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Sat 27 Dec 202506:30
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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata in D major for two pianos, K.448 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Katia Labèque. Ensemble: Marielle Labèque.
    • Schubert / Mozart Katia Et Marielle Labeque.
    • KML.

  • Johan Svendsen

    Romance in G major, Op 26

    Performer: Marianne Thorsen. Conductor: Neeme Järvi. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Svendsen: Orchestral Works Volume 1: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra/Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.

  • Antoine Forqueray

    Pièces de viole, Suite No. 5 en ut mineur: VI. La Sylva.

    • Barricades.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 18.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata no. 133 BWV.133 (Ich freue mich in dir)

    Lyricist: Anonymous.
    • Bach: Leipzig Cantatas.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 13.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 3, "Eroica": mvmt 3 Scherzo

    Conductor: Iván Fischer. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra.
    • Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" & Coriolan Overture.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 3.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Piano Trio in D minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Tom Poster. Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Laura van der Heijden. Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Cole Porter

    So In Love (Kiss Me Kate)

    Singer: Alfred Drake. Conductor: Pembroke Davenport.
    • Kiss Me Kate - 1959 Stereo Recording.
    • BROADWAY ANGEL.
    • 15.

  • Nino Rota

    The Taming of the Shrew (Overture)

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nic Raine.
    • The Essential Nino Roat Film Music Collection.
    • Silva Screen.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata in C Major, Hob XVI:35: I. Allegro con brio

    • Jane Austen's Piano.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No 5 in D major (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Vaughan williams: Symphonies nos. 4 & 5: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Davis.
    • Teldec.
    • 7.

  • John Gardner

    Tomorrow shall be my dancing day

    Choir: Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha.
    • Christmas with St. John's.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 2201.

  • Franz Liszt

    (Schumann) Widmung S.566, transc. for piano

    Performer: Martin James Bartlett.
    • Warner.

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Liebesleid - old Viennese dance no. 2

    Performer: María Dueñas. Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Beethoven and Beyond.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.

  • John Tavener

    The Lamb

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Signum.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 'Classical' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Søndergård.
    • Linn.

  • Trad.

    There is no rose [English, 15th Century]

    Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Christmas.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1401.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in E Major, RV 264: I. Allegro

    • Vivaldi: Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons).
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 1.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in E Major, RV 264: II. Adagio

    • Vivaldi: Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons).
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 2.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in E Major, RV 264: III. Allegro

    • Vivaldi: Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons).
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 3.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Thieving Magpie (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Rossini: 10 Overtures - Chailly.
    • Decca.
    • 10.

  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Violin Sonata: Die Henne und der Hann

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • Just Biber.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 20.

  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Violin Sonata: Die Vachtel

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • Just Biber.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 21.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Carnival of the Animals (Voliere)

    Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • Saint-Saëns: Le Carnaval des Animaux & Ravel: Ma mère l'oye.
    • Philips.
    • 10.

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    La Poule (Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Rameau: Une Symphonie Imaginaire: Les Musiciens Du Louvre, Minkowski.
    • Archiv Produktion.

  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Concerto In A Minor: 3rd mvt; Allegro Vivace

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Hyperion.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Non so piu casa son; Voi che sapete (The Marriage of Figaro)

    Singer: Anett Fritsch. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi.
    • Mozart Arien.
    • ORFEO.
    • 2-3.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Auf Christenheit! begeh ein Freudenfest - opening chorus

    Ensemble: Kolner Akademie. Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens.
    • Georg Philipp Telemann: Auf Christenheit! - Frankfurter Festmusiken 1716.
    • CPO.
    • 101.

Broadcast

  • Sat 27 Dec 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3