Playlists with tracks by Judith Weir
Saturday 10th April 2021
02:00
A sequence of music with Andrew McGregor
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A sequence of music with Andrew McGregor
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Benjamin Britten | The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra | |
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Ludwig van Beethoven | String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132 | |
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Rondo in A Minor, K.511 | |
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Edward Elgar | Carissima | |
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Franz Schubert | Allegretto in C minor, D 915 | |
Johann Sebastian Bach | Keyboard Concerto No 1 in D minor, BWV 1052 | ||
Judith Weir | Piano Concerto (2nd mvt, 'The Sweet Primeroses') | ||
Arcangelo Corelli | Concerto No 10 in C major | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No 2 in D major, Op 36 (1st mvt) | ||
Charles Villiers Stanford | Fantasy No 1 in G minor | ||
Maurice Ravel | Daphnis et Chloé (third part: Lever du jour; Pantomime; Danse générale) | ||
Richard Wagner | Siegfried-Idyll for small orchestra | ||
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Robert Schumann | Adagio and Allegro in A flat major, Op 70 | |
George Frideric Handel | My heart is inditing, HWV 261 | ||
Sergey Rachmaninov | Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op 42 | ||
Gustav Holst | Suite no.1 in E flat major Op.28`1 | ||
Igor Stravinsky | Monumentum Pro Gesualdo Di Venosa | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | String Quintet in C major, K 515 (3rd mvt) | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Cello Suite No 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 |
Friday 9th April 2021
08:00
A sequence of music with Petroc Trelawny
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A sequence of music with Petroc Trelawny
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Peter Maxwell Davies | Farewell to Stromness | |
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Piano Sonata in C major, K.309 | |
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Ralph Vaughan Williams | Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis |
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Felix Mendelssohn | Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, op. 27 | |
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Benjamin Britten | Jubilate Deo | |
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Judith Weir | Nunc dimittis | |
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Grace Williams | Calm Sea in Summer (Sea Sketches) | |
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Franz Schubert | String Quintet in C major, D. 956 - ii) Adagio | |
Joseph Haydn | Piano Sonata in G, H.16.40 | ||
Arnold Bax | Into The Twilight | ||
Arthur Bliss | Music for Strings | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No 6 in F major, Op 68, 'Pastoral' | ||
Arthur Sullivan | The Long Day Closes | ||
Malcolm Williamson | Serenade; Intermezzo (Our Man in Havana Suite) | ||
Benjamin Britten | Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (No 4, Storm) | ||
Douglas Lilburn | String Quartet in E minor (2nd mvt) | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Clarinet Concerto in A Major K.622 (3rd mvt) | ||
Franz Schubert | Impromptu in G flat major, D.899 no.3 |
Wednesday 7th April 2021
11:00
Radio 3 in Concert
Pavel Kolesnikov plays Tchaikovsky
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The Philharmonia and pianist Pavel Kolesnikov play Sibelius and Tchaikovsky at the RFH.
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Jean Sibelius | King Christian II Suite |
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35 | |
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Jean Sibelius | Dance Intermezzo Op. 45 No. 2 | |
Jean Sibelius | Souvenir, Tanz-Idylle and Berceuse (Six Pieces, Op.79) | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F major, BWV 1046 | ||
Judith Weir | O Sapientia (3 Chorales) | ||
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Concerto no.1 in B flat minor Op.23. |
Friday 2nd April 2021
08:00
In Tune
Chrisopher Monks, Barnaby Smith and Elan Sicroff
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Top-class live music from some of the world's finest musicians.
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Cole Porter | Anything goes | |
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Johann Sebastian Bach | Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230 | |
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Henry Purcell | Hear my prayer, O Lord | |
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Richard Addinsell | Warsaw Concerto |
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Maurice Ravel | Introduction and Allegro | |
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Ronald Binge | The Water Mill | |
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Frank Bridge | The Hour Glass (The Dew Fairy) | |
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Granville Bantock | Song to the Seals | |
John Lanchbery | Mrs. Tiggywinkle's Laundry from Tales of Beatrix Potter | ||
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Judith Weir | Don't let that horse | |
Leo Brouwer | Omaggio a Debussy from Nuevos estudios sencillos | ||
Gabriel Fauré | Requiem Op.48 for soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra; In Paradisum | ||
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George Frideric Handel | Orlando, Hwv 31: Cielo! Se tu il consentí | |
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George Frideric Handel | Xerxes, Hwv 40: Ombra mai fu | |
Giovanni Battista Bononcini | Astianatte: Deh! Lascia o core | ||
Thomas de Hartmann | Mazurka Op. 4 No. 2 | ||
Giovanni Gabrieli | Canzon septimi toni à 8 No 2 arr for brass | ||
Thomas de Hartmann | Pour Chanter a La Route D'Assise | ||
Thomas de Hartmann | Trio for Flute Violin and Piano Op. 75; 4th mvt | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Symphony No 40 in G minor, K 550 (1st mvt) |
Monday 29th March 2021
07:00
Afternoon Concert
BBC Symphony Orchestra at 90
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The BBC Symphony Orchestra perform Mahler's Fifth Symphony.
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Gustav Mahler | Symphony No.5 in C Sharp Minor | |
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Judith Weir | Natural History | |
Gavin Higgins | Sadly now the throstle sings | ||
Sergey Rachmaninov | Piano Concerto No. 2 n C minor, Op. 18 |
Sunday 14th March 2021
07:00
Discovery and Innovation
BBC Singers
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A weekend of discovery and innovation from the BBC Orchestras and Choirs
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Orlando Gibbons | O clap your hands | |
Francis Poulenc | Figure humaine with jazz interpolations | ||
Judith Weir | blue hills beyond blue hills |
Monday 8th March 2021
08:00
In Tune
Ella Jarman-Pinto, Nazan Fikret and Rebecca Cohen, Madeleine Mitchell
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Music and conversation with some of the world's finest musicians.
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Hildegard von Bingen | Columba aspexit | |
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Trish Clowes | Little Tune | |
Joan Trimble | Suite for Strings | ||
Amy Woodforde-Finden | Kashmiri Song (Four Indian Love Lyrics) | ||
Judith Weir | Atlantic Drift | ||
Doreen Carwithen | Men of Sherwood Forest (Overture) | ||
Liza Lehmann | If no one ever marries me (The Daisy Chain) | ||
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre | Courante and Double from Suite in D minor (Pièces de clavecin, 1707) | ||
Louise Farrenc | Symphony No 3 in G minor, Op 36 (3rd mvt) | ||
Elizabeth Maconchy | Proud Thames | ||
Madeleine Dring | Festival Scherzo | ||
Ella Jarman-Pinto | Plango: A Cure Lament | ||
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Muriel Herbert | Violets | |
Ella Jarman-Pinto | Song for My Children (A Te) | ||
Florence Price | Suite No 1 (extract) | ||
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Grace Williams | Violin Sonata: I. Allegro molto ritmico | |
Hélène de Montgeroult | Sonata in A minor, Op. 2 No. 3: II. Adagio |
07:00
Afternoon Concert
Three Centuries of Women Composers, Monday
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Music written by women spanning nearly 300 years, performed by the BBC orchestras.
Dame Ethel Smyth | Concerto for violin, horn and orchestra | ||
Elfrida Andrée | Concert overture in D major | ||
Judith Weir | Tiger under the table | ||
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Julia Perry | A Short piece for orchestra | |
Linda Catlin Smith | Nuages | ||
Maddalena Laura Sirmen | Quartet no. 5 in F minor | ||
Morfydd Owen | Nocturne | ||
Ruth Gipps | Symphony No 3 | ||
Trish Clowes | Remember Me (Homage to Henry Purcell) |
03:00
Breakfast
Monday - Petroc's classical picks
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Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
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Margaret Bonds | Troubled Water | |
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Marie Antoinette | C'est mon ami | |
Gertrude van den Bergh | Rondeau Op.3 | ||
Susan Spain-Dunk | Cantilena for clarinet and orchestra 'Poem' Op 51 | ||
Jennifer Higdon | Summer shimmers across the glass of green ponds (Scenes from the poet's dreams) | ||
Winifred Atwell | Cross Hands Boogie | ||
Ainsley Hamill | The Daffodil King | ||
Jenny McLeod | Three Celebrations: ii. At the Bay | ||
Anna Bon di Venezia | Sonata No.6 in G major (Six Sonate da Camera Op.1) | ||
Jórunn Viðar | Slatta - Piano Concerto (3rd mvt) | ||
Anna Thorvaldsdottir | I Thirst | ||
Judith Weir | Ave Regina caelorum | ||
Betty Roe | Three Songs for Graham: 'The Promising Gardener' | ||
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Lili Boulanger | Psaume 129 | |
Betty Roe | Two Garden Songs: 'The Critic' | ||
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Mana-Zucca | Prelude Op.73 | |
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Catriona McKay | Swan LK243 | |
Elfrida Andrée | Piano Quintet in E minor (3rd mvt) | ||
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Geraldine Mucha | For Erika | |
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Nicole Murphy | Spinning Top | |
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Geraldine Mucha | Tempo di mazurka | |
Roxanna Panufnik | 4 World Seasons for violin and orchestra: No 3; Spring in Japan |
Monday 8th February 2021
04:00
Essential Classics
Suzy Klein
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Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
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Gustav Holst | Neptune, the Mystic (The Planets, Op 32) | |
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Felix Mendelssohn | Song without Words in E major, Op 19 No 1 | |
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Gustav Holst | Egdon Heath | |
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Doreen Carwithen | Suffolk Suite | |
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Peter Sculthorpe | Djilile | |
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Gordon Langford | Rhapsody on Sea Shanties | |
George Frideric Handel | Concerto grosso in F major Op.6`2 | ||
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Meredith Monk | Travellers 1, 3. 2 | |
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Gioachino Rossini | L'Inganno felice (Overture) | |
Peter Sculthorpe | Maranoa Lullaby | ||
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Alexander von Zemlinsky | Humoreske | |
Sergei Prokofiev | Since we met (Waltz Suite for Orchestra) | ||
André Previn | Vocalise for voice, cello and piano | ||
Théodore Dubois | Piano Quartet in A Minor: III. Allegro leggiero | ||
Andrea Falconieri | Folias echa para mi Senora Dona Tarelilla de Carallenos | ||
Hans Gál | Triptych, Op.100 (3rd mvt) | ||
Trad Sephardic | Hija mía (Arr. for Chamber Ensemble) | ||
Benjamin Britten | Courtly Dances (Gloriana) | ||
Judith Weir | Written on terrestrial things (The Voice of Desire) | ||
Trad. | On a cold winter's day | ||
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Domi emorine | Tempête au Balajo | |
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Konstantin Vassiliev | 3 Forest Paintings: No. 2, Snowdrops | |
Ludwig van Beethoven | Sonata for piano no. 10 (Op.14`2) in G major, 1st movement; Allegro | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | String Quartet in E flat major, Op 74, 'Harp' (1st mvt) | ||
Franz Schubert | Concerto in D major D.345 (Concertstuck) for violin and orchestra | ||
Maurice Ravel | Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera |
Sunday 7th February 2021
04:00
Sunday Morning
Kate Molleson with an enticing musical mix
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Kate Molleson chooses uplifting music to complement your morning.
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Edvard Grieg | Holberg Suite |
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Meredith Monk | Ellis Island | |
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Bud Powell | Polka Dots and Moonbeams | |
George Frideric Handel | Bouree from the Water Music Suite No. 1 | ||
Tomás Luis de Victoria | O Domine Jesu Christe à 6 | ||
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber | Rosary Sonata No. 2 in A major | ||
Traditional Swedish | Kom helge And | ||
Béla Bartók | Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 3, II. Adagio religioso | ||
Igor Stravinsky | Gavotta con due variazioni (Pulcinella Suite) | ||
William Grant Still | Symphony no.3 "The Sunday Symphony" (Prayer) | ||
Isaac Albéniz | Suite Espagnola No. 1 - V. Sevilla | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Serenade for Winds No. 12 in C minor, K. 388 "Nachtmusik" IV. Allegro | ||
Cécile Louise Chaminade | Pierrette, Op 41, Air de Ballet | ||
Joseph Haydn | Symphony No. 9 in C, H.I. No. 9 | ||
Clara Schumann | Romance in A minor, Op 21 No 1 | ||
Judith Weir | Sketches from a bagpiper's album - 3. Lament | ||
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Claudio Monteverdi | Zefiro torna e di soavi accenti, SV 251 | |
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Louise Farrenc | Overture No. 1 in E minor, Op. 23 | |
Maurice Ravel | Violin Sonata No. 2 - II. Blues | ||
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Erik Satie | Sarabande No. 1 | |
Felix Mendelssohn | Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13 - III. Adagio | ||
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Paul Taffanel | Wind Quintet in G minor - I. Allegro con moto | |
Georg Philipp Telemann | Tafelmusik - Conclusion in D major for oboe, trumpet, strings and basso continuo | ||
Suor Leonora d'Este | Ego sum panis vivus |
Monday 1st February 2021
03:00
Breakfast
Monday - Petroc's classical commute
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Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
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Richard Wagner | Liebestod (Tristan und Isolde) | |
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Ralph Vaughan Williams | 5 Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus' | |
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Jean Sibelius | Andante festivo | |
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Ernest Bloch | Prayer |
Joaquín Rodrigo | Espanoleta e fanfare (Fantasia para un gentilhombre) | ||
Traditional Irish | Gabhaim Molta Bríde | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Auf, schmetternde Töne der muntern Trompeten (Cantata, BWV.207a) | ||
William Byrd | Laudate pueri for 6 voices | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Prelude No 21 in B flat major | ||
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Alex Patterson | Ave Maria | |
Joseph Haydn | String Quartet in D major, Op.64`5 'The Lark' (1st mvt) | ||
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Arvo Pärt | Spiegel im Spiegel | |
Judith Weir | All the ends of the earth for chorus | ||
Edward Elgar | Dances for Powick Asylum: 5 Polkas, No 3 'La Blonde' | ||
Leonard Bernstein | Maria; America (West Side Story) | ||
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Miriam Hyde | Brownhill Creek in Spring | |
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Francesco Maria Veracini | Overture no.2 in F major (Menuett) | |
Georg Philipp Telemann | Scherzo in A major, TWV 42:A4: Lunedi | ||
George Enescu | Gamins en plein air (Suite villageoise, Op 27) | ||
Robert Schumann | Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op 44 (3rd mvt) | ||
Trad. | Sean Tiobrad Arann / Coming of Spring |
Wednesday 27th January 2021
11:00
Radio 3 in Concert
Winter Wind-Down
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A chilled orchestral concert from the BBC Concert Orchestra and violinist Mari Samuelsen.
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Modest Mussorgsky | Pictures from an Exhibition | |
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Antonio Vivaldi | The Four Seasons: Winter | |
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Einojuhani Rautavaara | Cantus Arcticus | |
Arvo Pärt | Fratres | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Violin Concerto in E (BWV1042) | ||
Joseph Haydn | Symphony No 42 (second movement) | ||
Judith Weir | Still, Glowing | ||
William Byrd | Two Motets |
Thursday 21st January 2021
02:00
Breakfast
Thursday - Petroc's classical rise and shine
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Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.
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Carlos Gardel | Mi Buenos Aires querido | |
Joaquín Rodrigo | L'harpa sagrada (Tríptic de Mossèn Cinto) | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major K.364 (1st mvt) | ||
Johann Friedrich Fasch | Horn Quartet in F major, FWV N: F3 | ||
York Bowen | Concert study no.1 in Gb major | ||
Andy Scott | Seven Dances (No 3, 'Wire) | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Easter Oratorio, BWV 249 (Adagio & Come, hasten and run) | ||
Benjamin Britten | Sonata in C major for cello and piano Op. 65; 5th mvt - molto perpetuo | ||
Joseph Haydn | String Quartet in Bb major 'Sunrise' Op. 76 No. 4; 1st mvt - Allegro con spirito | ||
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Judith Weir | Piano Concerto (The Sweet Primeroses) | |
Charles Villiers Stanford | The rain it raineth every day, Op 65 No 3 | ||
Ludwig van Beethoven | Trio for Piano, Vioin and Cello Op.70 No.1 "Ghost"; 1st movement | ||
Chiquinha Gonzaga | Gaucho - tango brasileiro | ||
Malcolm Arnold | Solitaire (Sarabande and Polka) | ||
Edward German | Merrie England (Dances) | ||
Nobuntu | Ilanga (The Sun) | ||
Eva Dell'Acqua | Villanelle [With the swallow] | ||
Robert Schumann | Grillen (Fantasiestücke, Op 12) | ||
George Frideric Handel | Waft her, Angels (Jephtha) | ||
Steve Martland | Re-Mix | ||
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst | Le Roi des aulnes [after Erlkonig] for violin solo Op 26 [1854] | ||
Trad. | Trumpet Hornpipe [Captain Pugwash theme] |
Tuesday 19th January 2021
03:00
Essential Classics
Suzy Klein with Essential pianists, James Gaffigan and Judith Weir's Storm
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Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
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Cole Porter | Brush up your Shakespeare (Kiss Me Kate) | |
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Ralph Vaughan Williams | Fantasia on 'Greensleeves' | |
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Pablo de Sarasate | Navarra Op.33 | |
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Marche Slave, Op.31 | |
Felix Mendelssohn | String Octet in E flat major Op.20 (3rd mvt) | ||
Franz Schubert | Symphony no.1 in D major D.82 (4th mvt) | ||
Alessandro Rolla | Piccolo Quartetto in C major (2nd mvt) | ||
Giuseppe Verdi | Macbeth (Act 3 Ballet Music: Part 3) | ||
Richard Strauss | Salome, Op 54 (ending) | ||
Andreas Romberg | Violin Concerto no.4 in C major (1st mvt) | ||
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Johann Sebastian Bach | Prelude in C major BWV.846 | |
Robert Schumann | Dichterliebe Op.48 (nos. 13, 14, 15, 16) | ||
Antonio Vivaldi | Sinfonia in D major RV.125 | ||
Joseph Haydn | String Quartet in G minor Op.74`3 'Rider' (2nd mvt) | ||
Thomas Campion | Never weather-beaten sail | ||
Arthur Young | It was a Lover and his Lass | ||
Judith Weir | Charm (Storm) | ||
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Toru Takemitsu | Rain tree sketch II - In memoriam Olivier Messiaen | |
Charles Villiers Stanford | 3 Songs of Robert Bridges Op.43 | ||
Léo Delibes | Les filles de Cadix | ||
Trad. | Fear a' Bhàta [The boatman] | ||
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Claude Debussy | Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune | |
Malcolm Arnold | Brass Quintet no.1, Op.73 (1st mvt) | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Concert Rondo in E flat major K.371 | ||
Marin Marais | Tempest (Alcione - Suite no.4) | ||
Edward Elgar | The Marksmen (From the Bavarian Highlands Op.27) | ||
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Moritz Moszkowski | Caprice espagnole, Op 37 | |
Ernest Chausson | Air de danse (La Tempete Op.18) |
Friday 8th January 2021
03:00
Essential Classics
Ian Skelly
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Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
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Ludwig van Beethoven | Rondo in C major, Op 51 No 1 | |
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Franz Schubert | An die Musik, D 547 | |
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Alan Hovhaness | Mysterious Mountain, Op. 132: Andante espressivo | |
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John Sheppard | Libera nos | |
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Francesca Caccini | Chi desia di saper | |
Judith Weir | Ave Regina caelorum | ||
Francis George Scott | Intuitions: Nos 9 to 15 | ||
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | Symphony No 2, 'Antar' (third movement) | ||
Frédéric Chopin | Mazurka in A minor, Op 17 No 4 | ||
Pérotin | Viderunt omnes | ||
Antonio Vivaldi | Sin nel placido soggiorno (La Fede tradita e vendicata) | ||
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Gabriel Pierné | Impromptu-Caprice, Op 9 | |
Traditional Danish | Jasspodspolska (Banquet Polska) | ||
Benjamin Britten | Alpine Suite for Recorder Trio: 5. Down the Piste & 6. Farewell to Zermatt | ||
Georg Philipp Telemann | Overture (Suite in D major) | ||
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William Grant Still | Elegy | |
Carl Nielsen | Dance of the Cockerels (Maskarade) | ||
Isabella Leonarda | Sonata duodecima (5th mvt) | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Symphony No 26 in E flat major, K 184 | ||
Charles Koechlin | La Méditation de Purun Baghat (Purun Baghat's Meditation) | ||
Jean Sibelius | Song of Praise (Swanwhite, Op 54) | ||
David Lang | Mystery Sonatas - Joy | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen (Cantata No 11) | ||
Edvard Grieg | In the Hall of the Mountain King (Peer Gynt Suite No 1) | ||
Edward Elgar | Froissart Overture, Op 19 | ||
Joseph Haydn | Symphony No 6 in D major, 'Le matin'; III. Minuet and Trio |
Monday 28th December 2020
15:00
Through the Night
Louis Schwizgebel plays Ravel
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Ravel's Piano Concerto in G from Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. Jonathan Swain presents.
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Maurice Ravel | Boléro |
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Astor Piazzolla | Adios nonino | |
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Henry Purcell | The Fairy Queen | |
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Maurice Ravel | Piano Concerto in G major | |
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Paul Dukas | Fanfare pour preceder la Peri | |
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Judith Weir | String quartet | |
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Edward Elgar | To her beneath whose steadfast star | |
Gaetano Donizetti | Sinfonia for wind instruments in G minor | ||
Germaine Tailleferre | Harp sonata | ||
Antonio Vivaldi | Mandolin Concerto in C major, RV 425 | ||
Arvo Pärt | Fratres | ||
Johann Baptist Georg Neruda | Concerto for trumpet and strings in E flat major | ||
Johannes Brahms | String Quartet No 1 in C minor, Op 51 No 1 | ||
Béla Bartók | Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta | ||
Dag Wirén | Titania | ||
Einojuhani Rautavaara | Anadyomene | ||
François Campion | El cant dels ocells; Les Ramages | ||
Frédéric Chopin | Bolero in A minor, Op 19 |
Tuesday 22nd December 2020
06:00
Afternoon Concert
Higher and Higher
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Christmas music from the BBC Singers, plus BBC Symphony Orchestra Prom highlights.
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John Joubert | There Is No Rose | |
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John Rutter | Shepherd's Pipe Carol | |
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John Rutter | There Is A Flower | |
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Judith Weir | Illuminare Jerusalem | |
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Herbert Howells | A spotless rose | |
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Richard Strauss | Alpine Symphony | |
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Gustav Holst | Jupiter from the Planets | |
James Burton | Balulalow | ||
Ashley Grote | Ding Dong! Merrily On High | ||
Augusta Read Thomas | Violin Concerto No 3 ("Juggler in Paradise") | ||
BBC Singers | A Take 6 Christmas | ||
BBC Singers | Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas | ||
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Benjamin Britten | In the bleak midwinter | |
Malcolm Archer | A Little Child There Is Yborn | ||
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Betty Roe | The Holly And The Ivy | |
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Philip Ledger | Still, Still, Still | |
Carl Rütti | Dancing Day | ||
France.Traditional | Quittez, Pasteurs | ||
Robert Lucas Pearsall | In Dulci Jubilo | ||
Roxanna Panufnik | Jesus Christ is born (Angels sing) |
03:00
Essential Classics
Suzy Klein
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Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
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Francis Poulenc | Flute Sonata |
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George Gershwin | 3 Preludes |
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Thomas Tallis | Videte miraculum | |
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Henry Purcell | Three parts upon a ground Z.731 | |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Valse-Scherzo in C major Op.34 | ||
Henry Purcell | What pow'r art thou (King Arthur) | ||
Ralph Vaughan Williams | Symphony no.5 in D major (1st mvt) | ||
Howard Blake | The Snowman (excerpt) | ||
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Richard Wagner | Wie Todesahnung... O du mein holder Abendstern (Tannhauser) | |
Johannes Brahms | Double Concerto in A minor Op.102 (3rd mvt) | ||
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Sammy Cahn | Come Fly With Me | |
Jonathan Dove | The Star-Song | ||
Sergey Rachmaninov | Piano Concerto no.3 in D minor Op.30 (3rd mvt) | ||
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Cecil Frances Alexander | Once in Royal David's City | |
Joseph Haydn | Trumpet Concerto in E flat major H.7e.1 (3rd mvt) | ||
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Sofia Gubaidulina | Musical Toys (Sleigh With Little Bells) | |
Erich Wolfgang Korngold | The Snowman (Serenade) | ||
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Judith Weir | Drop down ye heavens from above | |
Léo Delibes | Cortege de Bacchus (Sylvia) | ||
Tieshan Liu | Yao Dance | ||
Frédéric Chopin | Study in A minor Op.25 no.11 | ||
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Michael Praetorius | Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern | |
Trad. | Now Found is the Fairest of Roses | ||
Frédéric Chopin | Waltz in A minor Op.34 no.2 | ||
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Orlande de Lassus | Resonet in laudibus | |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy; Trepak Russian Dance (The Nutcracker) |
Tuesday 8th December 2020
06:00
Afternoon Concert
Celebrating the BBC Orchestras.
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The BBC Symphony, live from Maida Vale Studios, London.
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Johann Sebastian Bach | Sheep may safely graze |
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John Adams | Harmonium | |
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Robert Schumann | Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op.52 | |
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Judith Weir | Moon and Star | |
Aaron Copland | 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson | ||
Helen Grime | Elegiac Inflections | ||
Johannes Brahms | Symphony no.3 in F Op.90 | ||
Robin Holloway | Six Canonic Studies (Schumann/Holloway) |
Sunday 29th November 2020
04:00
Sunday Morning
Sarah Walker with New Generation Thinker Tom Smith
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Sarah Walker chooses uplifting music to complement your morning.
Hans Zender | 'Mut' from Winterreise | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Oboe Concerto K. 314: III. Rondo: Allegretto (cadenzas, Nicholas Daniel) | ||
Joseph Haydn | Symphony No. 63 in C 'La Roxelane' | ||
Anon. | Magne virtutum conditor - O Emanuel rex noster | ||
Judith Weir | Prelude to Act 2 "Walther's Death" from "Blond Eckbert/Ancora" | ||
Antonio Vivaldi | Concerto for lute and 2 violins, RV93 | ||
Manuel de Falla | Nights in the Gardens of Spain - I - En el Generalife | ||
Augusta Holmès | Clair de lune (3 Petites pieces) | ||
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | The Seasons, Op. 37b, THI35: XI. November (In the troika) | ||
Brìghde Chaimbeul | Kyle Tune | ||
Robert Schumann | Märchenbilder - III. 'Rasch' & IV. 'Langsam, mit melancholischem Ausdruck' | ||
Claude Debussy | La demoiselle élue (The Blessed Damozel), L. 62: Prelude | ||
Sergey Taneyev | Twelve Choruses Op. 27 - Stars | ||
Doris Day | Day Dreaming | ||
Stef Connor | O Splendidissima gemma | ||
Felix Mikhailovich Blumenfeld | Etude for the Left Hand in A flat major, Op. 36 | ||
Takashi Yoshimatsu | Dream Coloured Mobile II, Op.58a | ||
Franz Schubert | Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911 (Sung in English): No. 5. The Linden Tree | ||
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Thomas Morley | Fyer, Fyer | |
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Gaetano Donizetti | Ugo, Conti di Parigi: Overture | |
Trad. | O can ye sew cushions |
Friday 20th November 2020
06:00
Afternoon Concert
In Memoriam Stephen Cleobury
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A concert in memory of Stephen Cleobury, performed by the BBC Singers.
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Edward Elgar | Go, Song Of Mine | |
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Bob Chilcott | The Shepherd's Carol | |
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Johannes Brahms | Warum ist das Licht gegeben | |
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Herbert Howells | Here is the little door | |
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Benjamin Britten | Hymn To St Cecilia |
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Ralph Vaughan Williams | Valiant For Truth | |
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William Harris | Bring Us, O Lord God | |
Reinhold Moritzevich Glière | Symphony no. 2 - IV: Allegro vivace | ||
Felix Mendelssohn | Psalm 43 (Judge me, O God) | ||
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Judith Weir | Madrigal | |
Nicholas Maw | One Foot In Eden | ||
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Symphony no. 1 in G minor Op.13 (Winter daydreams) |
Tuesday 17th November 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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Claude Debussy | L'isle joyeuse | |
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach | Württemberg Sonata No 2 in A flat major (1st mvt) | ||
Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz | Concerto for Harp and Orchestra, Op 5 No 7 (Rondeau - Allegro) | ||
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Minna Keal | Ballade | |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Symphony no.2 in C minor Op.17 'Little Russian' (3rd mvt) | ||
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Francisco Guerrero | Surge propera amica mea | |
Hanns Eisler | 7 Ernste gesange for baritone and strings: no.7; Epilog | ||
Sergey Rachmaninov | Suite From Partita In E For Violin (after J S Bach) | ||
Marianna Martines | Overture in C major (2nd mvt) | ||
Dmitry Shostakovich | Nocturne (The Gadfly Suite, Op.97a) | ||
Judith Weir | Seranilla de la zarzuela (A Spanish Liederbooklet) | ||
Johann Sebastian Bach | Kommt, ihr angefochtnen Sünder (Cantata no.30) | ||
Gerónimo Giménez | La Boda de Luis Alonso (Intermezzo) | ||
Michael Haydn | Incidental Music to Zaire (Largo) | ||
Gertrude van den Bergh | Rondeau Op.3 | ||
Erich Wolfgang Korngold | Marietta's Lute Song (Die tote Stadt) | ||
Giuseppe Valentini | Concerto Grosso in A minor Op.7`11 (2nd mvt) | ||
Jonathan Dove | Magic Flute Dances; I. Light - Tentative, getting faster and bolder | ||
Georges Bizet | Adagietto from L' Arlesienne - suite no. 1 | ||
Arthur Sullivan | Pineapple Poll (Reconciliation and Grand Finale) |
Friday 30th October 2020
03:00
Essential Classics
Ian Skelly with Harris's Faire Is the Heaven, Nicholas Collon, essential Halloween music
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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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Thomas Weelkes | As vesta was from Latmos hill descending | |
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William Harris | Faire is the heaven | |
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Jonathan Dove | Seek Him that maketh the Seven Stars | |
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Henry Purcell | Sound the trumpet (Come ye sons of art) | |
Geirr Tveitt | Doomsday (A Hundred Hardanger Tunes) | ||
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | String Quartet no.1 in D major, Op.11 (2nd mvt) | ||
George Frideric Handel | Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 (Overture) | ||
Thomas Adès | Concerto for piano and orchestra (1st mvt) | ||
Hans Pfitzner | Three Preludes from 'Palestrina' | ||
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Thomas Arne | Thou soft-flowing Avon | |
Antonio Vivaldi | Oboe Sonata in C Major, RV 801 (1st mvt) | ||
Hector Berlioz | Symphonie fantastique, 5th movement: Dream of a Witches' Sabbath | ||
Barbara Strozzi | Silenzio nocivo | ||
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Benjamin Britten | Choral Dances from 'Gloriana' (Concord) | |
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Johann Sebastian Bach | Prelude and Fugue in E flat major, BWV 552, 'St Anne' (Fugue) | |
Chevalier J.J.O. de Meude-Monpas | Rondeau (Allegretto) - third movement of Violin Concerto No 4 in D major | ||
Felix Mendelssohn | Venetian Gondola Song, Op 19 No 6 | ||
Judith Weir | Roll Off the Ragged Rocks of Sin | ||
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Frank Martin | Pavane couleur du temps | |
Julián Carrillo | Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 7: IV. Adagio - Allegro appassionato | ||
Franz Schubert | Moments musicaux, D 780 (No 2 in A flat major) | ||
Maurice Greene | Happy ye leaves (Spenser's Amoretti, No 2) | ||
Frédéric Chopin | Waltz in F minor, Op.70`2 | ||
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Michael Daugherty | Reflections on the Mississippi: II. Fury |
Tuesday 27th October 2020
05:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Northern Ireland Opera Festival of Voice 2020 (1/4)
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Chamber music performances from the NI Opera Festival of Voice 2020.
Joan Trimble | Green rain, No.2 from 3 Songs for Voice and Piano | ||
Judith Weir | The Song of a girl ravished away by the fairies in South Uist | ||
Michael Tippett | 3 Songs for Ariel | ||
Carl Loewe | Erlkönig, No.3 from 3 Ballads, Op.1 | ||
Muriel Herbert | The Lake Isle of Innisfree | ||
Carl Loewe | Herr Oluf, No.2 from 3 Ballads, Op.2 | ||
Thomas Arne | 'Where the bee sucks' from The Tempest | ||
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Carl Loewe | Tom Der Reimer, Op.135a | |
Dilys Elwyn-Edwards | Gwlad Hud (in Faery) | ||
Henry Purcell | Mad Bess | ||
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Herbert Hughes | The Gartan Mother's Lullaby | |
Herbert Hughes | The Leprechaun | ||
Ireland.Traditional | Reynardine (arr. Herbert Hughes for voice and piano) |
Thursday 22nd October 2020
06:00
Afternoon Concert
Dalia?s Mix Tape - BBC Symphony Orchestra 90th Birthday Celebration
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The BBC Symphony Orchestra and Dalia Stasevska live from Maida Vale.
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Igor Stravinsky | The Rite of Spring |
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Ralph Vaughan Williams | Fantasia on Greensleeves |
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Henry Purcell | Fantasia Upon One Note | |
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Benjamin Britten | Sinfonia da Requiem |
Jean Sibelius | Suite from Belshazzar's Feast Op.51 No.1 Oriental Procession | ||
Jean Sibelius | Suite from Belshazzar's Feast Op.51 No.2 Solitude | ||
Judith Weir | Still, Glowing | ||
Einojuhani Rautavaara | Into the Heart of Light | ||
Lotta Wennäkoski | Hava | ||
George Walker | Lyric | ||
Oliver Knussen | Upon One Note | ||
Gerald Finzi | Let us Garlands Bring Op.18 | ||
Patty Hill | Happy Birthday BBC SO | ||
Richard Wagner | Overture The Flying Dutchman | ||
Jean Sibelius | Scenes Historiques Op.66 No 1 The Chase | ||
Jean Sibelius | Scenes Historiques Op.66 No.2 The Love Song | ||
Jean Sibelius | Scenes Historiques Op.66 No.3 On the Drawbridge |
Thursday 15th October 2020
05:00
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
A Scottish landscape
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Lorna Anderson and Malcolm Martineau perform MacMillan, Liddell, Clarke and Bennett
Rebecca Clarke | Binnorie | ||
Richard Rodney Bennett | On Jessy Watson's Elopement | ||
Richard Rodney Bennett | Sweet Isabel | ||
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Benjamin Britten | Dawtie's Devotion | |
Sir James MacMillan | Ballad | ||
Claire Liddell | The Beachcomber | ||
Sir James MacMillan | Scots Song | ||
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Francis George Scott | Milkwort and Bog-Cotton | |
Thea Musgrave | Willie Wabster | ||
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Francis George Scott | The Old Fisherman | |
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Francis George Scott | The Wee Man | |
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Francis George Scott | The Wren's Nest | |
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Jonathan Dove | My Love is Mine | |
Judith Weir | The Song of a Girl Ravished Away by the Fairies in South Uist |
Wednesday 14th October 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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Maurice Ravel | Pavane pour une infante défunte |
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Alissa Firsova | Stabat Mater | |
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Joel Ross | Yana | |
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Josiah Steinbrick | Moonglow | |
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Judith Weir | The Bagpiper's String Trio: III. Lament, over the sea | |
Bent Sørensen | 3 Motets: No. 1. Sicut umbra cum declinat | ||
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Julian Lage | Ryland | |
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Cara Stacey | Circadian Clocks | |
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Chieko Mori | Fantasy | |
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Meredith Monk | Cow Song | |
Christian Mason | Kuda Yry (3rd mvmt of Tuvan Songbook) | ||
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Robert Stillman | Portal 2 | |
Ergo | Two for Joy | ||
Roger Goula | Something About Silence | ||
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Erik Satie | Saraband No.2 | |
Sam Barker | Wireheading | ||
Federico Mompou | Música Callada, Book I: Lento | ||
William Mundy | O Mater Mundi | ||
George Weir | Lord Yester |
Sunday 6th September 2020
14:00
BBC Proms
2020, Jessye Norman at the 2000 BBC Proms
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Jessye Norman sings Judith Weir and Schoenberg
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Maurice Ravel | Introduction and allegro | |
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Igor Stravinsky | Concerto in E flat (Dumbarton Oaks) | |
Arnold Schoenberg | Cabaret songs [6 Brettl-Lieder] | ||
Judith Weir | woman.life.song | ||
Richard Strauss | 8 Lieder aus Letzte Blatter i Zueignung |
Friday 4th September 2020
03:00
Essential Classics
Essential Classics with Ian Skelly: Essential Shakespeare, Anna Lapwood
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Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams | The Wasps (Overture) | |
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Johann Pachelbel | Canon in D |
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Lalo Schifrin | Mission Impossible | |
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Georges Bizet | Au Fond du Temple Saint (The Pearl Fishers) | |
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Giuseppe Verdi | Witches' Chorus (Macbeth) | |
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Ludwig van Beethoven | 7 Variations on 'Bei Mannern, welche Liebe fuhlen' from Mozart's Die Zauberflote | |
Arcangelo Corelli | Concerto Grosso in G minor Op.6`8 'Christmas night' | ||
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Judith Weir | Piano Concerto (The Sweet Primeroses) | |
Louise Farrenc | Overture in E flat major Op.24 | ||
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Anoushka Shankar | Lasya | |
George Gershwin | Girl Crazy Suite | ||
Arthur Sullivan | Ruddigore - Act 1 Finale | ||
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor | Valse Suite, Op.71 (Andante) | ||
Francisco Tárrega | Etude in A major | ||
Hubert Parry | Long since in Egypt's plenteous land (from Judith) | ||
John Barry | Chinon / Eleanor's Arrival (The Lion in Winter) | ||
Sergey Rachmaninov | The Bells Op.35 (2nd mvt) | ||
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Flute Quartet in D major, K.285 (3rd mvt) | ||
Erich Wolfgang Korngold | Passover Psalm Op.30 | ||
Lili Boulanger | Vieille prière bouddhique | ||
Giuseppe Verdi | Patria Oppressa! (Macbeth) | ||
Francesca Caccini | Ciaconna | ||
Trad. | My heart's in the highlands | ||
Arvo Pärt | My heart's in the Highlands |