Episodes
Series | Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
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On The Waterfront | 19980906 | With Edward Seckerson. 9.02 Puccini: Drinking Song (La rondine). 9.06 Bartok: Concerto for orchestra (3rd mvt). 9.15 Purcell: Come ye sons of art. 9.21 Brahms: Horn Trio in E flat, Op 40 (1st mvt). 9.31 Song selection. 9.39 Rachmaninov: Symphony No 2 in E minor (2nd mvt). 9.56 Schumann: Fantasy in C, Op 17 (1st mvt). 10.10 Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk. 10.22 Elgar: Piano Quintet in A minor, Op 84 (2nd mvt). 10.34 Bernstein: Suite `On the Waterfront'. 11.00 Blind Tasting. Gavin Bryars and Jean Rigby listen to recordings of Dukas's `The Sorcerer's Apprentice'. 11.30 Mahler: Symphony No 9 (4th mvt). " | ||
198C | La Valse | 19980725 | Edward Seckerson plays excerpts from acclaimed discs. Chabrier: Joyeuse marche. 9.06 Poulenc: Novelette in C. 9.10 Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli (Kyrie). 9.16 Walton: Symphony No 1 (1st mvt). 9.31 Mendelssohn: Octet. 10.06 Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No 2 (exc). 10.18 Strauss: Four Last Songs. 10.41 Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. 11.00: Blind Tasting: Fiona Talkington invites Jeremy Sams and Deborah Bull to compare three performances of Ravel's `La valse' without knowing who the performers are. 11.30 Mahler: Symphony No 3 (finale). New York PO/Leonard Bernstein | |
198C | La Valse | 19980822 | Edward Seckerson presents a summer season of acclaimed recordings. Glinka: Overture `Ruslan and Ludmilla'. 9.08 Haydn: Nelson Mass (Kyrie). 9.13 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5 in E minor (second movement). 9.26 Faure: Piano Quintet No 1 in D minor (first movement). 9.37 Tippett: Concerto for Double String Orchestra. 10.00: Tchaikovsky, arr Pletnev: Sleeping Beauty (Adagio). 10.06 Elgar: Sea Pictures. 10.36 Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe (Part 3). 11.00 Blind Tasting: Fiona Talkington invites guests to compare notes on three recordings of the same piece. 11.30 Barber: Violin Concerto. | |
198C | 01 | Exsultate, Jubilate | 19980801 | Grainger: I'm Seventeen Come Sunday. Monteverdi Choir, English Country Gardiner Orchestra. 9.04 Borodin: String Quartet No 2 (Notturno). Borodin Quartet. 9.13 Faure: Requiem (exc). Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia. 9.20 Korngold: Violin Concerto. Jascha Heifetz, Los Angeles PO. 9.42 Britten: Folk songs. Philip Langridge (tenor). 9.51 Haydn: Symphony No 88 in G. Berlin PO. 10.13 Machaut: Rose, Liz. 10.19 Schubert: Wanderer Fantasy. Richter (piano). 10.41 Puccini: Turandot (exc). 11.00 Blind Tasting. Steve Martland and Ruth Padel listen to Mozart's `Exsultate, jubilate'. 11.30 Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini. |
198C | 01 | Exsultate, Jubilate | 19980829 | Edward Seckerson plays acclaimed recordings. Addinsell: Goodbye, Mr Chips. 9.06 Finzi: Come away. 9.11 Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 5 (3rd mvt). 9.22 Mozart: Serenade in B flat, K361 (6th mvt). 9.35 Elgar: Introduction and Allegro. 9.50 Bach: Cello Suite No 1 in G, BWV1007 (excs). 9.57 Hummel: Piano Concerto. 10.14 Szymanowski: Stabat mater. 10.20 Beethoven: Symphony No 5 in C minor. 11.00 Blind Tasting: Fiona Talkington invites her guests to listen to three recordings of Chopin's Scherzo No 1 without knowing who the performers are. 11.30 Korngold: Marietta's Lute Song (Die Tote Stadt). 11.37 Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue. |
198C | 01 | In The South | 19980718 | Edward Seckerson plays excerpts from acclaimed discs. Janacek: Sinfonietta. 9.05 Monteverdi: Laetatus sum. 9.12 Mozart: Piano Concerto No 19. 9.42 Mahler: Ruckert Lieder. 9.50 Stravinsky: Petrushka. 10.00 Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier. 10.14 Bach: Overture in C, BWV1066. 10.36 Brahms: Piano Quartet No 3. 10.53 Grainger: Colonial Song. 11.00 Blind Tasting. Fiona Talkington invites her guests to compare three performances of the same piece without knowing who the performers are. 11.30 Bernstein: Candide. 11.35 Elgar: Overture `In the South' (Alassio). |
198C | 02 | 19980808 | Sullivan: Pineapple Poll (exc). RPO/Mackerras. 9.07 Dvorak: Piano Quintet (3rd mvt). Vienna Philharmonic Quartet, Clifford Curzon (piano). 9.22 Beethoven: Fidelio (excerpts). Soloists, Philharmonia/Otto Klemperer. 9.35 Mozart: Piano Sonata in B flat, K520. Mitsuko Uchida. 9.54 Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses (exc). Cleveland Orchestra/Georg Szell. 10.02 Bach: Magnificat in D. Soloists, English Baroque Soloists. 10.29 Bruckner: Symphony No 7 (exc). Berlin PO. 11.00 Blind Tasting. Julian Lloyd Webber and Tasmin Little listen to Elgar's Serenade for Strings. 11.30 Mahler: Symphony No 8. Chicago SO/Georg Solti. | |
198C | 03 | 19980815 | Korngold: The Sea Hawk. 9.08 Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata (4th mvt). 9.19 Handel: Giulio Cesare (exc). 9.29 Mozart: Clarinet Quintet (1st mvt). 9.40 Harris: Symphony No 3. 9.59 Chopin: Ballade No 4 in F minor. 10.10 Rodgers and Hart: I didn't know what time it was. 10.17 Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio (exc). 10.49 Elgar: The Kingdom (exc). 11.00 Blind Tasting: Fiona Talkington invites Sian Edwards and Andrew Davis to listen to three recordings of Bach's Italian Concerto. 11.30 Shostakovich: Prelude and Fugue in C, Op 87 No 1. 11.34 Wagner: Die Walkure (exc). |