tully considers the strengths and limitations of small ponds.
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Simon & Garfunkel | My Little Town |
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Bob Dylan | Sign On The Window | |
Berlin | A Little Fish In A Big Pond | ||
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi | 3rd Mvmt: Allegro from Sinfonia Li Prodigi Della Divina Grazia Nella Conversione e Morte di San Giglielmo d'Aquitania | ||
James Macmillan | Nunc Dimitis | ||
Putnam | The Green Green Grass of Home |
Thursday 2nd May 2019
09:00
Radio 3 in Concert
Breathing new life into the symphony
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The BBC Philharmonic and Martyn Brabbins in music by James MacMillan, Britten and Tippett.
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Benjamin Britten | Les Illuminations | |
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James MacMillan | Mairi | |
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Michael Tippett | Dance, clarion air | |
Sir James MacMillan | Symphony No.4 | ||
Sir James MacMillan | The Gallant Weaver | ||
Michael Tippett | Symphony No.4 |
Thursday 18th April 2019
09:00
Radio 3 in Concert
The journey to the cross
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Sir James MacMillan conducts the BBC Singers in a programme of music for Maundy Thursday.
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Carlo Gesualdo | In monte Oliveti | |
James Macmillan | A Choral Sequence from the St John Passion | ||
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John Casken | Darting the Skiff | |
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Carlo Gesualdo | Tristis est anima mea | |
Louis Vierne | Piano Quintet in C minor, Op 42 | ||
Carlo Gesualdo | Ecce vidimus eum | ||
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Carlo Gesualdo | Benedictus | |
James Macmillan | Cum vidisset Jesus | ||
James Macmillan | Qui meditatibur | ||
James Macmillan | Videns Dominus | ||
James Macmillan | Mitte manum tuam | ||
James Macmillan | Pascha nostrum immolatus est | ||
James Macmillan | Domine non secundum peccata nostra |
Monday 25th March 2019
03:00
Breakfast
Monday - Georgia?s classical mix
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Georgia Mann presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
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Giuseppe Verdi | Bella figlia dell'amore (Rigoletto) | |
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George Gershwin | Fascinatin' Rhythm | |
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James MacMillan | Tremunt videntes angeli | |
Traditional Spiritual | Deep River | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Cantata BWV No 1 - 'Erfullet, ihr himmlischen gottlichen Flammen' | ||
Traditional Spiritual | Wade in the Water | ||
Béla Bartók | For children Sz.42 - volumes 1 & 2 | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Fugue (Fantasia & Fugue in A minor, BWV 904) | ||
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Claude Debussy | Nocturne in D flat major | |
Josef Fiala | Concerto in C major for cor anglais | ||
Donald Swann | Bilbo's Last Song (The Road Goes Ever On) | ||
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Juan Vicente Torrealba | La Paraulata | |
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Edward Elgar | Chanson de Matin Op 15 No 2 | |
Léo Delibes | Sous le dôme épais (Lakmé) | ||
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Eriks Esenvalds | Rasa - Dew | |
Louise Farrenc | Symphony No 3 in G minor, Op 36 (3rd mvt) | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No 6 in F major, Op 68, 'Pastoral' (1st mvt) | ||
Max Bruch | Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor: III. Finale: Allegro energico | ||
Henry Purcell | King Arthur (Overture) | ||
Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich | Humoresque Op.5 For Cello And Piano | ||
Howard Shore | The Fellowship (The Lord of the Rings) | ||
Ottorino Respighi | Danza rustica (Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No 2) |
Tuesday 19th March 2019
06:00
Afternoon Concert
The Ulster Orchestra performs Chopin, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich
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Music by Anna Clyne, Chopin and Shostakovich performed by the Ulster Orchestra.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Symphony no. 6 in B minor Op.74 (Pathetique) | |
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Dmitri Shostakovich | Symphony no. 10 in E minor Op.93 | |
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James MacMillan | Britannia | |
Anna Clyne | This midnight hour | ||
Frédéric Chopin | Piano Concerto no. 2 in F minor Op.21 | ||
Johannes Brahms | Hungarian Dances Nos 12-15 |
Friday 15th March 2019
03:00
Essential Classics
Friday with Suzy Klein - Ravel's L'Aurore, Al Murray, The Venerable Yew
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Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Horn Concerto No 3 in E flat major, K 447 | |
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Benjamin Britten | Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Dawn) | |
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Robert Schumann | Arabeske in C major, Op 18 | |
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Richard Strauss | Serenade in E flat major, Op 7 | |
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Igor Stravinsky | Tango |
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James MacMillan | O Radiant Dawn | |
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John Addison | A Bridge Too Far | |
Hubert Parry | Crossing the Bar | ||
Sergei Prokofiev | Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor Op. 63, 2nd mvt: Andante | ||
Alexander Glazunov | Albumblatt in D flat major for trumpet and piano | ||
William Bolcom | 3 Ghost rags for piano, no.1; The Graceful ghost | ||
Béla Bartók | Hungarian Sketches for orchestra | ||
Johan Svendsen | Carnival in Paris, Op 9 | ||
Johannes Brahms | Ballade in B major, Op 10 No 4 | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Die Zauberflöte, Act I: Quintet "Hm! hm! hm! hm!" | ||
Dag Wirén | Concert Overture No 2, Op 16 | ||
Felix Mendelssohn | Andante in E major, Op 81 No 1 (4 Pieces for string quartet) | ||
John Field | Nocturne No.10 in E minor | ||
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Frank Martin | Mass for Double Choir: Agnus Dei | |
Maurice Ravel | L'Aurore | ||
Franz Schubert | Trio in E flat major, D 897, 'Notturno' | ||
Maurice Ravel | Sonatine for piano (2nd mvt) | ||
George Frideric Handel | Concerto grosso (Op.3`3) in G major, | ||
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Eugene Onegin (Act 3, Sc 1: Polonaise) | ||
Grażyna Bacewicz | Overture for orchestra |
Thursday 7th March 2019
07:00
In Tune
Joseph Middleton & Fatma Said, The English Concert with Christian Curnyn, Ben Gernon
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Top class live music from some of the world's finest musicians.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams | The Wasps (Overture) | |
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Bedrich Smetana | The Bartered Bride (Overture) |
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Richard Strauss | Meinem Kinde | |
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William Walton | Portsmouth Point Overture | |
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | The Magic Flute (Overture) | |
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Franz Schubert | Impromptu in E flat major, D.899 no.2 | |
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Johann Sebastian Bach | Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Gigue) | |
Louis Vierne | Violin Sonata (3rd mvt) | ||
Claude Debussy | Le son du cor s'afflige vers les bois (from 3 Mélodies de Verlaine) | ||
Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky | Colas Breugnon, Op 24 (Overture) | ||
Edvard Grieg | Homage (Sigurd Jorsalfar) | ||
Fernando Obradors | Del cabello más sutil | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Symphony No 35 'Haffner' (4th mvt) | ||
Frédéric Chopin | Nocturne in E flat major, Op 9 No 2 | ||
Georg Muffat | Sonata V in G from Armonico Tributo: Passacaglia | ||
Geroge Frideric Handel | Menuet (Concert grosso Op. 6 No. 5) | ||
James MacMillan | A New Song |
Tuesday 5th March 2019
03:00
Essential Classics
Tuesday with Suzy Klein - Vaughan Williams's Sinfonia antartica, Anoushka Shankar, Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique
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Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
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Alexander Borodin | Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor) | |
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Jean Sibelius | Karelia Suite | |
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Hildegard von Bingen | O Pastor animarum | |
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Franz Schubert | Allegretto in C minor, D 915 | |
Ralph Vaughan Williams | Our Classical Century - Sinfonia Antarctica | ||
George Frideric Handel | Va tacito (Giulio Cesare) | ||
Richard Strauss | Festmarsch in E flat major, Op 1 | ||
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Adolphe Adam | Giselle (Act 1, Valse) | |
Giuseppe Tartini | Violin Concerto in A major, D 96 (2nd mvt) | ||
Sergei Rachmaninov | Symphony No 2 in E minor, Op 27 (4th mvt) | ||
Hector Berlioz | Symphonie fantastique (Op.14), 5th movement; Songe d'une nuit du Sabbat | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Sonata in A minor, K.310: ii) Andante cantabile con espressione | ||
Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov | Baba-Yaga, Op 56 | ||
Antonín Dvořák | Serenade in D minor, Op. 44: I. Moderato, quasi marcia | ||
James MacMillan | Ave maris stella for chorus | ||
Arthur Sullivan | When the night wind howls (Ruddigore) | ||
Cécile Louise Chaminade | Danse païenne, Op 158 | ||
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Johann Sebastian Bach | Violin Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1052R: III. Allegro | |
Erich Wolfgang Korngold | Sextet in D major Op.10 for strings | ||
Malcolm Arnold | Tam O'Shanter, Op 51 | ||
Francisco Tárrega | Capricho arabe - serenata for guitar | ||
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Nitin Sawhney | River Pulse | |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Valse-Scherzo in C major, Op 34 | ||
Frédéric Chopin | Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor, Op 66 |
Saturday 2nd March 2019
06:00
Inside Music
Find fresh meaning in music with singer Allan Clayton
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Hear a leading musician open up a colourful selection of music from the inside.
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Take 6 | Spread Love | |
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Robert Schumann | Mondnacht (Liederkreis Op.39) | |
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James MacMillan | The Confession of Isobel Gowdie | |
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Gustav Holst | Egdon Heath | |
Johann Sebastian Bach | Partita No.3 in E Major - I Preludio | ||
Aaron Copland | Appalachian Spring: II Allegro - VI Meno mosso | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No.3 - Scherzo | ||
Benjamin Britten | Nocturne - VI 'She sleeps on soft last breaths' | ||
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Percy Grainger | Willow willow | |
Benjamin Britten | Peter Grimes - Four Sea Interludes (II 'Sunday Morning') | ||
Charles Tessier | Chansons Turcquesques: 'Hel vel Aqueer & Tal lissi man' | ||
Charles Tessier | Bransle de village | ||
Thomas Adès | Arcadiana (O Albion) | ||
Franz Schubert | Impromptu No.4 d.935 | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Die Zauberflote - 'Dies Bildnis ist bezaubern Schon' | ||
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Guillaume de Machaut | Messe de Nostre Dame - Gloria | |
Henry Purcell | Fantasia in C minor for 4 viols Z.738 |
Wednesday 27th February 2019
11:00
Radio 3 in Concert
Sir James MacMillan at 60
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Scotland's foremost composer birthday celebrations with friends, the SCO and Colin Currie.
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Arvo Pärt | Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten | |
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James MacMillan | Veni, veni, Emmanuel | |
James MacMillan | Seven last words from the cross | ||
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Olli Mustonen | Toccata | |
Ottorino Respighi | Suite in G major for Strings and Organ |
02:00
Breakfast
Wednesday - Petroc's classical commute
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Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
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Lowell Liebermann | Revelry | |
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Sergei Rachmaninov | Prelude in D major, Op 23 No 4 | |
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Henry Purcell | Come, ye sons of art, away: Come, ye sons of art, away; Sound the trumpet | |
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Reynaldo Hahn | A Chloris |
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Hubert Parry | I was glad | |
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James MacMillan | The Gallant Weaver | |
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Jacobus Clemens non Papa | Ego flos campi | |
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Gustav Holst | First Dance (Beni Mora: Oriental Suite) | |
Johann Sebastian Bach | Fugue BWV 903 in D minor | ||
Einojuhani Rautavaara | Melankolia (Cantus Arcticus, Op 61) | ||
Leos Janáček | Sinfonietta (4th & 5th mvts) | ||
Georg Philipp Telemann | Overture in C major, 'Hamburger Ebb' und Fluth' | ||
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Michio Miyagi | Haru no umi | |
Henriette Renié | Harp Concerto in C minor (2nd mvt) | ||
Rita Strohl | Titus et Bérénice (2nd mvt) | ||
Robert Simpson | Energy: Symphonic Study for brass band (5th mvt) | ||
Igor Stravinsky | The Rite of Spring (Part 2: Sacrifical Dance) | ||
Wilhelm Peterson‐Berger | Memories (Frösöblomster, Book II) | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | String Quartet in D major, K 155 | ||
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Joaquin Malats | Serenata espanola |
Tuesday 26th February 2019
09:00
Radio 3 in Concert
Bach on the recorder
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Music by JS Bach played on the recorder by Lucie Horsch with the AAM under Richard Egarr.
Antonio Vivaldi | Concerto for Flautino in C major, Op. 4 No. 11 (arr. in G major for recorder) | ||
Giuseppe Baldassare Sammartini | Concerto in F major for recorder and strings | ||
Igor Stravinsky | Concerto for two solo pianos | ||
James MacMillan | After Virtue | ||
James MacMillan | Tu es Petrus | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | 'Erbarme Dich' from St Matthew Passion BWV.244 | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Concerto for Harpsichord No. 3 in D major BWV1054 | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Concerto for Harpsichord No. 7 in G minor BWV1058 | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Concerto for Oboe in D minor BWV1059 | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | 'Badinerie', from Orchestral Suite No.2 in B minor, BWV1067 |
Wednesday 20th February 2019
02:00
Breakfast
Wednesday - Petroc's classical picks
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Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests
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Ludwig van Beethoven | The Creatures of Prometheus, Op 43 (Overture) | |
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Gioachino Rossini | Largo al Factotum (The Barber of Seville) | |
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Waltz (Swan Lake) | |
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Maurice Ravel | Jeux d'eau |
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John Dowland | In darkness let me dwell | |
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Franz Liszt | Hungarian Rhapsody No 6 in D flat major | |
James MacMillan | Ave maris stella | ||
Traditional Armenian | A Cool Wind Is Blowing | ||
Jean Françaix | L'heure du berger | ||
Aram Khachaturian | Piano concerto in D flat major - 2d mvt, Andante con anima | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Widerstehe doch der Sünde, BWV 54 (Cantata No 54) | ||
Erik Satie | Le piège de Meduse | ||
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Johannes Brahms | 3 Quartets, Op 64; No 3, 'Fragen' | |
François Couperin | Allemande, from Les Nations (Premiere Ordre, 'La Française') | ||
Joseph Haydn | Piano Trio in D major, H.15.21 (1st mvt) | ||
Frédéric Chopin | Berceuse in D flat major, Op 57 | ||
Giovanni Gabrieli | Canzon noni toni à 12 | ||
Heinrich Schütz | Saul, Saul, was verfolgst du mich | ||
Robert Schumann | Genoveva: Overture | ||
Ibrahim Ferrer | De Camino A La Vereda | ||
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Roxanna Panufnik | Votive |
Sunday 17th February 2019
09:00
Berlioz - The Ultimate Romantic
Lelio
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The Return to Life. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Berlioz's racy music drama.
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Hector Berlioz | La mort de Cleopatre | |
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Hector Berlioz | Waverley Overture | |
James MacMillan | Te Deum |
Sunday 10th February 2019
03:00
Breakfast
Sunday - Martin Handley
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Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams | Symphony No. 5 In D Major arr. M Mullinar, ii. Scherzo | |
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William Harris | Faire is the heaven | |
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George Butterworth | A Shropshire Lad Rhapsody | |
Felix Mendelssohn | The Fair Melusina Overture, Op.32 | ||
Traditional Tanzanian | Tanzania Yetu (excerpt) | ||
Francis Poulenc | Fiancailles pour rire: La dame d'Andre | ||
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Heitor Villa‐Lobos | Sexteto Mistico | |
Igor Stravinsky | Scherzo fantastique, Op 3 | ||
James MacMillan | O Radiant Dawn [Strathclyde Motets] | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Prelude and Fugue in F minor, BWV.881 (Book 2, The Well-Tempered Clavier) | ||
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Johannes Brahms | Intermezzo in E flat minor, Op 118 No 6 | |
Malcolm Arnold | Symphony no 5 II. Andante con moto - Adagio | ||
Philip Glass | Serengeti [Soundtrack: Jane] |
Wednesday 6th February 2019
11:00
Radio 3 in Concert
Royal Northern College of Music Brass Band Festival 2019
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The Tredegar Town Band and Cory Band with music by James MacMillan and Wilfred Heaton.
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Johannes Brahms | Intermezzo in A, Op 118 no 2 | |
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James MacMillan | The Gallant Weaver | |
WIlfred Heaton | Martyn (Hymn Tune) | ||
Arthur Pryor | The Blue Bells of Scotland | ||
Edward Gregson | Euphonium Concerto | ||
Hans Werner Henze | Ragtimes and Habaneras | ||
James MacMillan | Jebel | ||
Ray Steadman-Allen | The Beacons | ||
Takashi Yoshimatsu | Trombone Concerto 'Orion Machine' | ||
WIlfred Heaton | Variations |
03:00
Essential Classics
Wednesday with Suzy Klein - Nicole Farhi, Schubert's To be sung on the water, Barber's Adagio
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Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music
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Samuel Barber | Adagio for Strings |
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Bill Evans | Peace Piece |
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Maurice Ravel | Introduction and Allegro | |
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James MacMillan | The Gallant Weaver | |
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Divertimento in E-Flat Major, K. 563: I. Allegro | |
Antonín Dvořák | Slavonic Dance in F major, Op 46 No 4 | ||
Joseph Haydn | String Quartet in D major, Op.50 No.6 (The Frog); Finale. Allegro con spirito | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat major, Op 73, 'Emperor' (2nd mvt) | ||
Clara Schumann | Piano Trio in G minor, Op.17 (1st mvt) | ||
Luigi Boccherini | Concerto pour violoncelle No. 6 en ré majeur, G. 479: I. Allegro | ||
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Elena Kats‐Chernin | Butterflying | |
Erich Wolfgang Korngold | The Sea Hawk (Main titles; The Hanging Man; Happy Sailing; End titles) | ||
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36: IV. Finale. Allegro con fuoco | |
Francis Poulenc | Mélancolie | ||
Richard Strauss | Der Rosenkavalier (Act 3: Waltz sequence) | ||
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Franz Schubert | Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D.774 | |
Richard Wagner | Siegfried's Rhine Journey (Götterdämmerung) | ||
George Frideric Handel | Concerto Grosso in D minor, Op 3 No 5 | ||
Henri Duparc | Extase for voice and piano | ||
William Grant Still | Romance | ||
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Henry Purcell | The Fairy Queen (Act 4: Symphony) |
02:00
Breakfast
Wednesday - Petroc's classical picks
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Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
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Aaron Copland | Fanfare for the Common Man |
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James MacMillan | O Radiant Dawn | |
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William Byrd | Domine, secundum actum meum | |
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Claudio Monteverdi | Pur ti miro, pur ti godo (The Coronation of Poppea) | |
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Joan Tower | Fanfare for the uncommon woman no. 1 | |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K.622 (2nd mvt) | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | 'Fugue a la gigue' in G major, BWV. 577 | ||
Anton Bruckner | Mass in F minor (Benedictus) | ||
Joseph Haydn | Symphony No 86 in D major (1st mvt) | ||
Cécile Louise Chaminade | Concertino for flute and orchestra, Op 107 | ||
Leos Janáček | On an Overgrown Path, Book 2 (No 5) | ||
Claude Debussy | De l'aube à midi sur la mer (La Mer) | ||
Richard Rodney Bennett | Jazz Calendar (Wednesday's Child) | ||
Samuel Wesley | Land Of Silence | ||
Elizabeth Maconchy | Proud Thames | ||
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Sergei Prokofiev | Waltz Suite, Op.110 (Since we met) | |
Felix Mendelssohn | Scherzo (A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op 61) | ||
Sergei Rachmaninov | Suite From Partita In E For Violin (after J S Bach) | ||
George Frideric Handel | Keyboard Suite in F major, HWV 427 | ||
Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco | La purpura de la rosa (Chinfonia; Entrada de clarines) | ||
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber | Sonata a 6 for trumpet, violins, violas and bass | ||
Trad. | Ceapaval / The Leading Role |
Tuesday 5th February 2019
09:00
Radio 3 in Concert
Bach's Mass in B Minor
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John Butt conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Bach's great late work.
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Johann Sebastian Bach | Mass in B Minor BWV 232 | |
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James MacMillan | A Child's Prayer | |
William Walton | The Wise Virgins - Complete Ballet (after J.S.Bach) |
Wednesday 23rd January 2019
03:00
Essential Classics
Wednesday with Ian Skelly - Simon Armitage, Tavener's The Lamb, umbrella theft
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Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music
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John Tavener | The Lamb | |
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Michel Legrand | Les parapluies de Cherbourg | |
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges | Violin concerto in D major, Op.3 no.1 | ||
Xaver Scharwenka | Spanish Serenade | ||
Joseph Haydn | Symphony No 31 in D major, 'Hornsignal' (1st mvt) | ||
Arthur Butterworth | Rain (Northern Summer Nights) | ||
Malcolm Arnold | Symphony no 5 II. Andante con moto - Adagio | ||
Gabriel Fauré | Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op. 15: II. Scherzo. Allegro vivo - Trio | ||
Malcolm Sargent | An Impression on a Windy Day | ||
Georg Philipp Telemann | Deuxieme Suite in B Minor | ||
Mark Saya | Barcarolles | ||
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George Enescu | Serenade lointaine | |
George Lloyd | Symphony No 5 in B flat major (3rd mvt) | ||
Ottorino Respighi | Violin Sonata in B minor (1st mvt) | ||
Hector Berlioz | Royal Hunt & Storm (Les Troyens) | ||
Siri Dyvik | Travel set | ||
James MacMillan | A New Song | ||
Tielman Susato | Suite from Danserye arr Steele-Perkins | ||
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John Adams | Adams: Harmonielehre: III. Meister Eckhardt and Quackie | |
Trad. | Ca' the Yowes | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | String Quartet in E flat major, K 428 (4th mvt) |
Sunday 20th January 2019
16:00
Percussion Century
Going solo
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Percussion comes of age. Colin Currie explores music for solo performers and ensembles.
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Iannis Xenakis | Rebonds B | |
Buddy Rich | Solo 8 - live from Montreal 1976 | ||
David Lang | The so called laws of nature - 2nd movement (excerpt) | ||
Edgard Varèse | Ionisation | ||
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James MacMillan | Veni, Veni, Emmanuel - Gaude | |
Johann Sebastian Bach | Prelude and Fugue No.21 in B flat major | ||
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John Cage | Second Construction | |
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Keiko Abe | Michi | |
Michael Daugherty | Dreamachine - Electric Eels (excerpt) |
Thursday 17th January 2019
09:00
Radio 3 in Concert
A Mighty Trombone
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Jorgen van Rijen and Martyn Brabbins perform recent trombone music by James MacMillan
Antonín Dvořák | Slavonic Dances, op.46 | ||
Galina Ustvolskaya | Trio for clarinet, violin and piano | ||
James MacMillan | Trombone Concerto | ||
Jean‐Philippe Rameau | Suite in E minor | ||
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Symphony No.1 |
Sunday 13th January 2019
03:00
Breakfast
Sunday - Martin Handley
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Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
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Scott Joplin | Fig Leaf Rag | |
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James MacMillan | The Gallant Weaver | |
Ludwig van Beethoven | Sonata for piano no. 1 (Op.2`1) in F minor, 2nd movement; Adagio | ||
Alfred Schnittke | Suite in olden style for violin and piano: Pantomime | ||
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Jester's Dance (The Snow Maiden) | ||
Anon | Veni sponsa mea | ||
Antonín Dvořák | Symphony No 7 in D minor, Op 70 (3rd mvt) | ||
Sergei Rachmaninov | Symphonic Dances, Op 45 (1st mvt) | ||
Antonio Vivaldi | Violin concerto in E major, RV.271 "L'Amoroso" - 1st mvt, Allegro | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mass in C minor K.427 (Great) [unfinished]: Credo; Et incarnatus est | ||
Claude Debussy | Sonate pour violoncelle, L.135: Prologue | ||
Franz Schubert | Der Zwerg, D771 | ||
Jean‐Philippe Rameau | La Marais (Pièces de clavecin en concerts) | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | English suite for keyboard no. 3 (BWV.808) in G minor: Prelude | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G major, BWV 1048 (2nd mvt) |
Friday 11th January 2019
06:00
Afternoon Concert
Celebrating the BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singers
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Advent works by Cheryl Frances-Hoad and Bax, plus Shostakovich, Copland and Prokofiev.
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James MacMillan | Stabat Mater | |
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Aaron Copland | Concerto for Clarinet, Strings, Harp and Piano | |
Dmitri Shostakovich | Symphony No.9 in E-flat major, Op. 70 | ||
Gerald Finzi | Nocturne [ New Year Music] | ||
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Arnold Bax | I Sing Of A Maiden | |
Arnold Bax | This Worldes Joie | ||
Sergei Prokofiev | Symphony No.6 in E Flat Minor Op.111 | ||
Arnold Bax | Five Greek Folk Songs | ||
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Cheryl Frances-Hoad | Gaude et Laetare | |
Cheryl Frances-Hoad | This Time is Born a Child | ||
Cheryl Frances-Hoad | From the Beginning of the World | ||
Cheryl Frances-Hoad | Floodlight, Starlight | ||
Cheryl Frances-Hoad | There is no rose | ||
Dag Wirén | Symphony No. 3 Op.20 |
Thursday 10th January 2019
07:00
In Tune
Janina Fialkowska, Hyeyoon Park, Sholto Kynoch, Richard Scott
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Top-class live music from the world's finest musicians.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | The Marriage of Figaro (Overture) | |
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Johann Sebastian Bach | Orchestral Suite No 1 in C major, BWV 1066 (Courante) | |
André da Silva Gomes | Gloria (Mass for 8 voices and instruments) | ||
Joseph Haydn | Symphony No 90 in C major, Hob.I.90 (4th mvt) | ||
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Claude Debussy | Beau soir arr Heifetz | |
Karol Szymanowski | The Fountain of Arethusa (Myths, Op 30, No 1) | ||
Frédéric Chopin | Mazurka in B minor, Op 33 No 4 | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Sonata in A major, Op 47 'Kreutzer' (3rd mvt, Finale) | ||
Gabriel Fauré | Nocturne No 4 in E flat major, Op 36 | ||
Robert Schumann | String Quartet in A major, Op 41 No 3 (4th mvt) | ||
George Benjamin | Written on Skin | ||
Ruby Grace Amar | Amber | ||
Germaine Tailleferre | Impromptu for piano | ||
Herbert Howells | Three Children's Songs | ||
James MacMillan | Stabat Mater (1st mvt excerpt) | ||
Jean Sibelius | Symphony No 2 in D major (1st mvt) | ||
Johann Adolf Hasse | Morte col fiero aspetto (Marc' Antonio e Cleopatra) |
03:00
Essential Classics
Thursday with Suzy Klein - New Year, New Music: Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Jennifer Pike
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Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Ch'io mi scordi di te, K 505 | |
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Johann Sebastian Bach | Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Overture) | |
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Ralph Vaughan Williams | The Lark Ascending |
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina | Agnus Dei I & II | |
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James MacMillan | O radiant dawn (Strathclyde Motets) | |
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Padre Antonio Soler | Fandango | |
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William Byrd | The Bells | |
Teresa Carreño | Intermezzo scherzoso, Op 34 | ||
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Wilhelm Stenhammar | Serenade in F Major, Op. 31: I. Overtura | |
Alexander von Zemlinsky | Entbietung (from Lieder Op.7) | ||
Isaac Albéniz | Iberia Suite orch Arbos (Triana) | ||
Alexander von Zemlinsky | Irmelin Rose (from Lieder Op.7) | ||
Anna Sigríður Þorvaldsdóttir | Aeriality | ||
Jón Leifs | Icelandic Folk Dances, Op. 11 - No. 4 | ||
Camille Saint‐Saëns | Africa Fantasie, Op 89 | ||
Carl Maria von Weber | Der Freischütz (Overture) | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Violin Sonata No 2 in A major, Op 12 (3rd mvt) | ||
Claude Debussy | La cathédrale engloutie (Preludes, Book 1) | ||
Marin Marais | La Sonnerie de Sainte-Geneviève du Mont de Paris | ||
Franz Liszt | Liebesträume (No 3 in A flat major) | ||
Frédéric Chopin | Polonaise in F sharp minor, Op 44 | ||
Georges Bizet | Carmen (Entr'actes 2 and 3) | ||
Steve Martland | Re-Mix | ||
Giacomo Puccini | Preludio sinfonico for orchestra |
Wednesday 9th January 2019
10:00
In Tune Mixtape
Respighi, Bach and the Black Dyke Band
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In Tune's specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, including a few surprises.
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James MacMillan | Stabat Mater | |
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Richard Wagner | Lohengrin: Act III (prelude) | |
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Ivor Gurney | 5 Elizabethan Songs: Sleep | |
Johann Sebastian Bach | Meine Seel erhebt den Herren (Cantata No 10) | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Suite no. 2 in D minor for Solo Cello, BWV.1008 - vi Gigue | ||
Joseph Haydn | Piano Sonata in E minor, Hob.XVI:34 - iii Vivace molto | ||
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Josquin des Prez | La Spagna à 5 | |
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | Dance of the tumblers (Snow maiden - suite) | ||
Ottorino Respighi | Villanella (Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No 1) |
07:00
Choral Evensong
Selwyn College, Cambridge
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From the Chapel of Selwyn College, Cambridge.
Alan Bullard | Canticles: Magnificat: Selwyn Service | ||
Alan Bullard | Canticles: Nunc Dimitis: Selwyn Service | ||
Cassandra Miller | Duet for cello & orchestra | ||
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Cecilia McDowall | Now may we singen | |
James MacMillan | One Equal Music | ||
Judith Bingham | Annunciation IV: Meine Seel' erhebt den Herren | ||
macdonald | Psalms 47 and 49 |
Tuesday 8th January 2019
03:00
Essential Classics
Tuesday with Suzy Klein - New Year, New Music: James MacMillan, Jennifer Pike, Prokofiev's Arrival of the Guests
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Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
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James MacMillan | Stabat Mater | |
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George Frideric Handel | Water music suite in D | |
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Maurice Ravel | La valse |
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Francis Poulenc | Flute Sonata |
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Giuseppe Verdi | Brindisi (La traviata) | |
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Claude Debussy | Mazurka | |
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John Dowland | In darkness let me dwell | |
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Johann Strauss II | Roses from the South, Op 388 | |
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Felix Mendelssohn | Overture for Wind Instruments, Op.24 | |
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Ralph Vaughan Williams | March Past of the Kitchen Utensils (The Wasps) | |
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Hugo Wolf | Italian Serenade for string quartet | |
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Sergei Rachmaninov | Symphony in D minor, 'Youth' | |
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | Mlada (Procession of the Nobles) | |
Antonio Vivaldi | Concerto in G minor for 2 cellos, RV 531 | ||
Sergei Prokofiev | Arrival of the Guests (Romeo and Juliet) | ||
Jean Sibelius | Spring Song | ||
Francisco Tárrega | Gran jota aragonesa | ||
Joseph Haydn | L'Isola disabitata (Overture) | ||
Franz Schubert | Rosamunde, D 797 (Ballet in G major) | ||
Judith Weir | Ständchen | ||
Frédéric Chopin | Prelude in D flat major, Op 28 No 15, 'Raindrop' | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | String Quartet No 2 in G major, Op 18 (Scherzo) | ||
George Frideric Handel | Sinfonia, 'Arrival of the Queen of Sheba' (Solomon) | ||
Mieczyslaw Karlowicz | Impromptu |
Monday 7th January 2019
08:00
In Tune
The Young'uns, Sam Haywood, Charles Peebles
5 / 18 Tracks
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Top class live music from some of the world's finest musicians.
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George Frideric Handel | Lascia ch'io pianga (Rinaldo) | |
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Violeta Parra | Gracias a la vida | |
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James MacMillan | O Radiant Dawn | |
Jan Václav Hugo Voříšek | Impromptu in A major Op 7 No 4 | ||
Anna Sigríður Þorvaldsdóttir | Aeriality | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Magnificat in E flat, BWV 243a: I. Magnificat anima mea Dominum | ||
Antonín Dvořák | Violin Concerto in A minor, Op 53 (3rd mvt) | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043 (1st mvt) | ||
Felix Mendelssohn | Four Pieces Op. 81 - II: Scherzo in A minor | ||
Sean Cooney | Robson's Song | ||
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Franz Schubert | Impromptu No 3 in G flat major D 899 | |
Sean Cooney | Ta-ra to Tooting | ||
Frédéric Chopin | Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu' | ||
Sean Cooney | The Great Tomorrow | ||
Gioachino Rossini | Il Barbiere di Siviglia 'Dunque io son...tu no m'inganni?' | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Piano Concerto No 21 in C major, K 467 (3rd mvt) | ||
Hector Berlioz | Les Nuits d'été, Op. 7, Villanelle | ||
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Jan Dismas Zelenka | Sonata No 5 in F major (Allegro) |