麻豆约拍

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

• 00:01

  Giacomo Puccini

  Tosca - Act 2; Vissi d'arte [Tosca]

  Performer: Maria Callas.

  • EMI CDC7493932.
• 00:04

  Tessa Lark

  Appalachian Fantasy

  Performer: Tessa Lark.

  • FHR FHR 86.

• Walt Whitman

  I Hear America Singing read by Clarke Peters

• 00:07

  Aaron Copland

  Old American Songs, Set 2: Ching-a-ring-Chaw

  Singer: William Warfield. Orchestra: Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Aaron Copland.

  • Sony G010002019391C.

• Siegfried Sassoon

  Everyone Sang

• 00:09

  Johann Sebastian Bach

  Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied - motet BWV.225

  Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.

  • Phi LPH002.
• 00:13

  Erroll Garner

  Erroll's Blues

  Performer: Joanna MacGregor.

  • Collins Classics 12992.

• Langston Hughes

  The Weary Blues read by Clarke Peters

• 00:17

  Joseph Haydn

  Trio in A major H.15.18 for keyboard and strings: 3rd mvt; Allegro

  Performer: Trio Wanderer.

  • Fuga 902321DI.

• Jane Austen

  Extract from Pride and Prejudice read by Antasia Hille

• 00:19

  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  Die Zauberflote (K.620), Act 2, no.14; Der Holle Rache kocht [Queen of Night]

  Singer: Florence Foster Jenkins. Performer: Cosm茅 McMoon.

  • RCA GD61175.
• 00:20

  Kalevi Aho

  Concerto (Acht Jahreszeiten) for theremin and chamber orch: VIII Mitternachtsson

  Performer: Carolina Eyck. Orchestra: Lapin kamariorkesteri. Conductor: John Storg氓rds.

  • BIS 7318599920368.

• M.R James

  Extract from Number 13 read by Anastasia Hille

• 00:23

  Lanterns on the Lake

  Don鈥檛 Have Nightmares

  Performer: Lanterns on the Lake.

  • Bella Union.
• 00:26

  Claude Debussy

  Nocturnes for orchestra, no.3; Sirenes

  Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.

  • DG 4398962.

• 麻豆约拍r transl. by E.V Rieu

  Extract from The Odyssey read by Anastasia Hille

• 00:26

  Claude Debussy

  Sirenes (Nocturnes)

  Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.

• Yeats

  Extract from Sailing to Byzantium read by Clarke Peters

• 00:31

  Anon

  Byzantine Hymn of the Nativity

  Performer: Nader Hajjar.

  • Byzantune.
• 00:37

  Gioachino Rossini

  'Una Voce poco fa' from Il Barbiere di Siviglia

  Singer: Maria Callas. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Alceo Galliera.

  • EMI 724355750-2.

• Lyndsy Spence

  : Extract from Casta Diva: The hidden life of Maria Callas read by Anastasia Hille

• 00:43

  Sylvius Leopold Weiss

  Sonata in A major for lute: Ciacona

  Performer: Jakob Lindberg.

  • BIS 2265.

• Andrew Marvell

  The Fair Singer read by Clarke Peters

• 00:48

  Jocelyn Pook

  The Merchant of Venice - music for the film: How sweet the moonlight

  Singer: Andreas Scholl. Ensemble: Baroque String Quartet. Performer: Harvey Brough. Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Performer: Siobh谩n Armstrong.

  • Decca 4756367.
• 00:52

  Simon Fraser

  Mairi Bhan Og: Mary Young & Fair

  Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing.

  • Alia Vox 884385585150.

• James Joyce

  Extract from The Dubliners read by Anastasia Hille

• 00:57

  罢谤盲诲

  The Lass of Aughrim

  Performer: Lisa O'Neill.

  • River Lea RLR001LP.

• Lyndsy Spence

  Extract from Casta Diva: The hidden life of Maria Callas read by Anastasia Hille

• 01:00

  Giuseppe Verdi

  Caro Nome (Rigoletto)

  Performer: Maria Callas. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Tullio Serafin.

  • EMI CDCALLAS1.
• 01:07

  Vincenzo Bellini

  Casta Diva (Norma) transc. for piano

  Performer: Vanessa Benelli Mosell.

  • Decca 4855290.
• 01:07

  Vincenzo Bellini

  Casta Diva (Norma)

  Performer: Vanessa Benelli Mosell.

• Steven Orlen

  In the House of the Voice of Maria Calla read by Clarke Peters

• 01:10

  Vincenzo Bellini

  Casta Diva from Norma

  Singer: Maria Callas. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Tullio Serafin.

  • EMI 5570622.