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Music for Valentine's Day

A romantic half hour mix for Valentine’s Day, featuring passionate orchestral works from Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev, a heartfelt duet from Puccini, and Britten, trying to discover the truth about love. Produced by Dominic Wells.

30 minutes

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Thu 14 Feb 2019 19:00

Music Played

  • Benjamin Britten

    Cabaret Songs: O tell me the truth about love; Funeral Blues

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Ann Murray.
    • AVIE.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Romeo and Juliet - fantasy overture

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: IvΓ‘n Fischer.
    • Channel Classics.
  • Richard Rodgers

    My Funny Valentine arr Stevens 'in memoriam Chet Baker'

    Performer: HΓ₯kan Hardenberger. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
  • Olivier Messiaen

    Turangalila Symphony: VI. Jardin du sommeil d'amour

    Performer: Peter Donohoe. Performer: Tristan Murail. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI.
  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    Nocturne in F sharp major, Op 15 No 2

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Chopin: The Solo Piano Works: Ashkenazy.
    • London.
    • 5.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Les Surprises de l'amour, RCT 58, Act II, Scene 8: Loure

    Orchestra: Pygmalion. Conductor: RaphaΓ«l Pichon.
    • Enfers.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 108.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    La Boheme (O soave Fanciulla)

    Singer: Mirella Freni. Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • DECCA.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Romeo and Juliet (Act 4)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
    • Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet: Valery Gergiev, LSO.
    • LSO Live.
    • 27.

Broadcast

  • Thu 14 Feb 2019 19:00

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