List of Private Passions episodes (2015–2019)

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This is a list of Private Passions episodes [1] from 2015 to 2019. It does not include repeated episodes or compilations.

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2015

DateGuestComposerTitlePerformer
4 Jan 2015Kate Gross [2] Traditional musicSona
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Magic Flute : Overture
Leonard Bernstein "Tonight" (from West Side Story )
Antonín Dvořák "Songs my Mother taught me (Gypsy Songs)
Schubert Piano Sonata in B-flat major, D 960 (2nd movement: Andante)
Hubert Parry "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind" ("Repton")
18 Jan 2015 Paul Cartledge Rossini"Medaglie incomparabili" ( Il viaggio a Reims )
Schubert String Quintet in C, D 956 (2nd movement: Adagio)
StravinskyPrologue ( Apollo )
Bob Dylan "Masters of War"
J. S. BachCourante (Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010)
Brahms"Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras" ( Ein Deutsches Requiem )
Ancient Greek traditional music 1st Delphic Hymn to Apollo
W. A. Mozart"Ruhe sanft" ( Zaide )
25 Jan 2015 Henrietta Bowden-Jones Traditional music"Roving Gambler"
Antonín Dvořák"Song to the Moon" ( Rusalka )
W. A. Mozart"Donne mie la fate a tanti" ( Così fan tutte )
W. A. Mozart"Madamina, il catalogo è questo" ( Don Giovanni )
Hubert Parry"Jerusalem"
Henry Purcell"Thy Hand Belinda... When I am laid in earth" ( Dido and Aeneas )
Reynaldo Hahn "La Barcheta" (No. 2 from Venezia)
8 Feb 2015 Nicky Clayton Messiaen"Le Rousserolle effarvatte" (No. 7 from Catalogue d'oiseaux )
Ottorino Respighi "The Birth of Venus" (3rd movement from Trittico botticelliano  [ it ] [Botticelli Triptych])
Astor Piazzolla"Milonga del Angel"
Julian Anderson Comedy of Change (section V)
Leoš Janáček"Death of Ostap" (2nd movement from Taras Bulba )
Bruckner Symphony No. 9 in D minor (1st movement: Allegro)
Ravel"Le Gibet" (2nd movement from Gaspard de la nuit )
22 Feb 2015 Ben Okri Handel"Eternal Source of Light Divine" (from Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne )
Abdullah Ibrahim "Mannenberg"
Harper Simon "Wishes and Stars"
W. A. Mozart"Laudate Dominum" ( Vesperae solennes de confessore )
Miles Davis "Blue in Green"
Beethoven Symphony No. 6 ("Pastoral") (2nd movement: Andante, 'By the Brook')
WagnerEntry of the gods into Valhalla (Das Rheingold)
Johann PachelbelCanon in G
8 Mar 2015 Anna Meredith Anna Meredith"Connect it"
Richard AyresIn the Alps (Scene 4: The Bobli Dance)
Owen Pallett"I am not afraid"
BjörkUnison
Emily HallSonnet (to words by Toby Litt)
HolstSuite No. 2 in F (1st movement: March)
John Wilbye "Draw on sweet night"
Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 5 (3rd movement: Allegro molto)
15 Mar 2015 Andy McNab Verdi"Sempre Libera" (La Traviata)
Puccini"Nessun Dorma" (Turandot)
Genesis"Los Endos" (A Trick of the Tail)
Plainchant"Crux Fidelis"
ClannadTheme from Harry's Game
Handel"The People that walked in darkness...For unto us a child is born" (from Messiah )
WagnerDie Walküre (Ride of the Valkyries)
22 Mar 2015 Robert Cohan Sergei ProkofievSymphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 (Classical) (1st movement: Allegro)
BachChaconne from Partita for Violin No. 2 in D minor
Eleanor Alberga Lingua Franca
Jon KeliehorClass
Vivaldi"Stabat Mater"
Alan HovhanessTzaikerk (Evening Song)
ElgarSospiri
Barry GuyLysandra
5 Apr 2015 Lucy Winkett Sister Wynona Carr"I Want to go to Heaven and Rest"
Orlando Gibbons"O Clap Your Hands"
Messiaen"Vocalise, pour l'ange qui annonce la fin du temps" (2nd movement from Quatuor pour le fin du temps )
BachSanctus (Mass in B minor)
Traditional music"Were you there when they crucified my Lord?"
RachmaninoffPiano Concerto No. 2 in C minor (1st movement: Moderato)
Richard Strauss"Marie Theres'!.... Hab' mir's gelobt" ( Der Rosenkavalier )
12 Apr 2015 Jane Hawking Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem , Op. 45 ("Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen")
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major
TchaikovskySwan Lake (act 2: Overture)
Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A major (3rd movement: Presto)
W. A. Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622 (1st movement: Allegro)
SchubertDie Forelle (The Trout)
ChopinPiano Concerto No. 2 in F minor (2nd movement: Larghetto)
3 May 2015 Tim Rice Felix MendelssohnA Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture
Frederick Loewe"You Did It" (My Fair Lady)
Malcolm Arnold Peterloo
Tim Rice"That's My Story"
Ralph Vaughan WilliamsA London Symphony (3rd movement: Scherzo)
Traditional English"The Plough Boy"
Jacques Offenbach "Ah, que j'aime les militaires" (La Grande-Duchesse de Gerolstein)
Jean SibeliusThe Swan of Tuonela
17 May 2015 Iqbal Khan [3] WagnerDer Fliegende Hollander (Wie aus der Ferne)
Verdi"La Forza del Destino" (La Vergine degli angeli)
W. A. Mozart"Don Giovanni, a cenar teco" ( Don Giovanni )
Nitin SawhneyThe Conference
Britten War Requiem (Libera Me – Strange Meeting)
VerdiLa Forza del Destino (act 2, finale)
Jacques IbertChanson de la mort de Don Quichotte
MahlerSymphony No. 2 (Resurrection) (5th movement, excerpt)
31 May 2015 Alan Moses Handel"Oh Lord, Whose Mercies Numberless" (from Saul )
Donizetti"Quando, rapito in estasi" (Lucia di Lammermoor)
Harrison Birtwistle"Dinah and Nick's Love Song"
Beethoven String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 130 (5th movement: Cavatina)
Georges Brassens"Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux"
7 Jun 2015 Christopher Le Brun Wagner"Good Friday Music" (Parsifal, act 3)
Francis Poulenc"La Souris"
Francis Poulenc"Fleurs" (Fiancailles pour rire)
Cole Porter "Night and Day"
Arnold SchoenbergGurrelieder (Prelude)
William WaltonViola Concerto (1st movement)
Grieg"Nocturne" (Lyric Pieces, Op. 62, No. 4)
Debussy Pelléas et Mélisande (act 1, scene 1)
14 Jun 2015 Jung Chang Richard Rodgers"Blue Moon"
何占豪Butterfly Lovers' Concerto
Traditional music"Plum Blossom"
HandelSymphony; "Comfort ye, my people" (from Messiah )
Traditional music"Wild Geese on the Sandbank"
Tomaso Giovanni AlbinoniAdagio in G minor
21 Jun 2015 Alison Goldfrapp Ennio Morricone"Un altro mare" (Vergogna schifosi)
Goldfrapp"Utopia" (Felt Mountain)
Traditional musicPilentzee Pee
Astor Piazzolla "Balda para mi muerte"
MahlerSymphony No. 5 (4th movement: Adagietto)
LigetiAtmospheres
Richard Strauss"Frühling" ( Four Last Songs )
Steve Reich"Pulses" (Music for 18 Musicians)
28 Jun 2015Rachel NicholsonJohn Adams"Short Ride in a Fast Machine"
Priaulx RainierCycle for declamation
W. A. Mozart"Sull'aria ... che soave zeffiretto" ( The Marriage of Figaro )
Handel"Lascia ch'io pianga" (from Rinaldo )
SchubertDes Müllers Blumen (Die schöne Müllerin)
Domenico ScarlattiSonata in F minor, Kk519
HaydnTrumpet Concerto in E-flat major (Finale: Allegro)
Bach Mass in B minor, BWV 232 (Gloria)
12 Jul 2015Henry MarshAli Farka TouréSoukora
Domenico ScarlattiSonata in C-sharp minor, Kk247
Beethoven String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 130 (2nd movement: Presto)
W. A. Mozart"Tamino mein! O welch ein Glück!" ( The Magic Flute )
Bach"So ist mein Jesus nun gefangen" ( St Matthew Passion )
Sergei ProkofievPiano Concerto No. 1, Op. 10 (excerpt)
Béla BartókString Quartet No. 3 (Coda: Allegro Molto)
19 Jul 2015 Mona Siddiqui LisztLiebestraum No. 3 in A-flat
MahlerSymphony No. 5 (4th movement: Adagietto)
Puccini"Un bel di, vedremo" (Madam Butterfly)
Mehdi Hassan"Rafta rafta voh meri hasti ka"
TchaikovskyPiano Concerto No. 1 (1st movement: Allegro)
John WilliamsRemembrances (Schindler's List)
2 Aug 2015 John Lahr W. A. Mozart Symphony No. 41 in C major (Jupiter) K. 551 (4th movement: Molto Allegro)
Jimmy Van Heusen"Darn That Dream"
Noël Coward "Why do the Wrong People Travel"
SchubertGute Nacht (Winterreise)
Charlie Foxx"Mockingbird"
Leonard BernsteinCandide: Overture
Jule Styne"Catch our act at the Met" (Two on the Aisle)
9 Aug 2015 Faramerz Dabhoiwala Bach Concerto in D minor for 2 violins, BWV 1043 (1st movement: Vivace)
Cristóbal de Morales"Parce mihi Domine"
Nina Simone "Mississippi Goddam"
Henry Purcell"When I am Laid in Earth" (Dido and Aeneas)
Philip GlassLa Belle et La Bete: Ouverture
BachCantata Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140: "Wachet auf" (opening chorus)
SchubertPiano Sonata in A, D959 (2nd mOVEMENt: Andantino)
30 Aug 2015 Jancis Robinson Traditional music"A Frog he did a-wooing go"
TchaikovskyEugene Onegin (Overture and opening)
W. A. Mozart Horn Concerto No. 1 in D major, K. 412 (1st movement: Allegro)
Keith JarrettSolo Concert: Bremen, 12 July 1973
W. A. Mozart"Finch'han dal vino" ( Don Giovanni )
Traditional music"Cherry Tree Carol"
Handel"Con rauco mormorio" (from Rodelinda )
4 Oct 2015 Athene Donald Lili BoulangerPsalm 130 (Du fond de l'abime)
Leoš Janáček String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters" (2nd movement: Adagio)
Thomas TomkinsWhen David Heard
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major, BWV 1051 (1st mOVEMENt)
Brahms"Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras" (Ein Deutsches Requiem)
Antonín Dvořák Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81 (3rd mOVEMENt: Scherzo)
W. A. Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major, K. 364 (1st mOVEMENt: Allegro maestoso)

2016

DateGuestComposerTitlePerformer
24 Jan 2016 Baaba Maal Fela KutiNo Agreement
Baaba MaalLam Tooro
W. A. Mozart Piano Sonata in F major, K. 332 (3rd mOVEMENt: Allegro assai)
Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 (2nd mOVEMENt: Andante)
Traditional Malian"Epopee mandingue" (Soundjata Keita)
W. A. Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488 (2nd movement: Adagio)
Miles Davis2So What"
31 Jan 2016 Shirley Collins William BoyceSymphony No. 1 in D major
Traditional music"Newcastle"
Traditional music"A Denying" (The Blacksmith)
Handel"Lascia ch'io pianga" (from Rinaldo )
Handel"Silent Worship" (from Tolomeo )
Mississippi Fred McDowell61 Highway
George ButterworthThe Banks of Green Willow
Michael PraetoriusIn Dulce Jubilo (Lutheran Mass for Christmas Morning)
Traditional music"Dear Father, Pray Build me a Boat"
7 Feb 2016Robert HarrisManuel de ZumayaComo aunque culpa
John BarryLondon 1946 (Enigma)
Bach"Mache dich mein Herze rein" ( St Matthew Passion )
Benny Goodman and His OrchestraSing, Sing, Sing
Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68 (3rd movement: Allegro)
Bach Concerto in A minor for 4 keyboards, BWV 1065 (1st movement: Allegro)
Amy Winehouse Back to Black
21 Feb 2016 Katharine Whitehorn Pascal BastiaJe tire ma reverence
John DenverFollow Me
W. A. Mozart Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major, K. 543 (2nd movement: Andante con moto)
BachFrom Cantata No. 147: "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"
ChopinWaltz in D-flat, Op. 64, no. 1 ("Minute Waltz")
Jean Sibelius Finlandia
Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68 ("Pastoral") (1st movement, excerpt)
6 Mar 2016 Martha Lane Fox Cole Porter"Too Darn Hot"
ChopinNocturne in B major, Op. 9, No. 3
VerdiLa Traviata (act 2, sc.1: Pura siccome un angelo)
SchubertString Quintet in C (Adagio)
Scott Joplin Elite Syncopations
Beethoven Fidelio (Prisoners' Chorus: "O welche Lust")
Harold ArlenGet Happy
27 Mar 2016 Melanie Reid Bach Cello Suite No. 1 in G, BWV 1007 (Prelude)
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat, Op. 73 ("Emperor") (1st movement: Allegro)
Carl Nielsen Violin Concerto, Op. 33 (2nd movement: Intermezzo: Poco adagio)
Van Morrison"Cyprus Avenue"
Richard Strauss Four Last Songs (No. 3: "Beim Schlafengehen")
Traditional music"The Dark Island"
Holst The Planets suite (4th movement: "Jupiter")
10 Apr 2016 Melly Still Leoš Janáček The Cunning Little Vixen (final scene)
Mark D'InvernoSo sweet of you
WagnerTannhauser: Overture
Paul von KlenauDie Weise von Liebe und Tod des Kornetts Christoph Rilke (excerpts)
Antonín Dvořák Rusalka (act 2: "Rusalko, znáš mne, znáš?")
MonteverdiL'Incoronazione di Poppea (act 3: Pur ti miro)
Terje IsungsetA Glimpse of Light
24 Apr 2016 Jonathan Bate Richard Strauss "Wie erkenn' ich mein Treulieb" (Ophelia), Op. 67, No. 1
Taylor SwiftLove Story
John SheppardLibera nos
Thomas LinleyOverture: A Lyric Ode
W. A. Mozart"Soave sia il vento" ( Così fan tutte )
BerliozFantaisie sur la Tempete de Shakespeare (Lelio)
Wagner"Das Liebesverbot" (So spat und noch kein Brief von Isabella...)
1 May 2016 Roger Allam Messiaen"La Vierge et l'enfant" (1st movement from La Nativité du Seigneur )
Ravel"Asie" (1st part of Shéhérazade )
Britten Nocturne (Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings)
Anonymous work Estampie Royal No. 6
Bach Goldberg Variations , BWV 988: Variation No. 14
Mahler Symphony No. 4 (4th movement)
Schubert"Das Wirthaus" (No. 21 from Winterreise )
Claude-Michel Schönberg"Stars" ( Les Misérables )
15 May 2016 Rose Tremain MahlerSymphony No. 5 (4th movement: Adagietto)
George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
John Dowland "Lachrimae Antiquae"
Jacques PlanteLa Bohème
Beethoven Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 81a ("Les Adieux") (2nd movement: L'Absence)
Boudleaux Bryant "Bye Bye Love"
Schubert"Der Lindenbaum" (Winterreise)
22 May 2016 Jane Goodall Felix MendelssohnViolin Concerto in E minor (2nd movement: Andante)
Hukwe ZawoseLukunzi
Beethoven Piano Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, no. 2 ("Moonlight") (1st movement: Adagio Sostenuto)
SchubertSalve Regina in B-flat, D. 386
Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV. 565
Antonín Dvořák Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 (1st movement: Allegro)
5 Jun 2016 Tanita Tikaram Duke Ellington"Creole Love Call"
Lalo Schifrin "The Blues for Johann Sebastian Bach"
Vivaldi "Ch'infelice sempre" (from the cantata Cessate, omai cessate)
Ravel Piano Concerto in G (2nd movement: Adagio assai)
Joseph Canteloube"Baïlèro" (from Chants d'Auvergne )
Bach Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 1004
Tanita Tikaram"Twist in My Sobriety"
Bach Partita for keyboard No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826 (1st movement: Sinfonia)
W. A. Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488 (2nd movement: Andante)
12 Jun 2016 John Sutherland Richard Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra (excerpt)
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major (2nd movement: Adagio)
Traditional music"The Lass of Aughrim"
Edward HarperFanny Robin (Epilogue)
Britten Peter Grimes (act 3: "Grimes!")
Ralph Vaughan WilliamsSinfonia Antartica (Opening)
Camille Saint-SaënsThe Swan (Carnival of the Animals)
19 Jun 2016 Andrew Solomon Britten"Tell me the Truth about Love" (Cabaret Songs)
W. A. Mozart"Dove sono" ( The Marriage of Figaro )
Richard Strauss"Marie Theres'! ... Hab mir's gelobt" ( Der Rosenkavalier )
Ralph Vaughan WilliamsYouth and Love (Songs of Travel)
RachmaninoffPiano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 (2nd movement: Intermezzo)
Richard Strauss"Zueignung"
Reynaldo Hahn"A Chloris"
Žibuoklė Martinaitytė Completely Embraced by the Beauty of Emptiness
26 Jun 2016 Glenda Jackson Ralph Vaughan WilliamsA London Symphony (1st movement: Lento)
ShostakovichSymphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 (1st movement: Moderato)
John AdamsThe Chairman Dances
Stevie Wonder"You Haven't Done Nothing"
Steve ReichClapping Music
Cole Porter"Love for Sale"
StravinskySymphony of Psalms (3rd movement: Alleluja)
24 Jul 2016 Timberlake Wertenbaker Mikel Laboa "Txoria txori"
Nina Simone"Four Women"
Schubert Notturno, D. 897
Mikis Theodorakis The Ballad of Mauthausen
Ravel Piano Trio in A minor (1st movement: Modéré)
Naseer Shamma "The Love of Birds"
Beethoven"O Welche Lust!" ( Fidelio , act 1)
7 Aug 2016 Janine di Giovanni Engelbert HumperdinckAbendsegen (Hansel und Gretel)
Bach"Aria" ( Goldberg Variations )
W. A. Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622 (2nd movement: Adagio)
SchubertPiano Trio in E-flat major (1st movement: Allegro)
James Taylor"You Can Close Your Eyes"
ChopinNocturne in C minor, Op. 48, No. 1
Jimi Hendrix"Little Wing"
14 Aug 2016 Stephen Hugh-Jones  [ Wikidata ]Beethoven String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132 (2nd movement: Allegro ma non tanto)
Henry Purcell"Come ye Sons of Art"
SchubertPiano Sonata in A, D.959 (4th movement: Rondo)
Bach"Schlummert ein" (Cantata Ich habe genug, BWV 82)
Rudy GomisCoumbra
Rafael EscalonaEl arco iris
21 Aug 2016 Anna Pavord SchubertImpromptu in G-flat major, D. 899, no. 3
ElgarCello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 (1st movement: Adagio – Moderato)
Arwel HughesCwm Rhondda
SchubertString Quintet in C major, D.956 (2nd movement: Adagio)
Bach"Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten" (Cantata Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, BWV 202)
Cleo Gibson"I've got Ford engine movements in my hips"
28 Aug 2016 Steve Silberman John AbercrombieTimeless
Steve ReichMusic for 18 Musicians (final sections)
Lou HarrisonAvalokiteshvara
Pérotin"Viderunt Omnes"
Allen Ginsberg"The End"
Bill Evans"Peace Piece"
Steve ReichDaniel Variations (No. 2: My name is Daniel Pearl)
11 Sep 2016 Daniel Libeskind PérotinSederunt principes
Traditional music"Amazing Grace"
Leonard BernsteinSymphony No. 2 (The Age of Anxiety) (excerpt)
BachCantata Komm, du süsse Todesstunde, BWV 161 (Aria: "Mein Verlangen")
Claus-Steffen MahnkopfDeconstructing Accordion
Kaija Saariaho... A la Fumee
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 (Choral (Finale, excerpt)
18 Sep 2016 George Shaw GluckWhat Is Life?
Henry Purcell"Cold Song"
Brian Eno"Patrolling Wire Borders"
Brian EnoM386
Traditional music"Lord of the Dance"
Elgar Cello Concerto – III Adagio
Joy Division"Heart and Soul"
SchubertDer Leiermann
25 Sep 2016Dame Joan Plowright StravinskyThe Rite of Spring (excerpt)
Anton KarasHarry Lime Theme
William WaltonCello Concerto (1st movement: Moderato)
William WaltonThis Day is Called the Feast of St Crispian (Henry V)
Johann PachelbelCanon in D
PucciniVissi darte (Tosca)
2 Oct 2016 Grayson Perry TchaikovskyViolin Concerto in D, Op. 35 (1st movement: Allegro moderato)
Handel"Ombra mai fu" (from Xerxes )
Philip GlassMetamorphosis 2
Frank TurnerLove, Ire and Song
Alessandro MarcelloOboe concerto in D minor (2nd movement: Adagio)
John HartfordGentle on my Mind
9 Oct 2016 Lara Feigel  [ Wikidata ]Bach English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807 (Prelude)
Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 (2nd movement: Larghetto)
WagnerO sink hernieder (Tristan und Isolde)
Friedrich HollaenderIllusions
DebussyViolin Sonata (1st movement: Allegro moderato)
Richard Strauss"Morgen!", Op. 24, No. 7
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F, BWV 1046 (2nd movement: Adagio)
16 Oct 2016 Paterson Joseph TchaikovskyEugene Onegin (Final scene)
Louis Armstrong"Memphis Blues Medley"
Ignatius Sanchoselection
Richard Rodgers"Glad to be Unhappy"
Charles Mingus"Better Git It in Your Soul"
Bernie LeadonThe Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy – theme tune
Bach"Wo zwei und drei versammlet sind" (Cantata Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats, BWV 42)
23 Oct 2016 Helen Oyeyemi Nikolai Rimsky-KorsakovOriental Dance (Sheherazade)
Mohammed RafiSuhan Raat Dhal Chooki
Bohuslav MartinuPierrots Serenade & The New Puppet (Loutky [Puppets])
Jacques Offenbach"Les oiseaux dans la charmille" (Les Contes d'Hoffmann)
Cherry Filter"Flying Duck"
Bob CreweSilhouettes
6 Nov 2016 Thérèse Oulton BrittenElegy (Serenade for tenor, horn and strings)
ShostakovichPrelude and fugue in A major, Op. 87, No. 7
Mary Lou Williams "Back to the blues"
WagnerPrelude: Das Rheingold
Kurt Weill "Mack the Knife"
Messiaen"Les Ressuscités et le chant de l'étoile Aldebaran" (from Des Canyons aux étoiles... )
John CageSonatas XIV and XV (Gemini)
Laura Cannell"All the Land Ablaze"
13 Nov 2016 Geoff Dyer Bach Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846 ( The Well-Tempered Clavier , Book 1)
Miles Davis"He Loved Him Madly" (Panthallasa)
R. A. RamamaniKartik
Traditional Indian"Raga kirvani"
Bob Dylan"I'm Not There"
Beethoven String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132 (3rd movement: Molto Adagio)
The Necks Drive By
20 Nov 2016 Charlie Phillips Traditional music"Go Down Moses"
Verdi"La Donna e mobile" (Rigoletto)
Puccini"Recondita Armonia" (Tosca)
Verdi"Va Pensiero" (Nabucco)
Scott JoplinTreemonisha (Overture and act 3 aria)
Dave Brubeck"Blue Rondo a la Turk"
Traditional music"How Great Thou Art"
4 Dec 2016 Chris Hadfield David Bowie"Space Oddity"
Holst"Jupiter – the Bringer of Jollity" (from The Planets )
RossiniWilliam Tell Overture
Hans ZimmerThe Battle (Gladiator)
William HerschelSymphony No. 8 in C minor
Stan RogersNorthwest Passage
Johann Strauss II"On the Beautiful Blue Danube"
18 Dec 2016 Edward Watson LisztHarmonies du Soir (Etudes dexecution transcendentale)
Luiz Florez"Volver, volver"
Max RichterInfra 8
Martha Wainwright"Don't Forget"
Arnold SchoenbergVerklärte Nacht
Bev Lee Harling"Barefoot in your Kitchen"
Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker (act 1, tableau 1: Night)
25 Dec 2016Archbishop John Sentamu Handel"For Unto Us a Child is Born" ( Messiah )
James MontgomeryEkisera Kye Kitsu
ElgarCello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 (1st movement: Adagio)
Francis Routh A Sacred Tetralogy (1: The Manger Throne – Christmas)
Maggi Dawn"Come Lord Jesus, Come"
Felix Mendelssohn"Hark, the Herald Angels Sing"
Ralph Vaughan WilliamsFantasia on Christmas Carols

2017

DateGuestComposerTitlePerformer
15 Jan 2017 Philippe Sands Leonard CohenAnthem
Bach"Erbarme dich" ( St Matthew Passion )
RachmaninoffMelodiya, Op. 21, No. 9
Keith JarrettKoln Concert (part 1)
Seckou KeitaLes Bras de Mer
MahlerSymphony No. 9 (1st movement, extract)
Stephin MerrittLets Pretend We're Bunny Rabbits
29 Jan 2017 Stephanie Flanders Donald SwannIll Wind/Friendly Duet
W. A. Mozart Trio in E-flat major, K. 498 ("Kegelstatt") (1st movement: Andante)
HaydnPiano Sonata in C major (H.16:50) (1st movement)
Joseph Horovitz"Foie Gras"
Aaron CoplandAppalachian Spring (opening)
Ariel Ramírez"Misa Criolla" (Gloria)
Donald Swann"Bilbo's Last Song"
5 Feb 2017 Sarah Lucas BrittenFanfare for St Edmondsbury
Jon Anderson"Long Distance Runaround"
Traditional music"Sally in our Alley"
Ivor Gurney"Sleep"
Henry PurcellKing Arthur (act 1, excerpt)
Can "Oh Yeah"
Julian SimmonsThe Slider
Britten"The Big Chariot" (Songs from the Chinese)
Britten"Dance Song" (Songs from the Chinese)
12 Feb 2017 Peter Robinson Francis PoulencSextet for Piano and Wind (1st movement: Allegro vivace)
Beethoven String Quartet in C-sharp minor, Op. 131 (7th movement: Allegro)
Sandy Denny"Who knows where the time goes"
SchubertPiano Sonata in B-flat major, D960 (1st movement: Allegro)
Joaquín RodrigoConcierto de Aranjuez
Toru TakemitsuSpirit Garden
Jimi Hendrix"Purple Haze"
19 Feb 2017 Petina Gappah VerdiAida (act 2 Finale: Triumphal March)
Thomas Mapfumo"Shumba"
VerdiNabucco (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves)
MahlerPiano Quartet in A minor
TchaikovskyThe Nutcracker (act 2, Pas de deux)
Bob Dylan"Every Grain of Sand"
Bhundu BoysFoolish Harp
5 Mar 2017 Vesna Goldsworthy Iosif IvanoviciThe Danube Waves
St Nectarios of Aegina"Agni partene" (O virgin pure)
Manuel VallsAdio querida
Никита Богословский"Dark is the night"
TchaikovskyMarche slave
Henry Purcell"When I am laid in earth" (Dido and Aeneas)
12 Mar 2017 Frances Barber Shane Cullinan"Throw him a Line" (The Pieta)
Kurt Weill"Surabaya Johnny"
ChopinPiano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 (2nd movement: Larghetto)
Michael NymanTime Lapse
Alfredo Catalani "Ebben? Ne andro lontana" (La Wally)
Pet Shop Boys "Left to My Own Devices"
SchubertString Quintet in C major, D.956 (2nd movement: Adagio)
19 Mar 2017 Juliet Nicolson Handel Zadok the Priest
George Gershwin"Rhapsody in Blue"
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 1, BWV 1046 (1st movement: Allegro)
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major (1st movement: Allegro)
Dory Previn"Mythical Kings and Iguanas"
Handel Water Music – Suite No. 1 (excerpt)
Mike Deighan"Champs Elysees"
2 Apr 2017 Thomas Ostermeier ShostakovichString Quartet No. 15, Op. 144 (1st movement: Elegy: Adagio)
Béla BartókPiano Concerto No. 1 (1st movement: Allegro moderato)
The Stooges"I Wanna Be Your Dog"
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber von BibernRosary Sonata no. 16 in G minor (Passacaglia)
John Cage6 Melodies (No. 1: Rubato)
Luciano BerioSequenza VIII
John AdamsRoad Movies (no. 1: Relaxed Groove)
16 Apr 2017 Mark Padmore Bach"Ach Herr, lass dein lieb Engelein" ( St John Passion , BWV 245)
Jacob HandlEcce quomodo moritur justus
John CageExperiences No. 2
Mahler"Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen"
Nebojša Jovan ŽivkovićTrio per uno, Op. 27, III
Ryan WigglesworthAugenlieder IV: Keep your eyes open
SchubertDer Winterabend
Thomas A. Dorsey"Take my hand, precious Lord"
23 Apr 2017 A. L. Kennedy Francesco CavalliPiacque a me sempre piu (LEgisto)
Francesco Cavalli"Lasso io vivo e non ho vita"(LEgisto)
Osvaldo GolijovTekyah
Josquin des Prez"Mille regretz"
Guy Woolfenden"Full Fathom Five"
John AdamsI was looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky (excerpt)
Bach Goldberg Variations BWV 988 (excerpt)
Traditional music"S Trom an Direadh"
7 May 2017 Gabriele Finaldi Ravel Piano Concerto in G major (2nd movement: Adagio assai)
Puccini"E lucevan le stelle" (from Tosca)
Britten War Requiem , Op. 66 (Sanctus)
Messiaen Saint François d'Assise (act 1, scene 3: The Kissing of the Leper)
Camarón de la Isla "La Saeta"
Traditional music"Vurria addaventare"
Chris Martin"A Sky Full of Stars"
21 May 2017 Bettany Hughes Traditional music"Bu Yil Bekar Kalahm"
William Lloyd WebberNocturne
Flanders and Swann"The Hippopotamus Song"
Henry Purcell"When I am Laid in Earth" (Dido and Aeneas)
KassianoTroparion for Holy Wednesday
ShostakovichSymphony No. 5 (1st movement: Moderato)
Traditional musicSkaros (Shepherds Song of Epiros)
4 Jun 2017 Ivo van Hove Brad MehldauBard
Bach Pedal-exercitium in G minor, BWV 598
Joni MitchellBlue
ShostakovichPrelude and Fugue in C major, Op. 87, No. 1
Anton WebernString Quartet, Op. 28 (1st movement: Massig)
Rufus Wainwright"Going to a Town"
LigetiSonata for solo cello (1st movement: Dialogo: Adagio, rubato, cantabile)
11 Jun 2017 Nishat Khan Imrat Khan "Night at the Taj"
J. S. Bach Mass in B minor (Kyrie)
W. A. Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 (1st movement: Allegro)
Manuel de Falla The Three-Cornered Hat (final dance)
Bruckner Symphony No. 8 in C minor (2nd movement: Scherzo)
Britten Peter Grimes (act 2: "Sunday Morning")
Traditional Gregorian chant "Tibi dixit"
18 Jun 2017 Patsy Rodenburg Joseph CanteloubeBailero (Songs of the Auvergne)
Jean SibeliusSymphony No. 5 (3rd movement: Allegro molto)
Bach"Erbarme dich" ( St Matthew Passion )
Philip GlassString Quartet No. 5
Richard Strauss"Im Abendrot" (from Four Last Songs )
Antonio Ruiz-PipóCancion y Danza No. 1
Joni MitchellCarey
25 Jun 2017 Madeleine Thien MahlerDas Lied von der Erde: Der Abschied
賀綠汀Lullaby
AbingMoon Reflected on the Second Spring
Bach Goldberg Variations : Aria and Variation 15
ShostakovichSymphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 – 3: Largo
Bach Sonata for Violin and Harpichord, No. 4 in C minor, BWV 1017 – 1: Siciliano
Leonard Cohen"Dance Me to the End of Love"
2 Jul 2017 Lindsey Davis SchubertHeidenröslein
TchaikovskySymphony No. 6 in B minor (3rd movement: Allegro molto vivace)
Bach Prelude in C minor, BWV 999
W. A. Mozart Concerto in E-flat major for two pianos and orchestra, K. 365
Jean-Philippe RameauLes Sauvages (Les Indes Galantes)
Antonín Dvořák Slavonic Dance, Op. 46, No. 3
BerliozRoman Carnival Overture
9 Jul 2017 Dan Pearson Hildegard von BingenO spectabiles viri
Traditional music"Tri byulbyula peyat"
Alice Coltrane"Lovely Sky Boat"
Caetano Veloso"Tonada de Luna Llena"
Margarita Lecuona Babalu
Arvo PärtFratres
MoondogOboe Round
16 Jul 2017 Shirley Hughes Alexander ScriabinPiano Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor (1st movement: Drammatico)
Jimmy McHughI Must Have that Man
SchubertDer Lindenbaum (Winterreise)
W. A. Mozart"Voi che sapete" ( The Marriage of Figaro )
Beethoven Symphony No. 1 in C major (1st movement)
W. A. Mozart Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major, K. 313 (2nd movement: Adagio)
John Lennon and Paul McCartney"She's Leaving Home"
6 Aug 2017 Nick Davies Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F "Pastoral" (2nd movement: Scene by the Brook) Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, conductor: Riccardo Chailly
BrittenCuckoo! (Friday Afternoons)Singer: John Hahessy. Singer: Michael Berkeley.
RachmaninoffPrelude in G-sharp minor, Op. 32, No. 12Vladimir Ashkenazy
Samuel Barber"Sure on this shining night" Roger Vignoles (piano), Thomas Allen (baritone)
W. A. Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major, K. 364 (2nd movement: Andante) Vilde Frang (violin), Maxim Rysanov (viola), Arcangelo ensemble, conductor: Jonathan Cohen
Herbert HowellsKing David Malcolm Martineau (piano), Lynne Dawson (soprano)
Ralph Vaughan Williams"The Lark Ascending" Pinchas Zukerman (violin), English Chamber Orchestra, conductor: Daniel Barenboim
John Lennon and Paul McCartney "Blackbird" The Beatles
13 Aug 2017 Vivien Duffield Ravel"Kaddish" (song 1 of Two Hebrew Songs )Performers: Dalton Baldwin (piano), Jessye Norman (soprano)
Charles Dumont"Non, je ne regrette rien"Singer: Édith Piaf
Puccini"Vissi d'arte" (from Tosca) Maria Callas, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Richard Strauss An Alpine Symphony Saito Kinen Orchestra, conductor: Daniel Harding
Verdi"Di quella pira" (from Il trovatore) Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra, conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini, singer: Plácido Domingo
Richard Wagner"Höchsten Heiles Wunder!" (final chorus from Parsifal )Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival, Bayreuth Festival Chorus, conductor: Pierre Boulez
Haydn"The Heavens Are Telling" (from The Creation ) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, CBSO Chorus, conductor: Sir Simon Rattle
27 Aug 2017 Michael Craig-Martin Erik Satie Gnossienne No. 3Performer: Noriko Ogawa
BachSarabande (Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008)Performer: Yo-Yo Ma
Bach"Aria" ( Goldberg Variations )Performer: Glenn Gould
VerdiAddio, del passato (La Traviata)Singer: Maria Callas
Simeon ten HoltCanto ostinato (excerpt)Performers: Kees Wieringa, Polo de Haas
BizetAu fond du temple saint (Pecheurs de perles)Singers: Jussi Björling, Robert Merrill, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
VivaldiVedro con mio diletto (Giustino)Singer: Philippe Jaroussky, Ensemble Matheus, conductor: Jean-Christophe Spinosi
3 Sep 2017 Gwyneth Glyn Guto PuwTorri'r garreg – OvertureOrchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Guto Puw.
Michael TippettConcerto for Double String Orchestra (2nd movement)Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
Nikolai Rimsky-KorsakovThe Sea and Sinbad's Ship (Scheherazade)Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
Traditional music"Y cariad cyntaf"Singer: Meredydd Evans.
Traditional music"Teri Aankhon Mein" (Seren Syw)Singer: Tahseef Akhbar. Singer: Gwyneth Gwyn.
Traditional music"Woh dil hi kya"Singer: Jagjit Singh.
TchaikovskyCherubic Hymn (Liturgy of St John Chrysostom)Choir: State Chamber Choir of Moscow Conservatory. Conductor: Valery Kuzmich Polyansky.
Elizabeth PostonJesus Christ the Apple TreeSinger: Aled Jones. Choir: BBC Welsh Chamber Choir.
10 Sep 2017 Sebastian Barry Max BruchViolin Concerto No. 1 in G minor (1st movement)Performer: Chloë Hanslip, London Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Martyn Brabbins
Traditional music"Quiet Land of Erin"Singer: Mary O'Hara
Debussy"Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum" (Children's Corner)Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
Traditional music"O Death"Singer: Ralph Stanley
Handel"Sound an alarm" (from Judas Maccabaeus ) London Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Sir Malcolm Sargent, singer: Richard Lewis
Joaquín RodrigoConcierto de Aranjuez (3rd movement: Allegro con Spirito)Performer: Julian Bream, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
Bach Cello Suite No. 1, BWV 1007 (Prelude)Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich
Traditional music2The Three Ravens2Performer: Desmond Dupré, singer: Alfred Deller
24 Sep 2017 Stephen Poliakoff W. A. Mozart Concerto for Flute, Harp and Orchestra, K. 299 (1st movement: Allegro)Performers: Nicanor Zabaleta (harp), Wolfgang Schulz (flute), orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic, conductor: Karl Böhm
HaydnSymphony No. 49 in F minor (1st movement: Adagio)Orchestra: Bath Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin.
Adrian Johnston"Johnnie" (The Lost Prince)Performer: Terry Davies.
Michael TippettConcerto for double string orchestra (1st movement)Orchestra: Moscow Chamber Orchestra. Orchestra: Bath Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Rudolf Barshai.
Bach O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht, BWV 118 Orchestra: Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, conductor: Helmuth Rilling
Georges DelerueGrand Choral (La Nuit Americaine)Performer: Original Soundtrack recording.
Handel Oboe concerto in G minor, HWV 287 (1st movement: Grave)Performer: Heinz Holliger, orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra, conductor: Raymond Leppard
1 Oct 2017 Maurice Riordan Traditional music"Oro se do bheatha abhaile"Singer: Darach Ó Catháin.
Samuel Barber"The Monk and his Cat" (Hermit Songs)Performer: Samuel Barber. Singer: Leontyne Price.
Anonymous workDies IraeChoir: Aurora Surgit.
Astor Piazzolla "Jacinto Chiclana"Astor Piazzolla (bandoneon), Edmundo Rivero (vocal), Quinteto Tango Nuevo  [ es; fr ]
DebussyPrelude a l'apres-midi d'un fauneOrchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
MonteverdiPossente Spirto (L'Orfeo)Ensemble: Le Concert d'Astrée. Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm. Singer: Ian Bostridge.
Traditional musicMoses RitoolarilaySinger: Margaret Barry.
8 Oct 2017 Hildegard Bechtler WagnerGötterdämmerung (final scene)Orchestra: Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele. Conductor: Karl Böhm.
Thomas AdèsPowder her Face (opening)Ensemble: Almeida Ensemble. Conductor: Thomas Adès. Singer: Valdine Anderson. Singer: Niall Morris.
Traditional music"Taruna Jaya"Ensemble: Gamelan Ensemble.
Traditional music"Now Westlin' Winds"Singer: Dick Gaughan.
BerliozLa Damnation de Faust (Easter Hymn)Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis. Singer: Giuseppe Sabbatini.
Bob DylanShe Belongs to MeSinger: Bob Dylan.
Hildegard von BingenO vis aeternitatisEnsemble: Sequentia Ensemble.
15 Oct 2017Sir Simon Wessely Bach Partita in A minor for solo flute, BWV 1013 (1st movement: Allemande)Performer: Jean-Pierre Rampal
PucciniLa Bohème (act 3, excerpt)Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Singer: Mirella Freni. Singer: Luciano Pavarotti.
Frank Loesser"Adelaide's Lament" (Guys and Dolls)Singer: Julia McKenzie.
BrahmsViolin Concerto in D major (1st movement: Allegro non troppo)Performer: Isaac Stern. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.
W. A. Mozart Don Giovanni (act 3, excerpt)Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Georg Solti, singer: Bryn Terfel
Leonard Bernstein"Gee Officer Krupke" (West Side Story)Ensemble: Unknown.
Antonín Dvořák String Quartet in F major, Op. 96 (American) (1st movement: Allegro ma non troppo)Ensemble: Lindsay String Quartet.
22 Oct 2017 Allan Corduner SchubertFantasia in F minorPerformer: Murray Perahia. Performer: Radu Lupu.
Alexander ScriabinEtude in D-sharp minor, Op. 8, no. 12Performer: Vladimir Horowitz.
Max BruchKol Nidrei, Op. 47Performer: Jacqueline du Pré. Orchestra: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
Bach"Aria" ( Goldberg Variations , BWV 988)Performer: Glenn Gould
Jean SibeliusViolin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 (1st movement: Allegro moderato)Performer: Maxim Vengerov. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
Stephen Sondheim "Send in the Clowns" (A Little Night Music)Singer: Judi Dench.
29 Oct 2017 Vesna Goldsworthy Iosif IvanoviciThe Danube WavesPerformer: Vienna Volksoper Orchestra. Conductor: Franz Bauer-Theussl.
St Nectarios of Aegina"Agni partene" (O virgin pure)Performer: Divna Ljubojević.
Manuel VallsAdio queridaPerformer: Yasmin Levy.
Nikita BogoslovskyDark is the nightOrchestra: Moscow Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Constantine Orbelian. Singer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky.
TchaikovskyMarche slaveOrchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kenneth Alwyn.
Henry PurcellWhen I am laid in earth (Dido and Aeneas)Orchestra: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan. Singer: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson.
5 Nov 2017 Ronan Bennett Thomas Tallis"If Ye Love Me"Choir: Tallis Scholars.
Richard Strauss"Beim Schlafengehen" (from Four Last Songs )Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, singer: Jessye Norman
Traditional music"Women of Ireland"Ensemble: The Chieftains.
ChopinNocturne in C-sharp minorPerformer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
KanoLittle SisPerformer: Kano.
BerliozNuit d'Ivresse (Les Troyens)Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Richard Armstrong. Singer: Roberto Alagna. Singer: Angela Gheorghiu.
Hans Zimmer"You're so Cool"Performer: Soundtrack.
Justin Burnham"Skinny Love"Ensemble: Bon Iver.
12 Nov 2017 Simon Sebag Montefiore Tchaikovsky1812 OvertureOrchestra: Minnesota Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Doráti.
Sergei ProkofievPeter and the WolfOrchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Philip Ellis. Narrator: Peter Ustinov.
Verdi"Celeste Aida" (Aida)Orchestra: La Scala Orchestra, Milan. Conductor: Lorin Maazel. Singer: Luciano Pavarotti.
Leonard CohenChelsea Hotel No. 2Performer: Rufus Wainwright.
Wagner"Selig, wie die Sonne" (Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg)Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski. Singer: Gerald Finley.
יהורם גאוןHasar Moshe MontefioreSinger: יהורם גאון.
W. A. Mozart Piano Sonata in A major, K. 331 (3rd movement: Rondo alla Turca)Performer: Mitsuko Uchida
Mick Jagger"Sympathy for the Devil"Ensemble: The Rolling Stones.
19 Nov 2017 John Surman John SurmanSAS BluesPerformer: John Surman. Performer: Karin Krog.
Bach"Kommt, ihr Töchter" ( St Matthew Passion )Orchestra: Münchener Bach-Chor and Orchestra, conductor: Karl Richter
Traditional music"Blow the Wind Southerly"Singer: Kathleen Ferrier.
Duke Ellington"The Star-crossed Lovers" (Such Sweet Thunder)km_ Billy Strayhorn. Performer: Duke Ellington.
Béla BartókConcerto for Orchestra (4th movement: Intermezzo)Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach.
Harry Ruby"Three Little Words"Performer: Sonny Rollins.
George Gershwin"Gone"Performer: Miles Davis.
Beethoven Sonata in C minor, Op. 13 ("Pathétique") (2nd movement: Adagio cantabile)Performer: Ingrid Fliter
3 Dec 2017Susan Richards
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Iegor ReznikoffGrand Magnificat (Liturgie Fondamentale)Singer: Iegor Reznikoff.
Alexander ScriabinPiano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68Performer: Vladimir Horowitz.
StravinskyThe Rite of SpringOrchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
ShostakovichCello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40 (2nd movement: Allegro)Performer: Daniil Borisovich Shafran. Performer: Dmitry Shostakovich.
Sergei ProkofievPiano Sonata No. 7, Op. 83 (1st movement: Allegro inquieto)Performer: Sviatoslav Richter.
Elena KamburovaPoem by Vladimir VysotskySinger: Elena Kamburova.
Sofia Gubaidulina"Et Expecto"Performer: Geir Draugsvoll.
10 Dec 2017 Michael Frayn Beethoven Violin Sonata in F major, Op. 24 ("Spring") – 1st movement: AllegroPerformer: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
Sergei ProkofievViolin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19 – 1st movement: AndantinoPerformer: David Oistrakh. Orchestra: State Academic Symphony Orchestra of The Russian Federation. Conductor: Kyrill Kondrashin.
MahlerIch atmet' einen linden Duft; Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder (Ruckert-Lieder)Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Bohm. Singer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.
Muriel HerbertThe Lake Isle of InnisfreeSinger: James Gilchrist. Performer: David Owen Norris.
W. A. Mozart Lo sposo deluso – overtureOrchestra: Antwerp Transparant Chamber Opera, conductor: Hans Rotman
BrahmsString Sextet in G major, Op. 36 – 2nd movement: ScherzoEnsemble: Raphael Ensemble.
Bob BrookmeyerOpen CountryEnsemble: Gerry Mulligan Quartet.
17 Dec 2017 Jane Birkin Serge Gainsbourg"Je t'aime"Performer: Serge Gainsbourg. Performer: Jane Birkin.
StravinskyThe Rite of SpringOrchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
John BarryChinon-Eleanor's Arrival (The Lion in Winter)Orchestra: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nic Raine. Choir: Crouch End Festival Chorus.
MahlerSymphony No. 10 (1st movement: Adagio)Orchestra: Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.
Gregorio AllegriMiserereChoir: King'S College Cambridge Choir. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
Olivier MessaienTurangalila-symphonie (5th movement: Joie du sang des etoiles)Orchestra: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
Leonard Bernstein West Side Story – OvertureConductor: Leonard Bernstein
31 Dec 2017 Alfred Brendel Fredy RaymondIch reiss mir eine Wimper ausPerformer: Max Hansen.
Carlo GesualdoNon t'amo, o voce ingrataChoir: Delitiæ Musicæ. Conductor: Marco Longhini.
Jan Dismas ZelenkaTrio Sonata No. 6 in C minor (2nd movement: Allegro) Heinz Holliger. Maurice Bourgue. Klaus Thunemann.
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 (1st movement, cadenza)Performer: Alfred Cortot, orchestra of the École normale de musique de Paris
Beethoven String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132 (3rd movement: Heiliger Dankgesang)Ensemble: Busch Quartet
Schubert"Die Junge Nonne"Performer: Edwin Fischer. Singer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.
LisztPiano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat (2nd movement: Quasi Adagio)Performer: Wilhelm Kempff. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Anatole Fistoulari.
BizetMichaela's Aria (Carmen, act 3)Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Alceo Galliera. Singer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.

2018

DateGuestComposerTitlePerformer
14 Jan 2018 Helen Czerski Donald SwannFirst and Second LawPerformer: Michael Flanders. Performer: Donald Swann.
Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 9 (From the New World) (Finale)Orchestra: Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Claus Peter Flor
Johann Strauss II"Champagner-Polka"Orchestra: Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester, conductor: Willi Boskovsky.
Bach Concerto in D minor (Adagio)Music arranger: Jacques Loussier, ensemble: Jacques Loussier Trio.
VerdiIl Trovatore (Anvil Chorus)Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. Choir: London Voices.
RossiniBarber of Seville (Largo al Factotum)Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Singer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky.
Camille Saint-SaënsCarnival of the Animals (Fossils)Performer: John Ogdon. Performer: Brenda Lucas. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Louis Frémaux.
21 Jan 2018 Alistair Spalding DebussyPrelude a l'apres-midi d'un fauneOrchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
Leonard Bernstein"America" (West Side Story)Performer: Chita Rivera. Performer: Marilyn Cooper.
Bach"Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639"Performer: Alfred Brendel, arrangement: Ferruccio Busoni
Thomas AdèsPolarisOrchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Adès.
Nick CaveSkeleton TreePerformer: Nick Cave.
Joni Mitchell"Amelia"Performer: Joni Mitchell.
MonteverdiAdagiati, Poppea (L'Incoronazione di Poppea)Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Pritchard. Singer: Magda László.
28 Jan 2018 Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough Frode FjellheimEatnamen VuelieChoir: Cantus. Conductor: Tove Ramlo-Ystad.
Traditional music"Voluspa"Performer: Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson.
Jean SibeliusSymphony No. 5 (3rd movement: Allegro)Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
Handel"Eternal Source of Light Divine" ( Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne )Performer: Alison Balsom (trumpet), singer: Iestyn Davies (countertenor), ensemble: The English Concert
Traditional music2Lord Franklin"Performer: Martin Carthy.
Eriks EsenvaldsNorthern LightsChoir: Trinity College Cambridge Choir. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
Wardruna"Rotlaust tre fell"Ensemble: Wardruna.
Geoffrey Burgon"Aslan's Theme" (The Chronicles of Narnia)Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
11 Feb 2018 Bernard Cornwell Gabriel FauréIn Paradisum (Requiem)Ensemble: Schola Cantorum of Oxford. Conductor: Jeremy Summerly.
Schubert"An Sylvia"Ensemble: The King's Singers.
Mitch LeighThe Impossible Dream (The Man of La Mancha)Singer: Brian Stokes Mitchell.
W. A. Mozart"Lux Aeterna" (Requiem)Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden, singers: Margaret Price, Peter Schreier, choir: Leipzig Radio Choir
Thomas Morley"It was a Lover and his Lass"Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Singer: Charles Daniels.
Gregorio AllegriMiserereChoir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
Cole Porter"I Get a Kick out of You" (Anything Goes)Singer: Kim Criswell.
18 Feb 2018 Bishi BishiThe Good ImmigrantPerformer: Bishi.
Philip GlassPrashantikm_ Ravi Shankar. Performer: Ravi Shankar. Performer: Philip Glass.
RossiniOverture: La Gazza LadraEnsemble: Soundtrack.
RossiniOverture: La Gazza Ladrakm_ Wendy Carlos. Performer: Wendy Carlos.
StravinskyPetrushkaOrchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
Ennio Morricone"The Ecstasy of Gold" (The Good, The Bad and The Ugly)Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Ennio Morricone.
Mica Levi"Lonely Void"Ensemble: Ensemble. Conductor: Peter Raeburn.
Meredith MonkTurtle DreamsPerformer: Meridith Monk.
Peter Liondev"Kaval sviri"Ensemble: Trakia Ensemble.
4 Mar 2018 Katherine Grainger ChopinNocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. posth.Performer: Kathryn Stott.
MahlerSymphony No. 6 (1st movement)Orchestra: Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Simone Young.
VerdiLa Donna e mobile (Rigoletto)Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge. Singer: Luciano Pavarotti.
RachmaninoffPiano Concerto No. 2 in C minor (2nd movement)Performer: Valentina Lisitsa. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Francis.
W. A. Mozart"Voi che sapete" ( The Marriage of Figaro )Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic, conductor: Riccardo Muti, singer: Ann Murray
Elgar"Softly and Gently" (The Dream of Gerontius)Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: John Barbirolli. Singer: Janet Baker.
VivaldiConcerto in D major, BWV 972 Performer: Alison Balsom, Colm Carey (organ), arrangement: Johann Sebastian Bach
11 Mar 2018 Richard Flanagan Johann Paul WesthoffViolin Sonata No. 3Performer: Daniel Hope. Music Arranger: Christian Badzura. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Berlin. Conductor: Simon Halsey.
Serge Gainsbourg"Valse de Melodie"Singer: Jane Birkin.
John FieldNocturne No. 6 in FPerformer: Benjamin Frith.
ChopinNocturne in F minor, Op. 55, No. 1Performer: Chad Lawson. Music Arranger: Chad Lawson.
Mikis TheodorakisHassapiko Dance (Zorbas)Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. Conductor: Charles Dutoit. Choir: Montreal Symphony Chorus.
Cezary Skubiszewski"For There is This" (The Sound of One Hand Clapping)Orchestra: Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Cezary Skubiszewski.
Arvo Pärt"Vater Unser"Performer: Arvo Pärt. Singer: Heldur Harry Põlda.
Bach"Aria" ( Goldberg Variations )Performer: Glenn Gould
25 Mar 2018 Xavier Bray  [ pl ]VerdiNessun maggior dolore (Otello)Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Jesús López Cobos. Singer: Alfonso Leoz.
Handel"Ombra mai fu" (from Serse )Conductor: John Barbirolli, singer: Beniamino Gigli
WagnerPilgrims' Chorus (Tannhauser)Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink. Choir: Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks.
Paco Peña"Misa flamenca"Performer: Paco Peña. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: László Heltay.
Tomás Luis de Victoria"O vos omnes"Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
Messiaen Saint François d'Assise (excerpt)Orchestra: The Hallé, conductor: Kent Nagano, choir: Arnold Schoenberg Choir
Bayarbaatar DavaasurenMongolian Throat SingingSinger: Bayarbaatar Davaasuren.
Marin MaraisLe Badinage
BizetJe crois entendre encore (Les Pecheurs de perles)Singer: Alain Vanzo.
1 Apr 2018 Richard Coles Leoš Janáček"The Barn Owl Has Not Flown Away!" (from On an Overgrown Path )Performer: Rudolf Firkušný
Ann Ronell "Willow Weep for Me"Performer: Art Tatum
W. A. Mozart Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 (Jupiter) (4th movement)Orchestra: Freiburger Barockorchester, conductor: René Jacobs
Peter Wishart Jesu, dulcis memoriaChoir: Choir of New College Oxford, conductor: Edward Higginbottom
Richard Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (act 3, prelude)Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic, conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler
Haydn String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 20, no. 1 (1st movement)Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet
Anonymous work"Haec Dies" (Gradual Mass of Easter)Choir: Monks of St Pierre de Solemnes Abbey
8 Apr 2018 Phyllida Barlow Leoš Janáček String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters" (2nd movement: Adagio)Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet
Harrison Birtwistle Antiphonies (excerpt)Performer: Joanna MacGregor, orchestra: Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, conductor: Michael Gielen
Richard Wagner"Mild und leise" ("Liebestod") from act 3 of Tristan und Isolde Orchestra: Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, conductor: Karl Böhm, singer: Birgit Nilsson
Abel Meeropol"Strange Fruit"Performer: Billie Holiday
Messiaen Turangalîla-Symphonie (8th movement: "Développement d’amour")Orchestra: Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor: Riccardo Chailly
Kayhan Kalhor "I Will Not Stand Alone"Performers: Kayhan Kalhor, Ali Bahrami Fard.
Anton Webern Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 10Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor: Robert Craft
22 Apr 2018 Anne Sebba Felix MendelssohnOctet in E-flat major (3rd movement: Scherzo)Ensemble: Ensemble.
RachmaninoffPiano Concerto No. 2 in C minor (2nd movement: Adagio)Performer: Arthur Rubinstein. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fritz Reiner.
VerdiDon Carlo (act 4: Tu che le vanita)Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nicola Rescigno. Singer: Maria Callas.
Arnold BaxSymphonic Variations (No. 6: Triumph)Performer: Margaret Fingerhut. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
Germaine TillionLe Verfugbar aux EnfersEnsemble: Ensemble.
Kurt Weill"The Ballad of Mack the Knife"Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: Dominic Muldowney. Singer: Robyn Archer.
ChopinCello Sonata, Op. 65 (2nd movement)Performer: Yo-Yo Ma. Performer: Emanuel Ax.
6 May 2018 Lubaina Himid Vincenzo Bellini"Mira, o Norma" (from Norma , act 3)Singers: Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Richard Bonynge
Max Bruch Kol Nidrei Performers: Jacqueline du Pré (cello), performer: Gerald Moore (piano)
Donal MacDonagh Long"Never Be the Sun" (see Ruby's Torch )Performer: Dolores Keane
Keith Jarrett The Köln Concert (part 1)Performer: Keith Jarrett
Zbigniew Preisner "Song for the Unification of Europe"Orchestra: Sinfonia Varsovia, conductor: Wojciech Michniewski
Leoš Janáček"They Chattered Like Swallows" (from On an Overgrown Path )Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes
Bob Dylan"Just Like a Woman"Performer: Nina Simone
20 May 2018 Elisabeth Luard W. A. Mozart"Porgi amor" ( The Marriage of Figaro )Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conductor: Ion Marin, singer: Angela Gheorghiu
Elgar"Sanctus fortis, Sanctus Deus" (The Dream of Gerontius)Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis. Singer: Stuart Skelton. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus.
Paco de LucíaEl AdiosEnsemble: Amigos de Gines.
Billie HolidayGod Bless the ChildPerformer: Annie Ross.
Dory Previn"Jesus was an Androgyne"Performer: Dory Previn.
Beethoven Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2 ("Moonlight") (1st movement: Adagio sostenuto)Performer: Radu Lupu
27 May 2018 Peter Florence MahlerSymphony No. 2 (Resurrection) (Finale)Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Singer: Janet Baker.
Glynn JonesDafydd u garreg wenPerformer: Annette Bryn Parri. Singer: Bryn Terfel.
HandelSarabande (from Suite No. 11 in D minor)Performer: Igor Kipnis
Bach Goldberg Variations , BWV 988Performer: Sir András Schiff
Anouar Brahem"Le pas du chat noir"Performer: Anouar Brahem. Performer: François Couturier. Performer: Jean-Louis Matinier.
George GershwinThe Man that I loveSinger: Sarah Vaughan.
17 Jun 2018 Miranda Krestovnikoff Bohuslav MartinuFlute Sonata (3rd movement: Allegro)Performer: Michael Cox. Performer: Nigel Clayton.
Michel Camilo"Why Not?"Performer: Michel Camilo.
Maurice Duruflé"Ubi caritas" (Quatre motets sur des themes gregoriens)Choir: Bristol University Singers.
RachmaninoffAll-Night VigilChoir: Saint Petersburg Chamber Choir. Conductor: Nikolai Korniev.
HolstMercury (3rd movement from The Planets )Orchestra: New York Philharmonic, conductor: Leonard Bernstein
Sting"Fields of Gold"Performer: Sting.
Ralph Vaughan Williams"The Lover's Ghost" (Five English Folk Songs)Choir: Finzi Singers. Conductor: Paul Spicer.
Bach"Gigue" (Cello Suite No. 3)Performer: Paul Tortelier
Stan Tracey"Starless and Bible Black"Ensemble: Stan Tracey Quartet.
Hermann von Reichenau"Salve Regina"Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble.
ShostakovichString Quartet No. 15 in E-flat minor (1st movement: Elegy)Ensemble: Fitzwilliam String Quartet.
Messiaen Quartet for the end of time Ensemble: Fibonacci Sequence
HaydnSonata in D major, H.16.42 (1st movement)Performer: Glenn Gould.
Deborah PritchardRiver AbovePerformer: Simon Haram.
24 Jun 2018Kim Moore(WorldCat)Alexander ArutunyanTrumpet Concerto (1st movemenvt)Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lawrence Renes.
Handel"The trumpet shall sound" (from Messiah )Orchestra: The Sixteen, conductor: Harry Christophers, singer: Christopher Purves
Jean-Baptiste ArbanVariations on 'The Carnival of Venice'Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Ensemble: Eastman Wind Ensemble.
William RimmerSlaidburnPerformer: Wingates Temperance Band.
Britten(Elegy) Serenade for tenor, horn and stringsPerformer: Jasper de Waal. Orchestra: Amsterdam Sinfonietta. Conductor: Candida Thompson. Singer: James Gilchrist.
Joaquín RodrigoAdagio (Concierto de Aranjuez)Performer: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Music Arranger: Kevin Bolton.
Dave McGerty"You Can't Mean It"Ensemble: Chapter 5.
8 Jul 2018 Adjoa Andoh Ralph Vaughan WilliamsFantasia on GreensleevesOrchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
Nikolai Rimsky-KorsakovSheherazade (Finale)Performer: Sydney Harth. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fritz Reiner.
Pharoah SandersThe Creator Has A Master Plan
Holst"Neptune" (7th movement from The Planets )
Dade KramaKronkohinkooPerformer: Kweku Gablah. Performer: Dada Lamptey. Performer: Nii Noi Nortey. Performer: Nana Tsiboe.
PucciniNessun Dorma (Turandot)Orchestra: Münchner Rundfunkorchester. Conductor: Roberto Abbado. Singer: Ben Heppner.
Britten Peter Grimes , act 1 ("The Truth, The Pity...")Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia, conductor: Richard Hickox, singers: Philip Langridge, Janice Watson  [ Wikidata ]
Leonard BernsteinQuintet (West Side Story)Performer: Jimmy Bryant. Performer: Marni Nixon.
15 Jul 2018 Paco Peña Camarón de la Isla"Se me partió la barrena"Performer: Camarón de la Isla.
Beethoven Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2 ("Moonlight") (1st movement)Performer: Alfred Brendel
Eduardo FalúTonada del viejo amorPerformer: Paco Peña. Singer: Eduardo Falú.
BachChaconne from Partita for Violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004Performer: Jascha Heifetz
Manuel de Falla La vida breve (act 2, finale)Orchestra: National Orchestra of Spain, conductor: Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, singer: Victoria de los Ángeles
W. A. Mozart"Requiem aeternam" (Requiem in D minor, K. 626)Orchestra: Dunedin Consort & Players, conductor: John Butt, singer: Joanne Lunn
BachFugue from Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E-flat major, BWV 998 Performer: John Williams (guitar)
22 Jul 2018 Audrey Niffenegger Allein GottToccata on the ChoralePerformer: Aivars Kalējs.
Hildegard von Bingen"O virtus sapientie"Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.
RadioheadGive up the GhostEnsemble: Radiohead.
Charles IvesPiano Sonata No. 2 (Concord MA) (3rd movement: The Alcotts)Performer: Charles Ives.
Rachel'sFirst Self-Portrait Series (Music for Egon Schiele)Ensemble: Rachel's.
Pauline OliverosLearPerformer: Pauline Oliveros. Performer: Stuart Dempster. Performer: Panaiotis.
Astor Piazzolla "Sur – Regresso al amor" Yo-Yo Ma, Quinteto Tango Nuevo  [ es; fr ]
29 Jul 2018 Henry Blofeld W. A. Mozart"Non più andrai" ( The Marriage of Figaro , act 1)Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini, singer: Giuseppe Taddei
Arthur SullivanIf you're anxious for to shine (Patience)Orchestra: D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Sargent. Singer: George Baker.
SchubertSymphony No. 8 (Unfinished)Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
Burt Bacharach"This Guy's in Love with You"Performer: Herb Alpert. Ensemble: Tijuana Brass.
Noël Coward"Mad Dogs and Englishmen"Performer: Noël Coward.
Ravi ShankarDhunPerformer: Ravi Shankar.
Stephen Sondheim"Send in the Clowns" (A Little Night Music)Performer: Barbra Streisand.
Puccini"E lucevan le stelle" (Tosca)Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leone Magiera. Singer: Luciano Pavarotti.
5 Aug 2018 Lauren Child Erik SatieGnossienne No. 1Performer: Lang Lang.
VivaldiMandolin Concerto in C (2nd movement)Performer: Sol Goichberg. Orchestra: New York Sinfonietta. Conductor: Max Goberman.
Traditional Mongolian"Erkhem Tur"Ensemble: Ensemble.
BjörkJogaPerformer: Björk. Orchestrator: ONE LITTLE INDIAN.
PucciniChi il bel sogno di Doretta (La Rondine)Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Pritchard. Singer: Kiri Te Kanawa.
Arvo PärtSpiegel im SpiegelPerformer: Tasmin Little. Performer: Martin Roscoe.
W. A. Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622 (2nd movement)Performer: Sabine Meyer, orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden, conductor: Hans Vonk
2 Sep 2018 Eugenia Cheng Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor (1st movement: Moderato)Performer: Sergei Rachmaninoff, orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra, conductor: Leopold Stokowski
Bach"Erbarme dich" ( St Matthew Passion ) Michael Chance (countertenor), English Baroque Soloists, conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Leoš Janáček The Makropulos Case (final scene)Singer: Elisabeth Söderström, orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic, conductor: Charles Mackerras
Schubert"Der Doppelgänger" (no. 13 from Schwanengesang )Performer: Justus Zeyen (piano), Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone)
Britten"From the gutter..." (from Peter Grimes , act 2)Singers: Heather Harper (soprano), Elizabeth Bainbridge (contralto), Teresa Cahill (soprano), Anne Pashley (soprano); orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; conductor: Colin Davis
Mahler Symphony No. 2 ("Resurrection") (excerpt)Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Vladimir Jurowski, Choir: London Philharmonic Choir
Richard Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (act 3, excerpt)Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Vladimir Jurowski, singer: Gerald Finley
9 Sep 2018 Steve Punt Felix MendelssohnOverture: A Midsummer Night's DreamOrchestra: Champs-Élysées Orchestra. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
Dave Brubeck"Blue Rondo a la Turk"Performer: Dave Brubeck.
Dudley MooreBedazzledPerformer: Peter Cook. Ensemble: Dudley Moore Trio.
Jean SibeliusViolin Concerto (3rd movement: Allegro, ma non tanto)Performer: Jennifer Pike. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
DebussyDr Gradus ad Parnassum (Children's Corner)Performer: Jacopo Salvatori.
Scott Joplin"Solace"Performer: Alexander Peskanov.
ShostakovichWaltz II (Jazz Suite No. 2)Orchestra: Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
16 Sep 2018 Bella Hardy Bella HardyStarsPerformer: Bella Hardy.
PucciniMadame Butterfly (final scene)Orchestra: La Scala Orchestra, Milan. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Singer: Maria Callas.
Gian Piero ReverberiMagico incontroEnsemble: Rondò Veneziano.
Alistair AndersonOn Cheviot HillsPerformer: Alistair Anderson. Ensemble: The Lindsays.
Traditional music"The Wandering Girl"Singer: Freda Palmer.
Zhou ZipingSacred Cloud MusicPerformer: Yo-Yo Ma. Ensemble: Silk Road Ensemble.
DebussyReveriePerformer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
Philip Stopford"Lully, Lulla, Lullay"Choir: Ecclesium Choir. Conductor: Philip Stopford.
30 Sep 2018 Bel Mooney Beethoven String Quartet No. 7 in F major (4th movement: "Thème Russe")Ensemble: Vlachovo kvarteto Praha
W. A. Mozart Piano Sonata in A major, K. 331 (2nd movement: Menuetto)Performer: Daniel Barenboim
Giovanni Battista PergolesiStabat Mater (opening)Orchestra: Les Talens Lyriques. Singer: Barbara Bonney. Singer: Andreas Scholl.
Bach Partita for Violin No. 3 (1st movement: Preludio)Performer: Nigel Kennedy
Tony Kinsey"Tonight I write sadly"Performer: Christopher Logue. Ensemble: Red Bird Jazz.
Beethoven Sonata in F major, Op. 24 ("Spring") (1st movemenvt: Allegro)Performers: Gidon Kremer (violin), Martha Argerich (piano)
W. A. Mozart"Laudate Dominum" ( Vesperae solennes de Dominica , K. 321)Singer: Kiri Te Kanawa, orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Colin Davis
7 Oct 2018 Ed Vulliamy VerdiTriumphal March (Aida)Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
B.B. King"There Must Be A Better World Somewhere"Featured Artist: Dr. John
W. A. Mozart"Non più andrai" ( The Marriage of Figaro )Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini, singer: Giuseppe Taddei
Traditional Macedonian"Eleno kerko"Performer: Amira Medunjanin.
ShostakovichSymphony No. 7 (Leningrad) (3rd movement: Adagio)Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Karel Ančerl.
SchubertPiano Sonata in G major, D.894 (3rd movemenvt: Menuetto)Performer: Paul Lewis.
Joan BaezDeportee (Plane wreck at Los Gatos)Performer: Joan Baez.
14 Oct 2018 John Bird BrahmsAcademic Festival OvertureOrchestra: New Philhamonia Orchestra. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
Tchaikovsky"Dance of the Reed Pipes" (The Nutcracker)Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
GriegIn the Hall of the Mountain King (Peer Gynt)Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
WagnerOverture: TannhauserOrchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
Mike Westbrook"I See Thy Form"Performer: Mike Westbrook.
Steve ReichThe CaveEnsemble: Steve Reich and Musicians. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
Carl Maria von WeberOverture: Der FreischützOrchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
21 Oct 2018 Richard Powers BizetJeux d'Enfants: La ToupiePerformer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque.
John Dowland"Time Stands Still"Performer: Ronn McFarlane. Singer: Julianne Baird.
Béla BartókString Quartet No. 4 (2nd movement: Prestissimo)Ensemble: Guarneri Quartet.
MahlerIch bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (Ruckert-Lieder)Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: John Barbirolli. Singer: Janet Baker.
Charles IvesPiano Sonata No. 2 (Concord, Massachusetts) (3rd movement: The Alcotts)Performer: Gilbert Kalish.
Caroline ShawPartita for Eight Voices (1st movement: Allemande)Ensemble: Roomful of Teeth.
Bach Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 100 Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan, conductor: Masaaki Suzuki
Traditional music"The Parting Glass"Ensemble: The Wailin' Jennys.
4 Nov 2018 Anil Seth ChopinPrelude in D-flat major ("Raindrop")Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
Bach Magnificat in D major Conductor: Stephen Cleobury, singer: Susan Gritton
VivaldiConcerto in B-flat major for violin and strings (2nd movement: Andante)Performer: Giacomo Agazzini. Performer: Ezio Bosso. Orchestra: Orquesta sinfónica de Madrid.
Walter Donaldson"Love me or leave me"Singer: Nina Simone.
Billy Taylor"I wish I knew (how it would feel to be free)"km_ Dick Dallas. Ensemble: Billy Taylor Trio.
Enrique GranadosSpanish Dance No. 5Performer: John Williams.
Traditional Indian"Gayati Mantra"Performer: Anuradha Paudwal.
Lin-Manuel Miranda"Alexander Hamilton" (Hamilton)Performer: Lin-Manuel Miranda. Performer: Renée Elise Goldsberry. Performer: Alex Lacamoire.
11 Nov 2018 Margaret MacMillan Ravel La valse Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Traditional Welsh"Men of Harlech"Choir: Froncysyllte Male Voice Choir, conductor: Ann Atkinson
Traditional Scottish"The Road to the Isles"Singer: Andy Stewart
Richard Strauss Metamorphosen Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, conductor: Iona Brown
Puccini"Signore, ascolta!" (from Turandot)Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Zubin Mehta, singer: Montserrat Caballé
Michael Tippett"Steal Away" (as used in A Child of Our Time )Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Michael Tippett, singers: Faye Robinson (soprano), Jon Garrison (tenor), CBSO Chorus
25 Nov 2018 Rebecca Stott Paul Simon"American Tune"Performer: Paul Simon.
RachmaninoffVocalise, Op. 34, No. 14Performer: Maxim Vengerov. Ensemble: Virtuosi.
Traditional music"Wayfaring Stranger"Singer: Andreas Scholl.
Giovanni Battista PergolesiStabat MaterSinger: Emma Kirkby. Singer: James Bowman. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
Traditional music"Sha, Sha, Di Shviger Kumt"Ensemble: Chicago Klezmer Ensemble.
W. A. Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467 (2nd movement: Andante)Performer: Géza Anda, ensemble: Camerata Salzburg
Leonard CohenSuzannePerformer: Leonard Cohen.
2 Dec 2018 David Rieff Orlande de Lassus"Vide homo" (Lagrime di San Pietro)Choir: Gallicantus. Conductor: Gabriel Crouch.
Henry Purcell"Come Ye Sons of Art"Singer: Alfred Deller. Singer: John Whitworth. Conductor: Anthony Lewis.
ShostakovichPassacaglia (Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk)Performer: Matthias Havinga.
Traditional Scottish"Mo Ghile Mear" (My Dashing Darling)Performer: Iarla Ó Lionáird. Performer: Mary Black. Performer: Mary Ann Kennedy.
Bach Ich habe genug, BWV 82 Singer: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, orchestra: Emmanuel Music, conductor: Craig Smith
Beethoven String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132 (3rd movement: "Heiliger Dankgesang")Ensemble: Belcea Quartet
Traditional music"Shady Grove"Performer: Tony Rice. Performer: Peter Rowan.
16 Dec 2018 Daniel Evans Stephen Sondheim"Too Many Mornings" (Follies)Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Paul Gemignani. Singer: Barbara Cook. Singer: George Hearn.
Leonard Bernstein Candide – OvertureOrchestra: London Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Leonard Bernstein
Britten"Now the Great Bear and the Pleaides" (from Peter Grimes )Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; conductor: Colin Davis; singer: Jon Vickers
Donizetti"Ah! Mes Amis" (La Fille du Regiment)Orchestra: Giuseppe Verdi Orchestra of Milan. Conductor: Riccardo Frizza. Singer: Juan Diego Flórez.
Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor ("Pathétique") (1st movement)Performer: Daniel Barenboim
Traditional Welsh"Ar Hyd y Nos"Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Gareth Jones. Singer: Bryn Terfel.
23 Dec 2018 Jan Ravens Camille Saint-Saëns"Mon coeur s'ouvre" (Samson et Delilah)Orchestra: Paris Conservatoire Orchestra. Conductor: Georges Prêtre. Singer: Maria Callas.
Gluck"What is Life?" (Orfeo ed Euridice)Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Sargent. Singer: Kathleen Ferrier.
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandBorn To Run
Bach St Matthew Passion (opening)Orchestra: Concentus Musicus Wien, conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt, choir: Arnold Schoenberg Chor
VivaldiThe Four Seasons Recomposedkm_ Max Richter. Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra. Conductor: André de Ridder.
Wagner"Mild und Leise..." (Tristan und Isolde)Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus Tennstedt. Singer: Jessye Norman.
Leonard Bernstein"Make our Garden grow" (Candide)Ensemble: Original Broadcast Cast.

2019

DateGuestComposerTitlePerformer
6 Jan 2019 Clarke Peters Joan Armatrading "Love and Affection"Singer: Joan Armatrading
Louis Moreau Gottschalk Bamboula , Op. 2Performer: Roger Lord
George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue Performer: Freddy Kempf, orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Andrew Litton
Heitor Villa-Lobos Prelude No. 1 Performer: Eduardo Fernández
Ravel"Lever du jour" (from part 3 of Daphnis et Chloé )Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Debussy La Mer Orchestra: The Hallé, conductor: Sir Mark Elder
Rachmaninoff Prelude in C-sharp minor Performers: Nat King Cole (piano), Oscar Moore (guitar), Johnny Miller (bass)
13 Jan 2019 Sigrid Rausing SchubertStandchen (Schwanengesang)Performer: Vladimir Horowitz. Music Arranger: Franz Liszt.
W. A. Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622 (2nd movement: Adagio)Performer: Martin Fröst, orchestra: Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Thorstein BergmanSpelmannenPerformer: Thorstein Bergman.
Felix MendelssohnSong without Words, Op. 109Performer: Mischa Maisky. Performer: Sergio Tiempo.
BrahmsVariations and Fugue on a theme of HandelPerformer: Murray Perahia.
Cole Porter"Anything Goes"Performer: Ella Fitzgerald.
Beethoven"Ode to Joy" (Symphony No. 9)Performer: Igor Levit (piano), arrangement: Franz Liszt
20 Jan 2019 Tim Firth Tomaso Giovanni AlbinoniConcerto in F major for 2 oboes and strings, Op. 9, No. 3 (1st movement: Allegro)Performer: Catherine Latham. Performer: Anthony Robson. Orchestra: Collegium Musicum 90. Conductor: Simon Standage.
Bach Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042 (1st movement: Allegro)Performer: Renaud Capuçon, orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Frederick Delius2 Aquarelles for string orchestra, arr. Fenby...: No. 2; Gaily, but not too quickEric Fenby. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestrator: Deutsche Gramophon
Aaron Copland"Dance of the Adolescent" (Grohg)Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
Henryk Mikolaj GóreckiSymphony No. 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs) (excerpt)Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: David Zinman. Singer: Dawn Upshaw.
LigetiSix Bagatelles for Wind Quintet (No. 1: Allegro con spirito)Ensemble: Claude Debussy Wind Quintet.
27 Jan 2019 Lisa Appignanesi Monteverdi2Possente spirto2 (L'Orfeo)Ensemble: I Barrochisti. Conductor: Diego Fasolis. Singer: Philippe Jaroussky.
W. A. Mozart"Voi che sapete" ( The Marriage of Figaro )Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic, conductor: Claudio Abbado, singer: Cecilia Bartoli
DebussyPremiere RhapsodiePerformer: James Campbell. Performer: Glenn Gould.
Kurt Weill"Surabaya Johnny"Singer: Lotte Lenya.
Jimmy Cox"Nobody knows when you're down and out"Singer: Bessie Smith.
Laurie Anderson"O Superman"Performer: Laurie Anderson.
Sergei ProkofievPeter and the WolfEnsemble: Nash Ensemble. Conductor: Libor Pešek. Narrator: Lenny Henry.
3 Feb 2019 Oliver Ford Davies HaydnString Quartet in B-flat, Op. 50, no. 1 (Finale)Ensemble: Lindsay String Quartet.
StravinskyPetrushka (excerpt)Performer: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
ElgarPiano Quintet in A minor, Op. 84 (2nd movement: Adagio)Performer: Piers Lane. Ensemble: Vellinger Quartet.
Alban BergViolin Concerto (2nd movement: Adagio)Performer: Isabelle Faust. Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
Ralph Vaughan WilliamsLinden LeaPerformer: Tim Laycock.
W. A. Mozart The Marriage of Figaro (act 4, finale)Orchestra: Vienna Symphony, conductor: Karl Böhm, singer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
10 Feb 2019 Preti Taneja Traditional music"Abhi to main jawan hoon"Performer: Malika Pukhraj,.
Vivaldi"Nulla in mundo pax sincera"Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Christopher Hogwood. Singer: Emma Kirkby.
Ilham al-MadfaiBaghdadPerformer: Ilham al-Madfai.
Zakir HussainRaga ChandrakaunsPerformer: Hariprasad Chaurasia. Performer: Zakir Hussain.
ShostakovichKing Lear (Prelude and Song of Cordelia)Orchestra: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michail Jurowski.
Philip GlassWhy Does Somebody Have to Die? (The Hours)Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Philip Glass.
Nusrat Fateh Ali KhanHamd (Louange a Dieu)Performer: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
24 Feb 2019 Julian Baggini Ravel Violin Sonata in G (2nd movement: Blues)Performers: Jean-Jacques Kantorow (violin), Jacques Rouvier (piano)
Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor (2nd movement: Andante moderato)Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra, conductor: Robin Ticciati
Karol Szymanowski Mazurka No. 12Performer: Marc-André Hamelin
Michael Nyman String Quartet No. 2 (1st movement)Performer: Balanescu Quartet
Jessica Curry "Always (Hebridean Mix)"Performer: Jessica Curry
Mark Hollis and Tim Friese-Greene "The Rainbow" from the album Spirit of Eden Ensemble: Talk Talk
Antonín Dvořák Serenade for Strings in E major (1st movement)Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor: Christopher Warren-Green
3 Mar 2019 Rachel Parris Rachel Parris"Don't Take my Advice"Performer: Rachel Parris.
Tom Lehrer "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park"Performer: Tom Lehrer.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov"The Sea and Sinbad's Ship" (Scheherazade)Performer: Michel Schwalbé. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
Thomas TallisTe lucis ante terminumChoir: Magdala Choir. Conductor: David Skinner.
Leonard Bernstein"The Dance at the Gym" (West Side Story)Performer: Members of the Cast.
Ralph Vaughan WilliamsSerenade to MusicOrchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Matthew Best.
DebussyArabesque No. 1Performer: Jacques Rouvier.
Cole Porter"My Heart Belongs to Daddy"Performer: Oscar Peterson.
10 Mar 2019 Greta Scacchi Handel"Ombra mai fu" (from Serse )Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conductor: Sir Roger Norrington, singer: Andreas Scholl
Maria CoswayMormoraPerformer: Mary Nichols. Performer: Jan Walters.
Erik SatieGnossienne No. 1Performer: Lang Lang.
Vivian Ellis"I'm on a See-Saw"Performer: Fats Waller.
Jimmy Giuffre"Gotta Dance"Ensemble: The Jimmy Giuffre Trio.
Richard RobbinsTo the Monastery/End Titles (Heat and Dust)Performer: Nishat Khan.
BachToccata in C minor, BWV 911 Performer: Martha Argerich
Joseph CanteloubeBailero (Songs of the Auvergne)Singer: Frederica von Stade.
17 Mar 2019 Mark Morris Germaine TailleferreFandangoPerformer: Marc Clinton. Performer: Nicole Narboni.
Lou HarrisonLargo OstinatoPerformer: Linda Birman-Hall.
Lou HarrisonSymphony No. 3 (4th movement: Largo Ostinato)Orchestra: Cabrillo Music Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies.
Handel"Beato in ver chi può" (Italian Duet No. 18, HWV 181)Singers: Mária Zádori  [ eo; hu ] (soprano), Paul Esswood (countertenor)
Domenico ScarlattiSonata in G major, Kk2Performer: Vojtech Spurny.
Domenico ScarlattiSonata in G major, Kk391Performer: Michelangelo Carbonara.
Domenico ScarlattiSonata in A major, Kk208Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
Erik SatiePerpetual Tango (Sports et Divertissements)Performer: Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
31 Mar 2019 Uta Frith Bedřich SmetanaThe Moldau (Ma Vlast)Orchestra: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antoni Wit.
Jacques Offenbach"Les Oiseaux dans la Charmille" (Les Contes d'Hoffmann)Singer: Joan Sutherland.
Fred FrithFrom the BackstretchPerformer: Fred Frith.
BeethovenOverture: Fidelio Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, conductor: Riccardo Chailly
Hildegard von Bingen"O Jerusalem"Choir: Gothic Voices. Conductor: Christopher Page.
Clara Schumann Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17 (1st movement: Andante)Performers: Antje Weithaas, Tanja Tetzlaff, Gunilla Süssmann
Friedrich HollaenderRaus mit den Mannern!Singer: Ute Lemper.
7 Apr 2019 Jo Brand Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 Performer: Harold Britton
Felix MendelssohnViolin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 (1st movement)Performer: Anne-Sophie Mutter. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
Michael Nyman"Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepherds" (The Draughtsman's Contract)Ensemble: Michael Nyman Band.
BrahmsVariations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56aOrchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
Carl Orff"O Fortuna" (Carmina Burana)Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop. Choir: Bournemouth Symphony Chorus.
Beethoven Symphony No. 6 ("Pastorale") (excerpt) London Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Wyn Morris
HolstJupiter – The Bringer of Jollity (4th movement from The Planets )Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Vladimir Jurowski
14 Apr 2019 Roger Kneebone François CouperinLes Idees HeureusesPerformer: Sophie Yates.
Bach Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor (2nd movement: Largo)Performers: Rachel Podger, Bojan Čičić, ensemble: Brecon Baroque
Charles LloydDancing Water, Big Sur to BahiaPerformer: Charles Lloyd.
Pete Atkin Secret Drinker Performer: Pete Atkin.
SchubertString Quintet in C major, D.956Ensemble: Amsterdam Sinfonietta.
Handel"As steals the morn" (from L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato )Singers: Lucy Crowe (soprano), Mark Padmore (tenor), The English Concert, conductor: Andrew Manze
28 Apr 2019 David Wilson Jimmy McHughLet's Get LostPerformer: Chet Baker.
Jean SibeliusAndante FestivoOrchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra.
Leonard Bernstein"America" (West Side Story)Performer: Unknown.
Aaron CoplandAppalachian SpringOrchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
SchubertString Quartet (Death and the Maiden (4th movement: Presto)Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
Bach"Aria" ( Goldberg Variations , BWV 988)Performer: Glenn Gould
Craig ArmstrongGlasgow Love Theme (Love Actually)Performer: Unknown.
5 May 2019 Barbara Hosking Malcolm ArnoldThe Padstow LifeboatPerformer: Grimethorpe Colliery Band.
Camille Saint-Saëns"L'amour viens aider ma faiblesse" (Samson et Dalila)Orchestra: La Scala Orchestra, Milan. Conductor: Georges Prêtre. Singer: Shirley Verrett.
Jacob Jacobs"Bei mir bistu shein"Ensemble: Budapest Klezmer Band.
Richard Strauss"Grossmächtige Prinzessin} ( Ariadne auf Naxos )Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Kurt Masur. Singer: Edita Gruberová.
ElgarCockaigne OvertureOrchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Heath.
SchubertDer Leiermann (Winterreise)Performer: Anna Tilbrook. Singer: James Gilchrist.
BrittenEpilogue (Billy Budd)Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox. Singer: Philip Langridge.
19 May 2019 Jess Robinson Alex Silverman"It Must be Love"Performer: Jess Robinson.
Samuel BarberSure on this Shining NightChoir: Cambridge University Chamber Choir. Conductor: Timothy Brown.
Gordon YoungPrelude in Classic StylePerformer: Simon Lindley.
Traditional YiddishTraditional Yiddish SongPerformer: Rosi Schul. Performer: Jules Ruben.
Ralph Vaughan WilliamsFantasia on a Theme by Thomas TallisOrchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.
Roger Ramirez"Lover Man"Performer: Billie Holiday.
DebussySalut Printemps (Le Printemps)Choir: Toronto Children's Chorus. Singer: Jean Ashworth Bartle.
Gabriel Fauré"Sanctus; Pie Jesu" (Requiem)Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey. Singer: Sandrine Piau. Choir: Accentus.
2 Jun 2019 Robert Icke ChopinBallade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23Performer: Vladimir Horowitz.
François CouperinLes Barricades MysterieusesPerformer: Iddo Bar-Shaï.
Brian Wilson"God Only Knows"Ensemble: The Beach Boys.
Richard Rodgers"Little Girl Blue"Performer: Nina Simone.
Pérotin"Viderunt Omnes"Choir: The Hilliard Ensemble.
Bob Dylan"Not Dark Yet"Performer: Bob Dylan.
Monteverdi"Pur ti miro" (L'Incoronazione di Poppea)Ensemble: L'Arpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar. Singer: Núria Rial. Singer: Philippe Jaroussky.
Laura Marling"How Can I"Performer: Laura Marling.
9 Jun 2019 Lucasta Miller Carl Maria von WeberWolf's Glen Scene (Der Freischütz, act 2)Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber. Singer: Theo Adam.
Vincenzo BelliniCasta Diva (Norma, act 1)Orchestra: La Scala Orchestra, Milan. Conductor: Tullio Serafin. Singer: Maria Callas.
MonteverdiIl Ritorno d'Ulisse (Final Scene)Orchestra: Concentus Musicus Wien. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Singer: Sven Olof Eliasson. Singer: Norma Lerer.
Clara Schumann "Liebst du um Schönheit" (Op. 12, No. 2)Singer: Barbara Bonney, performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy
BachPrelude (Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007)Performer: Steven Isserlis
Hans Werner HenzeDas Paradies (6 Songs from the Arabian)Performer: Julius Drake. Singer: Ian Bostridge.
16 Jun 2019 June Spencer Max BruchViolin Concerto No. 1 in G minor (2nd movement: Adagio)Performer: Chloë Hanslip. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
RachmaninoffPiano Concerto No. 2 in C minor (3rd movement: Allegro)Performer: Yuja Wang. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
Vivaldi"Winter" (The Four Seasons)Orchestra: Taverner Players. Conductor: Andrew Parrott.
Felix MendelssohnOverture: A Midsummer Night's DreamOrchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
Puccini"O Soave Fanciulla" (La Bohème)Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Singer: Mirella Freni. Singer: Luciano Pavarotti.
John Lennon And Paul Mccartney"Yesterday"km_ Paul McCartney. Performer: Plácido Domingo.
Rossini"Duetto buffo di due gatti"Singer: Felicity Lott. Singer: Ann Murray.
30 Jun 2019 Harry Enfield VerdiPartite? Crudele... (Rigoletto, act 1)Orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Conductor: James Levine.
VerdiHarry Enfield and Chums – Signature Tune arr. from Verdi's Rigoletto Music arranger: Julia St. John
VerdiSoldiers' Chorus ( Il trovatore )Orchestra: La Scala Milan Chorus & Orchestra, conductor: Riccardo Muti
ElgarViolin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61 (3rd movement: Allegro molto)Performer: Yehudi Menuhin. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Elgar.
SchubertPiano Sonata in A minor, D.845 (1st movement: Moderato)Performer: Alfred Brendel.
RossiniLargo al Factotum (Il Barbiere di Siviglia)Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner. Singer: Thomas Allen.
Samuel BarberAdagio for StringsOrchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
Paul Oakenfold"Another Day"Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Arturo Toscanini. Ensemble: Skip Raiders. Featured Artist: Jada.
W. A. Mozart"Queen of the Night aria" ( The Magic Flute )Singer: Florence Foster Jenkins
Modest MussorgskyBoris Godunov (act 1, excerpt)Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North. Conductor: Paul Daniel. Singer: John Tomlinson.
7 Jul 2019Sarah Langford (Worldcat)BachPrelude (Cello Suite No. 1, BWV 1007)Performer: Peter Gregson, arrangement: Peter Gregson
Witold LutosławskiSymphony No. 4 (excerpt)Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen.
Paul DukasThe Sorcerer's ApprenticeOrchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: James Levine.
Messiaen"Louange à l'Éternité de Jésus" (Praise to the Eternity of Jesus) (from Quartet for the End of Time )Performers: Benjamin Hughes (cello) VIAF   13164600579237672315, Kathron Sturrock (piano)
Morten LauridsenO Magnum MysteriumChoir: New College Oxford Choir. Conductor: Edward Higginbottom.
Parov Stelar"Clap Your Hands"Performer: Parov Stelar.
14 Jul 2019 James Burke W. A. Mozart Clarinet Quintet, K. 581 (2nd movement: Larghetto)Performer: Jörg Widmann, ensemble: Arcanto Quartett
Traditional Italian"I' te vurria vasà"Singer: Miranda Martino.
Aaron CoplandFanfare for the Common ManOrchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
Joseph CanteloubeBailero (Chants d'Auvergne)Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Antonio de Almeida. Singer: Frederica von Stade.
Isaac AlbénizAsturiasPerformer: Andrés Segovia.
W. A. Mozart"Soave sia il vento" ( Così fan tutte )Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor: Neville Marriner, singers: Karita Mattila, Anne Sofie von Otter, Thomas Allen
Handel"Sound an alarm" (from Judas Maccabaeus )Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Malcolm Sargent, singer: Richard Lewis
28 Jul 2019 Peter Piot Leonora DuarteSinfonia de decimi toniEnsemble: Transports public. Conductor: Thomas Baeté.
Bach"Kommt, ihr Töchter" ( St Matthew Passion )Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Ghent chorus & orchestra, conductor: Philippe Herreweghe
Anonymous workSi NaaniPerformer: Toumani Diabaté.
Gluck"Che faro senza Euridice" (Orfeo ed Euridice)Orchestra: Southern Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Fritz Stiedry. Singer: Kathleen Ferrier.
W. A. Mozart"Der Hölle Rache" ( The Magic Flute )Ensemble: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, conductor: René Jacobs, singer: Anna-Kristiina Kaappola  [ fi ]
Umberto GiordanoLa Mamma Morta (Andrea Chenier)Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Tullio Serafin. Singer: Maria Callas.
Papa Wemba"Mi Amor"Performer: Papa Wemba.
18 Aug 2019 Hannah Sullivan Richard StraussAct 3: "Marie Theres'!" ( Der Rosenkavalier )Singers: Christa Ludwig, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Teresa Stich-Randall. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
BachCello Suite No. 5, BWV 1011 (Prelude)Performer: Edgar Meyer (double bass)
Amy Winehouse"You Know I'm No Good"Featured Artist: Ghostface Killah
Antonín Dvořák Cello Concerto in B minor (1st movement: Allegro)Performer: Jacqueline du Pré, orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Philip Rosseter"What then is love but mourning?"Performer: Dorothy Linell. Singer: Steven Rickards.
SchubertString Quintet in C (2nd movement: Adagio)Performer: Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich. Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet.
Nina Simone"I want a little sugar in my bowl"Performer: Nina Simone.
StravinskyThe Dove DescendingChoir: New College Oxford Choir. Conductor: Edward Higginbottom.
25 Aug 2019 James Ellroy Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major ("Hammerklavier") (3rd movement: Adagio)Performer: Emil Gilels
Rachmaninoff Étude-tableau in E-flat minor, Op. 39, No. 5 "Appassionato"Performer: Van Cliburn
Richard Wagner Tristan und Isolde (prelude)Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor: Otto Klemperer
Shostakovich Symphony No. 10 (1st movement: Moderato)Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic, conductor: Herbert von Karajan
Mahler Symphony No. 5 (4th movement: Adagietto)Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Rafael Kubelík
Bruckner Symphony No. 7 (2nd movement: Adagio)Orchestra: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, conductor: Andris Nelsons
8 Sep 2019 David Cannadine Camille Saint-SaënsDanse MacabreOrchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy.
Arthur SullivanOverture: IolantheOrchestra: Pro Arte Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Sargent.
Haydn"The Heavens are Telling" (The Creation)Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis. Choir: London Symphony Chorus.
William WaltonSymphony No. 1 (1st movement: Allegro Assai)Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
Henry Purcell Fairest Isle (King Arthur )Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Lewis. Singer: Heather Harper.
Gregorio AllegriMiserereChoir: Talli s Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.
15 Sep 2019 Siri Hustvedt Hildegard von BingenAve generosaSinger: Margaret Philpot. Choir: Gothic Voices. Conductor: Christopher Page.
Bach Cantata No. 147: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (excerpt)Choir: The Sixteen, conductor: Harry Christophers
BerliozVillanelle (Nuits d'Ete)Singer: Janet Baker. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Evgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov.
Anton Webern6 Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6 (excerpt)Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
John CageSonata V (Sonatas and Interludes)Performer: Boris Berman.
Meredith Monk"Scared Song" (Acts from Under and Above)Performer: Meredith Monk. Performer: Nurit Tilles.
W. A. Mozart"Là ci darem la mano" ( Don Giovanni )Singers: Bernd Weikl, Lucia Popp, orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Georg Solti
Sophie AusterBlack WaterPerformer: Sophie Auster.
22 Sep 2019 Jock Stirrup Josquin des Prez"De profundis clamavi"Choir: Orlando Consort.
WagnerLeb' wohl (Die Walküre, act 3)Singer: Hans Hotter. Orchestra: Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele. Conductor: Joseph Kielberth.
Bach"Dona nobis pacem" (Mass in B minor)Choir: Monteverdi Choir, conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Felix MendelssohnOctet (4th movement: Presto)Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet.
George BenjaminWritten on Skin (Scene 8)Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: George Benjamin. Singer: Barbara Hannigan. Singer: Christopher Purves.
Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appasionata" (3rd movement: Finale)Performer: Wilhelm Kempff
Miles DavisFlamenco SketchesPerformer: Miles Davis.
6 Oct 2019 Deborah Levy Kurt Weill"Alabama Song"Singer: Lotte Lenya.
Gluck"What is Life" (Orfeo ed Euridice)Singer: Kathleen Ferrier. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Sargent.
Billy Cowie La Lune BlancheSinger: Lucie Robson. Singer: Cathryn Robson.

Piano: Billy Cowie.

W. A. Mozart"Soave sia il vento" ( Così fan tutte )Singers: Yvonne Minton, Margaret Price, Geraint Evans, orchestra: New Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor: Otto Klemperer
Leonard CohenNight Comes OnSinger: Leonard Cohen.
Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 (Pathétique) (1st movement: Andante)Performer: Daniel Barenboim
Traditional music"Black is the colour of my true love's hair"Singer: Nina Simone.
13 Oct 2019 Peter Tatchell John BarryThe Beyondness of ThingsOrchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
Sergei Prokofiev"The Battle on the Ice" (Alexander Nevsky)Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
W. A. Mozart"Der Hölle Rache" ( The Magic Flute )Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic, conductor: Georg Solti, singer: Cristina Deutekom
Gerry Mulligan"Venus de Milo"Performer: Prince.
Xian XinghaiYellow River ConcertoPerformer: Lang Lang. Orchestra: China Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Long Yu.
Samuel BarberAdagio for StringsPerformer: William Orbit. Music Arranger: William Orbit.
Billy CobhamBolinasPerformer: Billy Cobham.
20 Oct 2019 Selina Cadell Traditional music"O Waly Waly"Performer: Natalie Burch. Singer: Robert Murray.
Stravinsky"No Word from Tom" (The Rake's Progress)Singer: Cathryn Pope. Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
Noël Coward"I Travel Alone"Performer: Noël Coward.
Debussy"La Mer"Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Daniele Gatti.
Elizabeth PostonJesus Christ the Apple TreeChoir: King's College Cambridge Choir. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.
Handel"Son qual stanco pellegrino" (from Arianna in Creta )Singer: Theodora Baka
27 Oct 2019 Venki Ramakrishnan Bach Concerto in D for Two Violins, BWV 1043 (2nd movement: Largo)Performers: Herman Krebbers, Arthur Grumiaux, ensemble: Les Solistes Romands, conductor: Árpád Gérecz  [ fr ]
W. A. Mozart Violin Sonata No. 28  [ es; fr ] in E-flat, K. 380 (3rd movement: Rondo: Allegro)Performers: Henryk Szeryng (violin), Ingrid Haebler (piano)
Bach Violin Partita No. 3 in E (Prelude)Performer: Nathan Milstein
BrahmsPiano Quartet No. 3 in C (3rd movement: Andante)Performer: Arthur Rubinstein. Performer: Guarneri Quartet.
Beethoven Cello Sonata No. 3 in A (3rd movement: Adagio – Allegro vivace)Performers: Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Daniel Barenboim (piano)
SchubertPiano Trio in E-flat (2nd movement: Andante con moto)Ensemble: Horszowski Trio.
3 Nov 2019 Philippa Perry [4] ChopinNocturne in F-sharp major, Op. 15, No. 2Performer: Brigitte Engerer.
Milton AgerHard-hearted Hanah the Vamp of SavannahPerformer: Dorothy Provine.
BrahmsViolin Concerto in D major (2nd movement: Adagio)Performer: Min Kym. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 ("Choral") (4th movement: Finale)Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
ShostakovichSymphony No. 5 in D minor (4th movement: Finale)Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich.
VerdiLa Traviata (act 1, excerpt)Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Carlo Rizzi. Singer: Rolando Villazón. Singer: Anna Netrebko. Choir: Chor der Wiener Staatsoper.
Rufus Wainwright"Oh What a World"Performer: Rufus Wainwright.
10 Nov 2019 Ken Loach BrahmsAcademic Festival OvertureOrchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
Ewan MacColl"Dirty Old Town"Singer: Ewan MacColl. Singer: Peggy Seeger.
Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 (1st movement: Allegro con brio) Vienna Philharmonic, conductor: Carlos Kleiber
Traditional music"A Las Barricadas"Music Arranger: George Fenton.
Tommy Makem"Four Green Fields"Performer: Jim McCann. Ensemble: The Dubliners.
Dick Gaughan"Which Side are you On"Performer: Dick Gaughan.
Pierre Degeyter"La Internacional"Music Arranger: George Fenton.
W. A. Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major (2nd movement)Performer: Géza Anda, orchestra: Camerata Salzburg
SchubertImpromptu in G-flat major, D.899, no. 3Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
Antonín Dvořák Cello Concerto in B minor (Finale: Allegro moderato)Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich, orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic, conductor: Herbert von Karajan
17 Nov 2019 YolanDa Brown YolanDa Brown"Million Billion Love"Performer: YolanDa Brown.
Arthur Sullivan Iolanthe – OvertureOrchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia, conductor: Andrew Penny
Kamasi WashingtonDesirePerformer: Kamasi Washington.
SchubertImpromptu in F minor, D.935, No. 1Performer: Rudolf Serkin.
Leonard Bernstein"Maria"Performer: Dave Brubeck. Music Arranger: Dave Brubeck.
Hans ZimmerEarthOrchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Choir: Royal Scottish National Orchestra Chorus. Conductor: Roderick Cox.
Bobby McFerrinSay LadeoPerformer: Bobby McFerrin. Performer: Roger Treece. Performer: Lisa Fischer. Performer: Alex Acuña.
Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 9 in E minor (From the New World) (4th movement: Allegro con fuoco)Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra, conductor: Kevin John Edusei
1 Dec 2019 Hannah Rankin Felix MendelssohnOverture: The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave)Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
Jean SibeliusFinlandiaOrchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.
Tchaikovsky"Kuda, kuda" (Eugene Onegin)Singer: Stuart Burrows. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Georg Solti.
Jackson Browne"Take it easy"km_ Glenn Frey. Ensemble: Eagles.
Engelbert HumperdinckEvening Prayer (Hansel und Gretel)Singer: Barbara Bonney. Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
TchaikovskySymphony No. 6 in B minor (Pathetique) (Finale)Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
Scott Joplin"Maple Leaf Rag"Performer: Lang Lang.
8 Dec 2019 David Nott Traditional WelshMyfanwyEnsemble: Casi and the Blind Harpist.
Elgar"Nimrod" (Enigma Variations)Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
Amadou & MariamSenegal Fast FoodPerformer: Amadou & Mariam.
Ralph Vaughan Williams"The Lark Ascending"Matthew Trusler (violin), Iain Burnside (piano)
Debussy"Clair de lune"Performer: Stephen Hough.
Traditional music ArabicYa Mayela al-GhusoonPerformer: لينا شاماميان.
Dave CharlesLlef (Deus Salutis)Choir: Dunvant Male Choir.
22 Dec 2019 Matthew Bourne Kenneth Sillito & Hamish MilneThe Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol
TchaikovskyThe Rose Adagio (The Sleeping Beauty, act 1)Orchestra: Russian State Academy Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
Richard Rodgers"Climb Ev'ry Mountain" (The Sound of Music)Singer: Peggy Wood.
Sergei ProkofievAubade – Dance of the Girls with Lilies ( Romeo and Juliet )Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Marin Alsop
Bernard HerrmannThe Ghost and Mrs Muir (Main Titles)Orchestra: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Bateman.
Richard Sherman"Feed the Birds" (Mary Poppins)km_ Robert Sherman. Singer: Julie Andrews.
Danny ElfmanEdward Scissorhands (Title Sequence)Ensemble: Soundtrack.
29 Dec 2019 Darcey Bussell W. A. MozartIntroitus (Requiem)Orchestra: London Mozart Players, choir: BBC Singers, conductor: Jane Glover
Francis Poulenc"Laudamus Te" (Gloria)Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Choir: Tanglewood Festival Chorus. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
TchaikovskyPas de deux – Adagio ( The Sleeping Beauty , act 3)Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; conductor: Mark Ermler
StravinskyPas de deux (Agon)Orchestra: New York City Ballet Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Irving.
Sylvius Leopold WeissFantasia in C minorPerformer: Andrés Segovia.
Noël Coward"Mad About the Boy"Singer: Dinah Washington.
Gabriel Fauré"In Paradisum" (Requiem)Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Choir: Choir of King's College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
Sting"Roxanne"Ensemble: The Police.

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