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Classical Connections

Jamie MacDougall takes on the challenge of connecting each piece of music played on the show to the next, and in doing so, discovers some strange and surprising links along the way.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Sun 21 Jan 2018 21:00

Music Played

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Pineapple Poll (Opening Dance)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.
    • Sullivan: Pineapple Poll etc: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Lloyd-Jones.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • George Frideric Handel

    The Harmonious Blacksmith, Air and variations

    Performer: Mie Miki.
    • S'il vous plaît: Mie Miki.
    • Bis.
    • 4.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in B flat major, K 361, 'Gran Partita' (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Amadeus Winds. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Mozart: The Wind Serenades: Amadeus Winds.
    • Decca.
    • 3.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 45 in F sharp minor, 'Farewell' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Haydn: Symphonies #7.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.
    • 4.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    Quintet in E major, Op 13 No 5, Minuet

    Orchestrator: Leopold Stokowski. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: José Serebrier.
    • NAXOS.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Mi chiamano Mimi (La bohème)

    Singer: Angela Gheorghiu. Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino. Conductor: John Mauceri.
    • Angela Gheorghiu: Arias.
    • Decca.
    • 10.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Piano Sonata No 2 in B flat minor, Op 35 (3rd mvt, 'Funeral March')

    Performer: Marc-André Hamelin.
    • Chopin: Piano Sonatas Nos 2 & 3: Marc-Andre Hamelin.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.
  • Erik Satie

    d'Edriophthalma (Embryons désséchés)

    Performer: Anne Queffélec.
    • Satie: Gymnopedies, Gnossiennes & Sports et Divertissements: Anne Queffelec.
    • Virgin Classics.
  • Franz Schubert

    Galop and Ecossaises, D.735

    Ensemble: Ensemble Wien.
    • Franz Schubert: Waltzes & Landler: Ensemble Wien.
    • VMS.
    • 6.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in C sharp minor, Op 131 (7th mvt)

    Orchestra: Hungarian Quartet.
    • Beethoven The Collector's Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 7.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Gayaneh's Adagio (Gayaneh)

    Performer: Aram Khachaturian. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Aram Khachaturian.
    • The Ultimate 2001 Album.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Menuet in G minor

    Ensemble: Danish Quartet.
    • Carl Nielsen: 4 Quartets and 6 Movements for String Quartet.
    • Kontrapunkt.
    • 10.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    West Side Story (selection)

    Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Bernstein: John Williams/Boston Pops.
    • Philips.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Aria)

    Performer: Glenn Gould.
    • Goldberg Variations.
    • Sony.
    • 1.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Octet in E flat major Op.20 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Beethoven/Mendelssohn: Nash Ensemble.
    • Wigmore Hall Live.
    • 6.
  • Richard Wagner

    The Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walkure)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (orchestral excerpts): Wiener Philharmoniker, So.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Ave Maria

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Bruckner: Mass in E Minor, Motets: Polyphony, Britten Sinfonia, Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.
  • Edward Elgar

    Serenade, Op 73 No 2

    Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Stephen Westrop. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Elgar: Choral Songs: London Symphony Chorus/Handley.
    • Hyperion.
    • 14.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens (Prince Igor)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.
    • Tchaikovksy:1812 / Borodin: Polovtsian Dances / Balakirev: Islamey : Esa-Pekka S.
    • Philips.
    • 3.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano Concerto in A minor Op.16 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Grieg, Schumann: Piano Concertos: Andsnes, Jansons.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 3.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    Savoy Dances (Hornpipe; Cachucha)

    Orchestra: Pro Arte Orchestra. Conductor: John Hollinsworth.
    • Sullivan: Pineapple Poll.
    • EMI.
    • 18-19.

Broadcast

  • Sun 21 Jan 2018 21:00