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Composer of the Week: Felix Mendelssohn
Tuesday 23rd August 2022 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 13:00 to 14:00 (1 hour long)
Between Two Cities. Episode 1.
Felix Mendelssohn was one of the most gifted and versatile musicians the world has ever seen. As a child prodigy he was likened to Mozart and he grew to become one of the most famous and beloved composers in Europe during the middle of the 19th century. His life was cut tragically short, at the age of 38, while he was at the very height of his powers. This week, Donald Macleod focuses on the final five years of Mendelssohn's life, and follows the composer through his extremely hectic work schedule which undoubtedly contributed to his early demise. The year 1843 began sadly for Mendelssohn, following the sudden death of his mother just before Christmas. He buried himself in his work, and found himself frequently commuting between Leipzig and Berlin to fulfil is heavy commitments in both cities. He became a guiding force behind the newly opened Conservatory in Leipzig. When Mendelssohn petitioned the King of Prussia to be released from some of his duties in Berlin he was, instead, given a promotion and made responsible for improving the standards of sacred music across the city. Mendelssohn: Lied ohne Worte in E minor, Op 62 No 3,Trauermarsch. Daniel Barenboim (piano); Paulus, Op 36 (excerpt). Susan Gritton (soprano), Barry Banks (tenor), Peter Coleman-Wright (bass), BBC National Chorus of Wales, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox (conductor); Cello Sonata No 2 in D, Op 58. Mischa Maisky (cello), Sergio Tiempo (piano); A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op 61 (excerpt). Sandrine Piau (soprano), Delphine Collot (soprano), Choir of the Chapel Royal, Collegium Vocale, Orchestra of the Champs Elysees, Philippe Herreweghe (director).
(Episode 1)
Tuesday 23rd August 2022 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 13:00 to 14:00 (1 hour long)
Between Two Cities. Episode 1.
Felix Mendelssohn was one of the most gifted and versatile musicians the world has ever seen. As a child prodigy he was likened to Mozart and he grew to become one of the most famous and beloved composers in Europe during the middle of the 19th century. His life was cut tragically short, at the age of 38, while he was at the very height of his powers. This week, Donald Macleod focuses on the final five years of Mendelssohn's life, and follows the composer through his extremely hectic work schedule which undoubtedly contributed to his early demise. The year 1843 began sadly for Mendelssohn, following the sudden death of his mother just before Christmas. He buried himself in his work, and found himself frequently commuting between Leipzig and Berlin to fulfil is heavy commitments in both cities. He became a guiding force behind the newly opened Conservatory in Leipzig. When Mendelssohn petitioned the King of Prussia to be released from some of his duties in Berlin he was, instead, given a promotion and made responsible for improving the standards of sacred music across the city. Mendelssohn: Lied ohne Worte in E minor, Op 62 No 3,Trauermarsch. Daniel Barenboim (piano); Paulus, Op 36 (excerpt). Susan Gritton (soprano), Barry Banks (tenor), Peter Coleman-Wright (bass), BBC National Chorus of Wales, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox (conductor); Cello Sonata No 2 in D, Op 58. Mischa Maisky (cello), Sergio Tiempo (piano); A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op 61 (excerpt). Sandrine Piau (soprano), Delphine Collot (soprano), Choir of the Chapel Royal, Collegium Vocale, Orchestra of the Champs Elysees, Philippe Herreweghe (director).
(Episode 1)
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Composer of the Week: Buxtehude
Monday 29th August 2022
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
The Great Dane. Episode 1.
Dietrich Buxtehude was a musical star in his own time, a legendary organist and composer who Johann Sebastian Bach walked almost 300 miles just to meet and learn from. Yet, the facts of Buxtehude's own story are far from straightforward. Doubts remain over so many details in the composer's life. We can't even be sure when or where he was born, leading to three different countries claiming him as their own, and for a musician who perhaps above all was famed for his organ music, it is remarkable that not one single organ piece by him was published in his lifetime. Donald Macleod pieces together what is known about Buxtehude - the pre-eminent European composer before Bach - and finds a multifaceted personality and ground-breaking musician. Donald begins by examining the details of Bach's trip to visit Buxtehude, and also revisits the beginning of his life, tracing the facts back to Denmark, and exploring his early musical experiences with the organ, and his schooling which involved singing, astronomy and a strict ban on snowball fights. Buxtehude: Praeludium in G minor, BuxWV 149. Kei Koito (organ). Benedicam Dominum, BuxWV 113. Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Ton Koopman (conductor). Chaconne in E minor, BuxWV 160. Bine Bryndorf (organ). Aperite mihi portas justitiae, BuxWV 7. Musica Lingua, L'arpa Festante, Stephan Schreckenberger (conductor). Sonata in B flat, BuxWV273. Musica Antiqua Koln, Reinhard Goebel (conductor).
(Episode 1)
Monday 29th August 2022
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
The Great Dane. Episode 1.
Dietrich Buxtehude was a musical star in his own time, a legendary organist and composer who Johann Sebastian Bach walked almost 300 miles just to meet and learn from. Yet, the facts of Buxtehude's own story are far from straightforward. Doubts remain over so many details in the composer's life. We can't even be sure when or where he was born, leading to three different countries claiming him as their own, and for a musician who perhaps above all was famed for his organ music, it is remarkable that not one single organ piece by him was published in his lifetime. Donald Macleod pieces together what is known about Buxtehude - the pre-eminent European composer before Bach - and finds a multifaceted personality and ground-breaking musician. Donald begins by examining the details of Bach's trip to visit Buxtehude, and also revisits the beginning of his life, tracing the facts back to Denmark, and exploring his early musical experiences with the organ, and his schooling which involved singing, astronomy and a strict ban on snowball fights. Buxtehude: Praeludium in G minor, BuxWV 149. Kei Koito (organ). Benedicam Dominum, BuxWV 113. Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Ton Koopman (conductor). Chaconne in E minor, BuxWV 160. Bine Bryndorf (organ). Aperite mihi portas justitiae, BuxWV 7. Musica Lingua, L'arpa Festante, Stephan Schreckenberger (conductor). Sonata in B flat, BuxWV273. Musica Antiqua Koln, Reinhard Goebel (conductor).
(Episode 1)
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Monday 5th September 2022
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
Reluctant Schoolmaster. Episode 1.
Donald Macleod explores the work of Franz Schubert by focusing on five distinct phases in the composer's life, beginning in 1815 with him just turning 18 and a reluctant schoolmaster still living under his father's roof. Although he was in many ways unhappy and constrained by his circumstances, he was still prodigiously prolific. Schubert: Erlkonig. Matthias Goerne (baritone), Andreas Haefliger (piano). Sonatina for violin and piano No 2 in A minor. Gidon Kremer (violin), Oleg Maisenberg (piano). Quartet No 9 in G minor. Melos Quartet. 6 Ecossaises. Michael Endres (piano). Symphony No 5 in B flat B'Rock Orchestra, Rene Jacobs (conductor). Erlkonig (adapt for cello & orch). Brussels Philharmonic, Mathieu Herzog (conductor), Camille Thomas (cello).
(Episode 1)
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
Reluctant Schoolmaster. Episode 1.
Donald Macleod explores the work of Franz Schubert by focusing on five distinct phases in the composer's life, beginning in 1815 with him just turning 18 and a reluctant schoolmaster still living under his father's roof. Although he was in many ways unhappy and constrained by his circumstances, he was still prodigiously prolific. Schubert: Erlkonig. Matthias Goerne (baritone), Andreas Haefliger (piano). Sonatina for violin and piano No 2 in A minor. Gidon Kremer (violin), Oleg Maisenberg (piano). Quartet No 9 in G minor. Melos Quartet. 6 Ecossaises. Michael Endres (piano). Symphony No 5 in B flat B'Rock Orchestra, Rene Jacobs (conductor). Erlkonig (adapt for cello & orch). Brussels Philharmonic, Mathieu Herzog (conductor), Camille Thomas (cello).
(Episode 1)
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Composer of the Week: Bruckner
Monday 12th September 2022
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
The Eternal Student. Episode 1.
Donald Macleod examines the life and music of Anton Bruckner, beginning by investigating the Austrian composer, organist, and music theorist's chequered career as a teacher. From a very young age, Bruckner demonstrated his keenness to learn and by the age of ten he was able to deputise for his father at the organ. Also like his father, Bruckner initially embarked on a career as a teacher, but his first post as an assistant was a period of drudgery at the hands of a senior master who didn't appreciate music and often sent young Bruckner off into the fields to shovel manure. Soon however other opportunities came his way, so that over the trajectory of his career he not only taught privately, but also held posts at the Vienna Conservatoire and University. Bruckner arr. Mahler: Symphony No 3, WAB 103 (excerpt). Trenkner-Speidel Piano Duo. Ave Maria, WAB 6. Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava (director). Fantasie in G, WAB 118. Fumiko Shiraga (piano). Requiem, WAB 39 (Sequentia. Dies irae). Johanna Winkel (soprano), Sophie Harmsen (mezzo), Michael Feyfar (tenor), Ludwig Mittelhammer (baritone), RIAS Chamber Choir, Academy for Early Music, Berlin, ?ukasz Borowicz (conductor). Symphony No 00 in F minor, WAB 99 (excerpt). Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Eliahu Inbal (conductor). Bruckner arr. Mahler: Symphony No 3, WAB 103 (Finale. Allegro). Trenkner-Speidel Piano Duo.
(Episode 1)
Monday 12th September 2022
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
The Eternal Student. Episode 1.
Donald Macleod examines the life and music of Anton Bruckner, beginning by investigating the Austrian composer, organist, and music theorist's chequered career as a teacher. From a very young age, Bruckner demonstrated his keenness to learn and by the age of ten he was able to deputise for his father at the organ. Also like his father, Bruckner initially embarked on a career as a teacher, but his first post as an assistant was a period of drudgery at the hands of a senior master who didn't appreciate music and often sent young Bruckner off into the fields to shovel manure. Soon however other opportunities came his way, so that over the trajectory of his career he not only taught privately, but also held posts at the Vienna Conservatoire and University. Bruckner arr. Mahler: Symphony No 3, WAB 103 (excerpt). Trenkner-Speidel Piano Duo. Ave Maria, WAB 6. Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Klava (director). Fantasie in G, WAB 118. Fumiko Shiraga (piano). Requiem, WAB 39 (Sequentia. Dies irae). Johanna Winkel (soprano), Sophie Harmsen (mezzo), Michael Feyfar (tenor), Ludwig Mittelhammer (baritone), RIAS Chamber Choir, Academy for Early Music, Berlin, ?ukasz Borowicz (conductor). Symphony No 00 in F minor, WAB 99 (excerpt). Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Eliahu Inbal (conductor). Bruckner arr. Mahler: Symphony No 3, WAB 103 (Finale. Allegro). Trenkner-Speidel Piano Duo.
(Episode 1)
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Composer of the Week: Emilie Mayer
Monday 19th September 2022 (starting this evening)
Time: 21:00 to 22:00 (1 hour long)
Early Tragedy. Episode 1.
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of the German composer, who was known in her lifetime as the female Beethoven and considered by some to be the most prolific female composer of the Romantic period. Emilie Mayer wasn't born into a family of musicians, but instead most of her male relatives were pharmacists and doctors. Her father Johann August owned the only pharmacy in Stettin, although the family lived in Friedland. When Emilie was only five, her father bought her a new grand piano. She soon took lessons with the city organist, and by the age of seven was composing her own works. However, she lived at a time when her brothers were sent to school, but there was only home tuition available for Emilie and her sister, so her prospects were limited. In the 1830s, Mayer's life was to change dramatically when her father took his own life, and left Emilie a large sum of money in his will. She'd never need to marry, or find a paid job and from this point onwards and now in her late twenties, Emilie Mayer could devote herself entirely to music. Mayer: Overture in C. Mecklenburg Staatskapelle, Schwerin, Mark Rohde (conductor); Piano Sonata in D minor (excerpt). Yang Tai (piano); Piano Quartet in E flat (Allegro). Mariani Klavierquartet; Symphony No 1 in C minor (Adagio - Allegro). NDR Radiophilharmonie, Leo McFall (conductor).
(Episode 1)
Monday 19th September 2022 (starting this evening)
Time: 21:00 to 22:00 (1 hour long)
Early Tragedy. Episode 1.
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of the German composer, who was known in her lifetime as the female Beethoven and considered by some to be the most prolific female composer of the Romantic period. Emilie Mayer wasn't born into a family of musicians, but instead most of her male relatives were pharmacists and doctors. Her father Johann August owned the only pharmacy in Stettin, although the family lived in Friedland. When Emilie was only five, her father bought her a new grand piano. She soon took lessons with the city organist, and by the age of seven was composing her own works. However, she lived at a time when her brothers were sent to school, but there was only home tuition available for Emilie and her sister, so her prospects were limited. In the 1830s, Mayer's life was to change dramatically when her father took his own life, and left Emilie a large sum of money in his will. She'd never need to marry, or find a paid job and from this point onwards and now in her late twenties, Emilie Mayer could devote herself entirely to music. Mayer: Overture in C. Mecklenburg Staatskapelle, Schwerin, Mark Rohde (conductor); Piano Sonata in D minor (excerpt). Yang Tai (piano); Piano Quartet in E flat (Allegro). Mariani Klavierquartet; Symphony No 1 in C minor (Adagio - Allegro). NDR Radiophilharmonie, Leo McFall (conductor).
(Episode 1)
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Monday 26th September 2022
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
Near-Death Experience. Episode 1.
Donald Macleod explores Carl Maria von Weber's life and work, beginning by looking at how he survived the extreme dramas of his early years, swerving from crisis to crisis. He starts with the composer's first brush with death when his apparently lifeless body was discovered in his home after he accidentally drank acid from a wine bottle that his father had been using for engraving. Meanhile, in his work for the royal court, Weber's goading of the king rose to such levels that he was jailed and on top of everything else, Weber's father was meddling in the composer's affairs, with disastrous results. Weber: Grande polonaise in E flat, Op 21, J59. Jean Martin (piano). Der Beherrscher der Geister (The Ruler of the Spirits), J122. Suisse Romande Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet (conductor). Clarinet Quintet in B flat, Op 34, J182; I. Allegro. Vienna Chamber Ensemble. Symphony No 1 in C major, Op 19, J50; I. Allegro con fuoco; II. Andante. Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor). Silvana - Act I: Das Hifthorn schallt (Huntsmen's Chorus); Act I: So soll denn dieses Herz nie Liebe finden. Alexander Spemann (tenor: Graf Rudolph von Helfenstein), Hagen Philharmonic Orchestra, Gerhard Markson (conductor).
(Episode 1)
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
Near-Death Experience. Episode 1.
Donald Macleod explores Carl Maria von Weber's life and work, beginning by looking at how he survived the extreme dramas of his early years, swerving from crisis to crisis. He starts with the composer's first brush with death when his apparently lifeless body was discovered in his home after he accidentally drank acid from a wine bottle that his father had been using for engraving. Meanhile, in his work for the royal court, Weber's goading of the king rose to such levels that he was jailed and on top of everything else, Weber's father was meddling in the composer's affairs, with disastrous results. Weber: Grande polonaise in E flat, Op 21, J59. Jean Martin (piano). Der Beherrscher der Geister (The Ruler of the Spirits), J122. Suisse Romande Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet (conductor). Clarinet Quintet in B flat, Op 34, J182; I. Allegro. Vienna Chamber Ensemble. Symphony No 1 in C major, Op 19, J50; I. Allegro con fuoco; II. Andante. Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor). Silvana - Act I: Das Hifthorn schallt (Huntsmen's Chorus); Act I: So soll denn dieses Herz nie Liebe finden. Alexander Spemann (tenor: Graf Rudolph von Helfenstein), Hagen Philharmonic Orchestra, Gerhard Markson (conductor).
(Episode 1)
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Monday 10th October 2022 (starting this afternoon)
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
Early Works. Series 1, episode 5.
Donald Macleod and Ceri Owen discuss Vaughan Williams' early development, following a trajectory that shows the emerging composer drawing on a wide range of influences. They explore how his youthful music reveals a composer with a restless and innate curiosity who was really trying hard to work out what his own voice could be. Linden Lea. Bryn Terfel (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano). Serenade in A minor. IV: Romance. Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martin Yates (conductor). Harnham Down. Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Paul Daniel (conductor). On Wenlock Edge. Oh, when I was in love with you. Bredon Hill. Mark Padmore (tenor). Britten Sinfonia, Huw Watkins (piano). The Seeds of Love, arr. Vaughan Williams. Mary Bevan (soprano), William Vann (piano), Jack Liebeck (violin). A Sea Symphony. II. On the Beach at Night Alone (Largo sostenuto). Roderick Williams (baritone). Hallé Choir, Hallé Youth Choir, Schola Cantorum. Ad solem. Hallé Orchestra, Mark Elder (conductor).
(Series 1, Episode 5)
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
Early Works. Series 1, episode 5.
Donald Macleod and Ceri Owen discuss Vaughan Williams' early development, following a trajectory that shows the emerging composer drawing on a wide range of influences. They explore how his youthful music reveals a composer with a restless and innate curiosity who was really trying hard to work out what his own voice could be. Linden Lea. Bryn Terfel (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano). Serenade in A minor. IV: Romance. Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martin Yates (conductor). Harnham Down. Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Paul Daniel (conductor). On Wenlock Edge. Oh, when I was in love with you. Bredon Hill. Mark Padmore (tenor). Britten Sinfonia, Huw Watkins (piano). The Seeds of Love, arr. Vaughan Williams. Mary Bevan (soprano), William Vann (piano), Jack Liebeck (violin). A Sea Symphony. II. On the Beach at Night Alone (Largo sostenuto). Roderick Williams (baritone). Hallé Choir, Hallé Youth Choir, Schola Cantorum. Ad solem. Hallé Orchestra, Mark Elder (conductor).
(Series 1, Episode 5)
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Monday 17th October 2022
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
1840-41 - Creative Tensions. Episode 1.
Donald Macleod asks how Robert and Clara Schumann reconciled their domestic creative tension. The 1840s was the decade when Robert and Clara Schumann's married life began, and was the decade in which he established himself as a significant composer. Schumann's marriage to Clara gave him the stability he needed, and brought out the best in him as a composer. But the major question was whether the creative tension between the couple could ever be reconciled. Clara's greater fame, her desire to practice at home, and to go away and perform concerts was firmly set against Robert's desire for her to be a wife and home-maker, to leave her public behind. Today, Donald Macleod looks at how the Schumanns strove to reconcile these seemingly opposing outlooks. 3 Gedichte, Op 30 No 3. Der Hidalgo. Thomas E Bauer (baritone), Uta Hielscher (piano). String Quartet No 1 in A minor, Op 41 No 1. I. Introduction: Andante espressivo - Allegro. IV. Presto. Hagen Quartet. Dichterliebe, Op 48 No 16. Die alten, bosen Lieder. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Christoph Eschenbach (piano). Symphony No 1 in B flat, Op 38, "Spring". I. Andante un poco maestoso - Allegro molto vivace. IV. Allegro animato e grazioso. London Symphony Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). Frauenliebe und -leben, Op 42 No 6. Susser Freund, du blickest mich verwundert an. Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano).
(Episode 1)
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
1840-41 - Creative Tensions. Episode 1.
Donald Macleod asks how Robert and Clara Schumann reconciled their domestic creative tension. The 1840s was the decade when Robert and Clara Schumann's married life began, and was the decade in which he established himself as a significant composer. Schumann's marriage to Clara gave him the stability he needed, and brought out the best in him as a composer. But the major question was whether the creative tension between the couple could ever be reconciled. Clara's greater fame, her desire to practice at home, and to go away and perform concerts was firmly set against Robert's desire for her to be a wife and home-maker, to leave her public behind. Today, Donald Macleod looks at how the Schumanns strove to reconcile these seemingly opposing outlooks. 3 Gedichte, Op 30 No 3. Der Hidalgo. Thomas E Bauer (baritone), Uta Hielscher (piano). String Quartet No 1 in A minor, Op 41 No 1. I. Introduction: Andante espressivo - Allegro. IV. Presto. Hagen Quartet. Dichterliebe, Op 48 No 16. Die alten, bosen Lieder. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Christoph Eschenbach (piano). Symphony No 1 in B flat, Op 38, "Spring". I. Andante un poco maestoso - Allegro molto vivace. IV. Allegro animato e grazioso. London Symphony Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). Frauenliebe und -leben, Op 42 No 6. Susser Freund, du blickest mich verwundert an. Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano).
(Episode 1)
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Composer of the Week: England's Golden Age
Monday 24th October 2022
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
Oriana's Triumphs. Episode 1.
The composers of 16th-century England flourished under the rule of Elizabeth I, rapidly developing a diverse musical culture unparalleled anywhere on the continent, a truly Golden Age for English music. In this week of programmes Donald Macleod explores six composers who were key to this ascent - Thomas Morley, John Bull, Peter Philips, Thomas Weelkes, Orlando Gibbons and Thomas Tomkins. These composers were all active at around the same time as the "Father of British Musick" William Byrd and John Dowland, and all either studied or worked with Byrd, but they don't often receive the same attention as those more famous names. In Monday's programme, Donald explores the circumstances which allowed the six composers to flourish under Elizabeth I's rule. Morley: It was a Lover and his lass. Ian Bostridge (tenor), Elizabeth Kenny (lute). Tomkins: Fantasia a 6 no. 18. Phantasm. Tomkins: Too Much I Once Lamented (for Byrd). Le Cris de Paris, Geoffroy Jourdain (director). Bull: Chromatic Pavan and Galliard MB 87a/b. Sophie Yates (virginals). Philips: Hodie beata Virgo Maria; Surgens Jesus; Ave Verum Corpus (Cantiones Sacrae 1612, Vol I). Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Richard Marlow (conductor). Gibbons: Prelude in D minor. Laurence Cummings (organ). Gibbons: See, See the World is Incarnate. Robin Blaze (countertenor). Oxford Camerata, Laurence Cummings (organ), Jeremy Summerly (conductor). Weelkes: As Vesta was from Latmos Hill Descending. I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth (conductor). Morley: Hard by a Crystal Fountain. I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth (conductor).
(Episode 1)
Monday 24th October 2022
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
Oriana's Triumphs. Episode 1.
The composers of 16th-century England flourished under the rule of Elizabeth I, rapidly developing a diverse musical culture unparalleled anywhere on the continent, a truly Golden Age for English music. In this week of programmes Donald Macleod explores six composers who were key to this ascent - Thomas Morley, John Bull, Peter Philips, Thomas Weelkes, Orlando Gibbons and Thomas Tomkins. These composers were all active at around the same time as the "Father of British Musick" William Byrd and John Dowland, and all either studied or worked with Byrd, but they don't often receive the same attention as those more famous names. In Monday's programme, Donald explores the circumstances which allowed the six composers to flourish under Elizabeth I's rule. Morley: It was a Lover and his lass. Ian Bostridge (tenor), Elizabeth Kenny (lute). Tomkins: Fantasia a 6 no. 18. Phantasm. Tomkins: Too Much I Once Lamented (for Byrd). Le Cris de Paris, Geoffroy Jourdain (director). Bull: Chromatic Pavan and Galliard MB 87a/b. Sophie Yates (virginals). Philips: Hodie beata Virgo Maria; Surgens Jesus; Ave Verum Corpus (Cantiones Sacrae 1612, Vol I). Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Richard Marlow (conductor). Gibbons: Prelude in D minor. Laurence Cummings (organ). Gibbons: See, See the World is Incarnate. Robin Blaze (countertenor). Oxford Camerata, Laurence Cummings (organ), Jeremy Summerly (conductor). Weelkes: As Vesta was from Latmos Hill Descending. I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth (conductor). Morley: Hard by a Crystal Fountain. I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth (conductor).
(Episode 1)
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Monday 31st October 2022
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
Going Up. Episode 1.
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, beginning by following his first steps up the musical ladder as he showed the world what he was capable of. The young composer was used to turning heads - not only was he a mixed-race boy being raised in a white family with an absent father - he was the only boy in his school to play an instrument, and his musical talent was plain to see. But when he had to leave school at 13 to get a job, what would become of him? Coleridge-Taylor: Going Up. Harold Wright (piano); Fantasiestucke, Op 5 (Serenade and Humoresque). Catalyst String Quartet; Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor, Op 10 (iv. Finale). Anthony McGill (clarinet), Catalyst Quartet; Magnificat in F. The Choir of Exeter College, Oxford, Christopher Holman (conductor), Miles Swinden (organ); Piano Quintet, Op 1 (i. Allegro con moto; ii- Larghetto). Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective; Symphony, Op 8 (iii. Scherzo). Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Douglas Bostock (conductor).
(Episode 1)
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
Going Up. Episode 1.
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, beginning by following his first steps up the musical ladder as he showed the world what he was capable of. The young composer was used to turning heads - not only was he a mixed-race boy being raised in a white family with an absent father - he was the only boy in his school to play an instrument, and his musical talent was plain to see. But when he had to leave school at 13 to get a job, what would become of him? Coleridge-Taylor: Going Up. Harold Wright (piano); Fantasiestucke, Op 5 (Serenade and Humoresque). Catalyst String Quartet; Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor, Op 10 (iv. Finale). Anthony McGill (clarinet), Catalyst Quartet; Magnificat in F. The Choir of Exeter College, Oxford, Christopher Holman (conductor), Miles Swinden (organ); Piano Quintet, Op 1 (i. Allegro con moto; ii- Larghetto). Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective; Symphony, Op 8 (iii. Scherzo). Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Douglas Bostock (conductor).
(Episode 1)
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Composer of the Week: Verdi
Monday 7th November 2022
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
Endings and Beginnings. Episode 1.
Donald Macleod explores the twists and turns of Verdi's relationship with Milan, examining the composer's epic funeral and looking at what the city was really like in his time. He traces the composer's first youthful experiences in the city, when he travelled there to study, amid an oppressive police presence that saw armed Austrian soldiers patrolling the streets. Verdi: Requiem - Sanctus. Anja Harteros (soprano), El?na Garanca (mezzo), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), René Pape (bass), Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milan Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Il Trovatore - Miserere Anna Netrebko (soprano: Leonora), Rolando Villazón (tenor: Manrico), Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, Coro del Teatro Regio di Torino, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Io la Vidi (Scena lirica). Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Antonio Savastano (tenor), Teatro alla Scala, Claudio Abbado (conductor). Un Ballo in Maschera - Act 3 scene 2 & 3. Leontyne Price (soprano: Amelia), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor: Riccardo), Robert Merrill (baritone: Renato), Reri Grist (soprano: Oscar), Ezio Flagello (bass: Samuel), Ferruccio Mazzoli (bass: Tom), RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra & Chorus Erich Leinsdorf (conductor). Sei Romanze - No 1: Non t'accostare all'urna & No 6: Deh, piatoso, oh Addolorata. Ning Liang (mezzo), Cord Garben (piano).
(Episode 1)
Monday 7th November 2022
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
Endings and Beginnings. Episode 1.
Donald Macleod explores the twists and turns of Verdi's relationship with Milan, examining the composer's epic funeral and looking at what the city was really like in his time. He traces the composer's first youthful experiences in the city, when he travelled there to study, amid an oppressive police presence that saw armed Austrian soldiers patrolling the streets. Verdi: Requiem - Sanctus. Anja Harteros (soprano), El?na Garanca (mezzo), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), René Pape (bass), Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milan Daniel Barenboim (conductor). Il Trovatore - Miserere Anna Netrebko (soprano: Leonora), Rolando Villazón (tenor: Manrico), Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, Coro del Teatro Regio di Torino, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor). Io la Vidi (Scena lirica). Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Antonio Savastano (tenor), Teatro alla Scala, Claudio Abbado (conductor). Un Ballo in Maschera - Act 3 scene 2 & 3. Leontyne Price (soprano: Amelia), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor: Riccardo), Robert Merrill (baritone: Renato), Reri Grist (soprano: Oscar), Ezio Flagello (bass: Samuel), Ferruccio Mazzoli (bass: Tom), RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra & Chorus Erich Leinsdorf (conductor). Sei Romanze - No 1: Non t'accostare all'urna & No 6: Deh, piatoso, oh Addolorata. Ning Liang (mezzo), Cord Garben (piano).
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Composer of the Week: Chopin
Monday 28th November 2022
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
An Introduction from Liszt. Episode 1.
Early in 1837, Franz Liszt introduced Frédéric Chopin to a woman who would have a profound influence on his life. Her name was George Sand and Chopin's relationship with the novelist would go on to stretch for almost a decade and prove to be the longest romantic bond of the composer's life, and a defining creative relationship for both of them. Over the course of this week, Donald Macleod explores the intertwined lives of these two key figures in French romantic-era life. He begins by examining Liszt's role in Chopin's first meetings with Sand. Initially, Chopin was repulsed by the notorious cigar-smoking, trouser-wearing novelist, but the pair eventually formed a romantic relationship that would last for nine years. Donald also explores how the beginning of their relationship sparked an incident which almost led to the composer being killed. Chopin: Impromptu No 1 in A flat, Op 29. Murray Perahia (piano). Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor, Op 21 - I. Moderato. Martha Argerich (piano). Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (conductor). Six Polish Songs - Narzecczony (The Bridegroom). Luiza Borac (piano). Ballade No 1 in G minor, Op 23. Leif Ove Andsnes (piano). Seventeen Polish Songs, Op 74: No 5 - What She Likes; No 12 - My Darling. Elzbieta Szmytka (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano). Etudes, Op 25, Nos 1-6. Jan Lisiecki (piano).
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Monday 28th November 2022
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
An Introduction from Liszt. Episode 1.
Early in 1837, Franz Liszt introduced Frédéric Chopin to a woman who would have a profound influence on his life. Her name was George Sand and Chopin's relationship with the novelist would go on to stretch for almost a decade and prove to be the longest romantic bond of the composer's life, and a defining creative relationship for both of them. Over the course of this week, Donald Macleod explores the intertwined lives of these two key figures in French romantic-era life. He begins by examining Liszt's role in Chopin's first meetings with Sand. Initially, Chopin was repulsed by the notorious cigar-smoking, trouser-wearing novelist, but the pair eventually formed a romantic relationship that would last for nine years. Donald also explores how the beginning of their relationship sparked an incident which almost led to the composer being killed. Chopin: Impromptu No 1 in A flat, Op 29. Murray Perahia (piano). Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor, Op 21 - I. Moderato. Martha Argerich (piano). Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (conductor). Six Polish Songs - Narzecczony (The Bridegroom). Luiza Borac (piano). Ballade No 1 in G minor, Op 23. Leif Ove Andsnes (piano). Seventeen Polish Songs, Op 74: No 5 - What She Likes; No 12 - My Darling. Elzbieta Szmytka (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano). Etudes, Op 25, Nos 1-6. Jan Lisiecki (piano).
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Monday 5th December 2022
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
A Musical Puzzle. Episode 1.
Donald Macleod explores the life and career of César Franck to mark the 200th anniversary of his birth, beginning by examining how a man known for being retiring and unassuming became a leading figure of French musical life. It seems as if Franck's diffident character positively hindered his advancement. He wasn't interested in moving in glamorous social circles, and lived, according to one visitor who called on him the year before he died, `ike a monk". This natural reticence may be why the composer of popular works such as the Violin Sonata, the Piano Quintet, a ground-breaking String Quartet and the glorious Symphony in D found that all too often his critics were quick to find fault and were slow to recognise his worth. Franck: Hulda; Danse des elfes. Freiburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Fabrice Bollon (conductor). Variations symphoniques (excerpt). Christoph Lieske (piano), Savaria Symphony Orchestra, Peter Lucker (conductor). Violin Sonata, Op 23; IV: Allegretto poco mosso (excerpt). Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Giorgi Gigashvili (piano). Symphony in D; 1st movement (excerpt). Orchestra de Paris, Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Panis angelicus (Messe á trois voix, Op 12 FVW 61). Mariann Bódi (soprano), Andrea Kocsis (harp), Zsolt Molnar (cello), Ferenc Nagy (double bass), Dezso Karasszon (organ), Salamon Kamp (conductor). Variations brillantes sur Gustave III, Op 8 (excerpt). Florian Noack (piano), Orchestra Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Pierre Bleuse (conductor). Quatre mélodies de Franz Schubert , Op 8, M 15: No 1; Die junge nonne. Julia Severus (piano). Trio Concertant no 2 in B flat Op 1 No 2; IV: Final - Allegro; Bekova Sisters. Elvira Bekova (violin), Alfia Bekova (cello), Eleonora Bekova (piano), Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne. Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, Christian Arming (conductor).
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Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
A Musical Puzzle. Episode 1.
Donald Macleod explores the life and career of César Franck to mark the 200th anniversary of his birth, beginning by examining how a man known for being retiring and unassuming became a leading figure of French musical life. It seems as if Franck's diffident character positively hindered his advancement. He wasn't interested in moving in glamorous social circles, and lived, according to one visitor who called on him the year before he died, `ike a monk". This natural reticence may be why the composer of popular works such as the Violin Sonata, the Piano Quintet, a ground-breaking String Quartet and the glorious Symphony in D found that all too often his critics were quick to find fault and were slow to recognise his worth. Franck: Hulda; Danse des elfes. Freiburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Fabrice Bollon (conductor). Variations symphoniques (excerpt). Christoph Lieske (piano), Savaria Symphony Orchestra, Peter Lucker (conductor). Violin Sonata, Op 23; IV: Allegretto poco mosso (excerpt). Lisa Batiashvili (violin), Giorgi Gigashvili (piano). Symphony in D; 1st movement (excerpt). Orchestra de Paris, Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Panis angelicus (Messe á trois voix, Op 12 FVW 61). Mariann Bódi (soprano), Andrea Kocsis (harp), Zsolt Molnar (cello), Ferenc Nagy (double bass), Dezso Karasszon (organ), Salamon Kamp (conductor). Variations brillantes sur Gustave III, Op 8 (excerpt). Florian Noack (piano), Orchestra Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Pierre Bleuse (conductor). Quatre mélodies de Franz Schubert , Op 8, M 15: No 1; Die junge nonne. Julia Severus (piano). Trio Concertant no 2 in B flat Op 1 No 2; IV: Final - Allegro; Bekova Sisters. Elvira Bekova (violin), Alfia Bekova (cello), Eleonora Bekova (piano), Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne. Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège, Christian Arming (conductor).
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Monday 19th December 2022
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
Leipzig, 1723. Episode 1.
Donald Macleod explores the lives of Bach and his family during the Christmas season at five different periods, and looks at the glorious works he created for Christmastime. Donald begins by dropping in on Bach to find him preparing for his very first Christmas in Leipzig in 1723, when he had been in his new job as the city's music director for just a few months and the pressure was on as everyone watched to see what he produced for the biggest celebration of the year. Bach: Chorale Prelude: Gott, durch deine Güte, BWV 600. John Butt (organ). Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 91: Opening Chorus. Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki (conductor). Sehet, welch eine Liebe hat uns der Vater erzeiget, BWV 64: 5. Was die Welt in sich hält. Arleen Auger (soprano), Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling (conductor). Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes, BWV 40. Katherine Fuge (soprano), Joanne Lunn (soprano), Robin Tyson (alto), William Towers (alto), James Gilchrist (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). Prelude & Fugue in E-Flat Major, BWV 852 Wolfgang Rubsam (lute-harpsichord). Magnificat in E flat, BWV 243a: Movts. 10-16. Julia Doyle (soprano), Joanne Lunn (soprano), Clare Wilkinson (alto), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), Dunedin Consort, John Butt (conductor).
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Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
Leipzig, 1723. Episode 1.
Donald Macleod explores the lives of Bach and his family during the Christmas season at five different periods, and looks at the glorious works he created for Christmastime. Donald begins by dropping in on Bach to find him preparing for his very first Christmas in Leipzig in 1723, when he had been in his new job as the city's music director for just a few months and the pressure was on as everyone watched to see what he produced for the biggest celebration of the year. Bach: Chorale Prelude: Gott, durch deine Güte, BWV 600. John Butt (organ). Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 91: Opening Chorus. Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki (conductor). Sehet, welch eine Liebe hat uns der Vater erzeiget, BWV 64: 5. Was die Welt in sich hält. Arleen Auger (soprano), Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling (conductor). Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes, BWV 40. Katherine Fuge (soprano), Joanne Lunn (soprano), Robin Tyson (alto), William Towers (alto), James Gilchrist (tenor), Peter Harvey (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor). Prelude & Fugue in E-Flat Major, BWV 852 Wolfgang Rubsam (lute-harpsichord). Magnificat in E flat, BWV 243a: Movts. 10-16. Julia Doyle (soprano), Joanne Lunn (soprano), Clare Wilkinson (alto), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass), Dunedin Consort, John Butt (conductor).
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Monday 16th January 2023
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
Unplayable. Episode 1.
From the very beginning of his career, Dmitri Shostakovich pushed the boundaries, but under Stalin's stifling regime, experimental artists were enemies of the state, and Shostakovich was at the top of the wanted list. The composer was forced to censor his work and betray his own morals to survive - or was he? Some say Shostakovich was Stalin's faithful lackey; others read dissident messages in his music. This week, Donald Macleod traces five turning points in the composer's career, from his explosive debut to his dramatic exile, as he attempts to decode the mystery that surrounds Shostakovich. In today's programme, he tells the story of Shostakovich's First Symphony. Admitted to the Conservatoire while still just a child and battling ill health, his debut made a splash for all the right reasons - and the wrong ones too. Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No 2 In F, Op 102: II. Andante; Symphony No 1 in F Minor, Op 10: I. Allegretto & II. Allegro; Symphony No 1 in F Minor, Op 10: III. Allegretto & IV. Allegro. Boris Giltburg (pinao), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Symphony No 2 in B, Op 14 - To October: II. Crotchet & III. Chorus. Prague Philharmonic Choir, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Maxim Shostakovich (conductor).
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Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
Unplayable. Episode 1.
From the very beginning of his career, Dmitri Shostakovich pushed the boundaries, but under Stalin's stifling regime, experimental artists were enemies of the state, and Shostakovich was at the top of the wanted list. The composer was forced to censor his work and betray his own morals to survive - or was he? Some say Shostakovich was Stalin's faithful lackey; others read dissident messages in his music. This week, Donald Macleod traces five turning points in the composer's career, from his explosive debut to his dramatic exile, as he attempts to decode the mystery that surrounds Shostakovich. In today's programme, he tells the story of Shostakovich's First Symphony. Admitted to the Conservatoire while still just a child and battling ill health, his debut made a splash for all the right reasons - and the wrong ones too. Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No 2 In F, Op 102: II. Andante; Symphony No 1 in F Minor, Op 10: I. Allegretto & II. Allegro; Symphony No 1 in F Minor, Op 10: III. Allegretto & IV. Allegro. Boris Giltburg (pinao), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Symphony No 2 in B, Op 14 - To October: II. Crotchet & III. Chorus. Prague Philharmonic Choir, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Maxim Shostakovich (conductor).
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Monday 30th January 2023
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
Spring - Pietà. Episode 1.
As performer, composer, impresario, musical director and teacher, Antonio Vivaldi was a key figure in the musical life of Baroque Italy, and thanks to The Four Seasons he remains one of the most famous and best-loved composers today. This week, Donald Macleod puts these four celebrated concertos front and centre as he also explores Vivaldi's life. He begins with his early years in Venice working at the Ospedale della Pietà - the Hospital of the Compassion - an orphanage for young girls, one of four such institutions across Venice, which acted as musical schools. Vivaldi would go on to have connections with the Pietà for almost all of his working life. Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in E, Spring, Op 8 No 1, RV 269. Nigel Kennedy (violin/director), English Chamber Orchestra. Credo, RV 591. Les Arts Florissants Paul Agnew (director). Juditha Triumphans: excerpt. Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo: Judith) Rachel Redmond (soprano: Vagaus) Marina de Liso (mezzo: Holopherne) Lucía Martín-Cartón (soprano: Abra) Kristin Mulders (mezzo: Ozias) La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall (conductor). L'estro Armonico, Op 3 - Concerto No 11 in D minor for 2 violins and cello. Tafelmusik, Jeanne Lamon (conductor). L'incoronazione di Dario - Act I, Scene 5, D'un bel viso. Delphine Galou (alto: Argene), Accademia Bizantina, Ottavia Dantone (conductor).
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Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
Spring - Pietà. Episode 1.
As performer, composer, impresario, musical director and teacher, Antonio Vivaldi was a key figure in the musical life of Baroque Italy, and thanks to The Four Seasons he remains one of the most famous and best-loved composers today. This week, Donald Macleod puts these four celebrated concertos front and centre as he also explores Vivaldi's life. He begins with his early years in Venice working at the Ospedale della Pietà - the Hospital of the Compassion - an orphanage for young girls, one of four such institutions across Venice, which acted as musical schools. Vivaldi would go on to have connections with the Pietà for almost all of his working life. Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in E, Spring, Op 8 No 1, RV 269. Nigel Kennedy (violin/director), English Chamber Orchestra. Credo, RV 591. Les Arts Florissants Paul Agnew (director). Juditha Triumphans: excerpt. Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo: Judith) Rachel Redmond (soprano: Vagaus) Marina de Liso (mezzo: Holopherne) Lucía Martín-Cartón (soprano: Abra) Kristin Mulders (mezzo: Ozias) La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall (conductor). L'estro Armonico, Op 3 - Concerto No 11 in D minor for 2 violins and cello. Tafelmusik, Jeanne Lamon (conductor). L'incoronazione di Dario - Act I, Scene 5, D'un bel viso. Delphine Galou (alto: Argene), Accademia Bizantina, Ottavia Dantone (conductor).
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Monday 6th February 2023
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
Ambition and Struggle. Episode 1.
Donald Macleod explores the life and career of Bedrich Smetana, following him as he grew from naïve revolutionary into one of the foundational figures in Czech music. He begins with his early years after arriving in Prague as a promising young musician, but with no means of support he quickly began to struggle. The composer was faced with many challenges and forced to learn how to carry on in the face of overwhelming tragedy. Smetana: The Bartered Bride: Overture. BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor). Triumphal symphony, II. Largo maestoso. Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Theodore Kuchar (conductor). Polka: Memory of Plzen Jan Novotny (piano). Wedding Scenes (orch. F Hertl). Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Robert Stankovsky (conductor). Piano Trio in G minor: II. Allegro ma non agitato & III. Presto. Trio Wanderer.
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Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
Ambition and Struggle. Episode 1.
Donald Macleod explores the life and career of Bedrich Smetana, following him as he grew from naïve revolutionary into one of the foundational figures in Czech music. He begins with his early years after arriving in Prague as a promising young musician, but with no means of support he quickly began to struggle. The composer was faced with many challenges and forced to learn how to carry on in the face of overwhelming tragedy. Smetana: The Bartered Bride: Overture. BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiri Belohlavek (conductor). Triumphal symphony, II. Largo maestoso. Janacek Philharmonic Orchestra, Theodore Kuchar (conductor). Polka: Memory of Plzen Jan Novotny (piano). Wedding Scenes (orch. F Hertl). Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Robert Stankovsky (conductor). Piano Trio in G minor: II. Allegro ma non agitato & III. Presto. Trio Wanderer.
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Composer of the Week: Thomas Tallis
Monday 13th February 2023
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
All Roads Lead to London. Episode 1.
Over the course of this week, Donald Macleod traces the career of Renaissance great Tallis, unquestionably one of England's finest-ever composers. Donald begins by exploring the circumstances that led him to London, and examines what the composer's first impressions of the city must have been like. Tallis: O Sacrum Convivium. Choir of New College, Oxford, Edward Higginbottom (director). Lamentations of Jeremiah I & II. Hilliard Ensemble, Paul Hillier (director). Euge celi porta. Chapelle du Roi, Alistair Dixon (director). Alleluia. Per te Dei genitrix. Chapelle du Roi, Alistair Dixon (director). Ave, rosa sine spinis. Cardinall's Musik, Andrew Carwood (director). When Shall My Sorrowful Sighing Slack. Gabriel Crouch (baritone), Elizabeth Kenny (lute).
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Monday 13th February 2023
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
All Roads Lead to London. Episode 1.
Over the course of this week, Donald Macleod traces the career of Renaissance great Tallis, unquestionably one of England's finest-ever composers. Donald begins by exploring the circumstances that led him to London, and examines what the composer's first impressions of the city must have been like. Tallis: O Sacrum Convivium. Choir of New College, Oxford, Edward Higginbottom (director). Lamentations of Jeremiah I & II. Hilliard Ensemble, Paul Hillier (director). Euge celi porta. Chapelle du Roi, Alistair Dixon (director). Alleluia. Per te Dei genitrix. Chapelle du Roi, Alistair Dixon (director). Ave, rosa sine spinis. Cardinall's Musik, Andrew Carwood (director). When Shall My Sorrowful Sighing Slack. Gabriel Crouch (baritone), Elizabeth Kenny (lute).
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Monday 20th February 2023
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
Total Artwork. Episode 1.
Donald Macleod examines Richard Wagner's decades-long journey to realise his dream of building his own music theatre, and establishing a festival there dedicated to his music. He begins by looking at how Wagner set out his vision of a new kind of artwork that would unite all the arts and address the great philosophical questions of the age. These music dramas would be would be staged in a specially constructed theatre of his own design, a hugely expensive enterprise that was surely far beyond the reach of the poverty-stricken composer. Wagner: Das Rheingold, Scene 1: Lugt, Schwestern! Die Weckerin lach in den Grund. Oda Balsborg (soprano: Woglinde), Hetty Plümacher (mezzo: Wellgunde), Ira Malaniuk (contralto: Flosshilde), Gustav Neidlinger (bass-baritone: Alberich), Vienna Philharmonic, Georg Solti (conductor). Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor). Tannhäuser: Act 3 Scene 1: Allmächt'ge Jungfrau, hör mein Flehen! and Scene 2: O du, mein holder, Abendstern. Eberhard Waechter (baritone: Wolfram), Anja Silja (soprano: Elisabeth), Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor). Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III. Berlin Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel (conductor). Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod. Helga Dernesch (soprano: Isolde), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan (conductor).
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Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
Total Artwork. Episode 1.
Donald Macleod examines Richard Wagner's decades-long journey to realise his dream of building his own music theatre, and establishing a festival there dedicated to his music. He begins by looking at how Wagner set out his vision of a new kind of artwork that would unite all the arts and address the great philosophical questions of the age. These music dramas would be would be staged in a specially constructed theatre of his own design, a hugely expensive enterprise that was surely far beyond the reach of the poverty-stricken composer. Wagner: Das Rheingold, Scene 1: Lugt, Schwestern! Die Weckerin lach in den Grund. Oda Balsborg (soprano: Woglinde), Hetty Plümacher (mezzo: Wellgunde), Ira Malaniuk (contralto: Flosshilde), Gustav Neidlinger (bass-baritone: Alberich), Vienna Philharmonic, Georg Solti (conductor). Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor). Tannhäuser: Act 3 Scene 1: Allmächt'ge Jungfrau, hör mein Flehen! and Scene 2: O du, mein holder, Abendstern. Eberhard Waechter (baritone: Wolfram), Anja Silja (soprano: Elisabeth), Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor). Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III. Berlin Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel (conductor). Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod. Helga Dernesch (soprano: Isolde), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan (conductor).
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Monday 6th March 2023
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
Donald Macleod is joined by Carola Darwin and Robert Evans to explore the life and career of Johanna Müller-Hermann, beginning with her aristocratic background in Vienna. Born into a musical and well-to-do family in 1868 she and her siblings learnt quadrilles and round dances with their father, while their mother played the piano and sang. Johanna's older brother Albert was 12 when he set up the Hermann Music Society, which put on events on Saturday evenings at the family home, with programmes printed and friends invited to attend. This was the world in which Johanna first developed her passion for music. Müller-Hermann: String Quintet in A minor, Op 7 (excerpt). Pawel Zalejski (violin), SongHa Choi (violin), Klaus Christa (viola), Danusha Waskiewicz (viola), Kajana Pa?ko (cello). Piano Sonata, Op 8 (Allegro enérgico). Hiroaki Takenouchi (piano). Herbst, Op 20 No 3 (Vier Lieder); Wie eine Vollmondnacht, Op 20 No 4 (Vier Lieder). Kitty Whately (mezzo), Joseph Middleton (piano). Zwei dreistimmige Frauenchöre, Op 10. Maisie O'Shea (soprano), BBC National Chorus of Wales, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Adrian Partington (conductor). Piano Sonata, Opus 8 (excerpt). Hiroaki Takenouchi (piano). Cello Sonata, Op 17 (Moderato). Othar Müller (cello), Leonore Aumaier (piano).
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Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
Donald Macleod is joined by Carola Darwin and Robert Evans to explore the life and career of Johanna Müller-Hermann, beginning with her aristocratic background in Vienna. Born into a musical and well-to-do family in 1868 she and her siblings learnt quadrilles and round dances with their father, while their mother played the piano and sang. Johanna's older brother Albert was 12 when he set up the Hermann Music Society, which put on events on Saturday evenings at the family home, with programmes printed and friends invited to attend. This was the world in which Johanna first developed her passion for music. Müller-Hermann: String Quintet in A minor, Op 7 (excerpt). Pawel Zalejski (violin), SongHa Choi (violin), Klaus Christa (viola), Danusha Waskiewicz (viola), Kajana Pa?ko (cello). Piano Sonata, Op 8 (Allegro enérgico). Hiroaki Takenouchi (piano). Herbst, Op 20 No 3 (Vier Lieder); Wie eine Vollmondnacht, Op 20 No 4 (Vier Lieder). Kitty Whately (mezzo), Joseph Middleton (piano). Zwei dreistimmige Frauenchöre, Op 10. Maisie O'Shea (soprano), BBC National Chorus of Wales, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Adrian Partington (conductor). Piano Sonata, Opus 8 (excerpt). Hiroaki Takenouchi (piano). Cello Sonata, Op 17 (Moderato). Othar Müller (cello), Leonore Aumaier (piano).
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Monday 13th March 2023
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
Music Born of Turmoil. Episode 1.
Donald Macleod sets Purcell's work during his short life in the context of the turbulent times in which he lived, beginning with the political intrigue surrounding him amid his earliest music, including - in 1680 alone - his first stage work Theodosius, his first royal `welcome" ode and his first dazzling collection of chamber music. Purcell: Blow Up the Trumpet in Sion, Z 10. Laurence Cummings (organ), Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly (conductor); Sonata a 4 No 7 in C, Z 808. Musica Amphion, Pieter-Jan Belder (conductor); Welcome, Vicegerent of the Mighty King, Z 340. Barbara Borden (soprano), Belinda Sykes (soprano), Douglas Nasrawi (tenor), Harvey Brough (tenor), Harry van der Kamp (bass), Simon Grant (bass), Steve Dugardin (countertenor), Tragicomedia; Remember Not, Lord, Our Offences, Z 50. Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill (director); Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei, Z 135. Maldwyn Davies (tenor), John Tomlinson (bass), Monteverdi Choir English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor); Sonata a 4 No 4 in D Minor, Z 805. London Baroque; Theodosius, or The Force of Love, Z 606; The Gate to Bliss; Sad as Death at Dead of Night; Hail to the Myrtle Shade; Dream No More of Pleasures Past; Ah! Cruel, Bloody Fate. Judith Nelson (soprano), Emma Kirkby (soprano), Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood (conductor).
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Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
Music Born of Turmoil. Episode 1.
Donald Macleod sets Purcell's work during his short life in the context of the turbulent times in which he lived, beginning with the political intrigue surrounding him amid his earliest music, including - in 1680 alone - his first stage work Theodosius, his first royal `welcome" ode and his first dazzling collection of chamber music. Purcell: Blow Up the Trumpet in Sion, Z 10. Laurence Cummings (organ), Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly (conductor); Sonata a 4 No 7 in C, Z 808. Musica Amphion, Pieter-Jan Belder (conductor); Welcome, Vicegerent of the Mighty King, Z 340. Barbara Borden (soprano), Belinda Sykes (soprano), Douglas Nasrawi (tenor), Harvey Brough (tenor), Harry van der Kamp (bass), Simon Grant (bass), Steve Dugardin (countertenor), Tragicomedia; Remember Not, Lord, Our Offences, Z 50. Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill (director); Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes mei, Z 135. Maldwyn Davies (tenor), John Tomlinson (bass), Monteverdi Choir English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor); Sonata a 4 No 4 in D Minor, Z 805. London Baroque; Theodosius, or The Force of Love, Z 606; The Gate to Bliss; Sad as Death at Dead of Night; Hail to the Myrtle Shade; Dream No More of Pleasures Past; Ah! Cruel, Bloody Fate. Judith Nelson (soprano), Emma Kirkby (soprano), Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood (conductor).
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Composer of the Week: Bizet
Monday 20th March 2023
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
Great Expectations. Episode 1.
Donald Macleod explores the story of the French Romantic composer, showing how his life proved more challenging and event-filled than anyone might have expected - and that success can never be guaranteed. Throughout the week, Donald also guides listeners through Carmen, an opera famous for its Spanish heat, fractured passions and fabulous tunes. Donald begins by revealing how Bizet's talent quickly transported him from middle-class obscurity into Paris's most elevated musical circles, then introduces the title character of Carmen, a fiery Gypsy who bewitches all around her, yet who declares she cares nothing for love. Bizet: Carmen (extracts from Act 1). Angela Gheorghiu (soprano: Carmen), Roberto Alagna (tenor: Don José), Nicolas Cavallier (bass-baritone: Zuniga), Ludovic Tézier (baritone: Moralès), La Lauzeta, Choeur d'enfants de Toulouse, Choeur Les Éléments, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson (conductor). Symphony in C - II Andante & III Scherzo. Orchestre de Paris, Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Le Docteur Miracle: Overture. Orchestre Lyrique de Region Avignon Provence, Samuel Jean (conductor).
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Monday 20th March 2023
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
Great Expectations. Episode 1.
Donald Macleod explores the story of the French Romantic composer, showing how his life proved more challenging and event-filled than anyone might have expected - and that success can never be guaranteed. Throughout the week, Donald also guides listeners through Carmen, an opera famous for its Spanish heat, fractured passions and fabulous tunes. Donald begins by revealing how Bizet's talent quickly transported him from middle-class obscurity into Paris's most elevated musical circles, then introduces the title character of Carmen, a fiery Gypsy who bewitches all around her, yet who declares she cares nothing for love. Bizet: Carmen (extracts from Act 1). Angela Gheorghiu (soprano: Carmen), Roberto Alagna (tenor: Don José), Nicolas Cavallier (bass-baritone: Zuniga), Ludovic Tézier (baritone: Moralès), La Lauzeta, Choeur d'enfants de Toulouse, Choeur Les Éléments, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson (conductor). Symphony in C - II Andante & III Scherzo. Orchestre de Paris, Semyon Bychkov (conductor). Le Docteur Miracle: Overture. Orchestre Lyrique de Region Avignon Provence, Samuel Jean (conductor).
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Monday 27th March 2023
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
Ivanovka. Episode 1.
Sergei Rachmaninov was born 150 years ago this week, one of the finest pianists of his generation who toured the world in the 1920s and '30s as a musical megastar. Composing had been his real passion since childhood, and towards the end of his time in Russia before the Revolution, it was farming. Though St Petersburg and then Moscow was his base for much of his early life, it was Ivanovka - a country estate deep in the Russian countryside - that formed him. The house and the land surrounding it were a major source of his creative inspiration until his last visit in 1917. Donald Macleod explores how important Ivanovka was to Rachmaninov, and how he carried the precious memory of it with him when he left it behind for a life of exile. n today's programme, Donald tells the story of Rachmaninov's first visit to Ivanovka, the country estate of his cousins, as a teenager. He initially found the landscape around it boring and oppressive, but soon came to love this sleepy place, wrote his first piano concerto there, and when he got married was gifted a house on the estate. Rachmaninov: Lilacs, Op 21 No 5: Siren. Sergei Rachmaninov (piano). Piano Concerto No 1 (mvt 1). Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Berliner Philharmoniker, Antonio Pappano (conductor). Dances from Aleko. Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Cello Sonata in G minor (mvt 1). Bruno Philippe (cello), Jerome Ducros (piano). Vesna. Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre, BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor).
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Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
Ivanovka. Episode 1.
Sergei Rachmaninov was born 150 years ago this week, one of the finest pianists of his generation who toured the world in the 1920s and '30s as a musical megastar. Composing had been his real passion since childhood, and towards the end of his time in Russia before the Revolution, it was farming. Though St Petersburg and then Moscow was his base for much of his early life, it was Ivanovka - a country estate deep in the Russian countryside - that formed him. The house and the land surrounding it were a major source of his creative inspiration until his last visit in 1917. Donald Macleod explores how important Ivanovka was to Rachmaninov, and how he carried the precious memory of it with him when he left it behind for a life of exile. n today's programme, Donald tells the story of Rachmaninov's first visit to Ivanovka, the country estate of his cousins, as a teenager. He initially found the landscape around it boring and oppressive, but soon came to love this sleepy place, wrote his first piano concerto there, and when he got married was gifted a house on the estate. Rachmaninov: Lilacs, Op 21 No 5: Siren. Sergei Rachmaninov (piano). Piano Concerto No 1 (mvt 1). Leif Ove Andsnes (piano), Berliner Philharmoniker, Antonio Pappano (conductor). Dances from Aleko. Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko (conductor). Cello Sonata in G minor (mvt 1). Bruno Philippe (cello), Jerome Ducros (piano). Vesna. Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre, BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor).
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Monday 3rd April 2023
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
Visionary. Episode 1.
As Christians around the world prepare for Easter, Donald Macleod explores the life and music of two nuns who were also composers. Though Hildegard of Bingen and Isabella Leonarda lived five centuries apart, their stories and music are connected by their shared faith and vocations. Both lived cloistered lives, shut away in convents and cut off from the everyday concerns of the societies in which they lived. Yet, they also enjoyed a profoundly rich and human connection with the world and with their God, revealed in the music and poetry they created and sent into the world. Donald begins by focusing on Hildegard of Bingen's story with biographer Fiona Maddocks, examining how her seemingly unremarkable existence in a provincial German monastery was rapidly transformed after she confessed to receiving visions from God. Hildegard: Spiritus Sanctus Vivificans. Anna Sandstrom (soprano), Armonico Consort Christopher Monks (director). Leonarda: Sonata, Op 16 No 8. Ensemble Giardino Di Delizie, Ewa Anna Augustynowicz (director). Hildegard: Columba Aspexit. Grace Davidson (soprano); Hildegard (ed. Wishart): O frondens virga. Emily Burn (voice), Clemmie Franks (voice), Emily Levy (voice), Victoria Couper (voice), Jocelyn West (voice), Vivien Ellis (voice), Stevie Wishart (director), O frondens virga (instrumental). Augsburg Early Music Ensemble. Leonarda: In Sanguine Gloria, Op 6 No 12. Guilhem Worms (bass-baritone), Ensemble Il Caravaggio, Camille Delaforge (director). Hildegard: O quam mirabilis; O virga ac diadema. Margriet Tindemans (fiddle), Sequentia, Barbara Thornton (director).
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Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
Visionary. Episode 1.
As Christians around the world prepare for Easter, Donald Macleod explores the life and music of two nuns who were also composers. Though Hildegard of Bingen and Isabella Leonarda lived five centuries apart, their stories and music are connected by their shared faith and vocations. Both lived cloistered lives, shut away in convents and cut off from the everyday concerns of the societies in which they lived. Yet, they also enjoyed a profoundly rich and human connection with the world and with their God, revealed in the music and poetry they created and sent into the world. Donald begins by focusing on Hildegard of Bingen's story with biographer Fiona Maddocks, examining how her seemingly unremarkable existence in a provincial German monastery was rapidly transformed after she confessed to receiving visions from God. Hildegard: Spiritus Sanctus Vivificans. Anna Sandstrom (soprano), Armonico Consort Christopher Monks (director). Leonarda: Sonata, Op 16 No 8. Ensemble Giardino Di Delizie, Ewa Anna Augustynowicz (director). Hildegard: Columba Aspexit. Grace Davidson (soprano); Hildegard (ed. Wishart): O frondens virga. Emily Burn (voice), Clemmie Franks (voice), Emily Levy (voice), Victoria Couper (voice), Jocelyn West (voice), Vivien Ellis (voice), Stevie Wishart (director), O frondens virga (instrumental). Augsburg Early Music Ensemble. Leonarda: In Sanguine Gloria, Op 6 No 12. Guilhem Worms (bass-baritone), Ensemble Il Caravaggio, Camille Delaforge (director). Hildegard: O quam mirabilis; O virga ac diadema. Margriet Tindemans (fiddle), Sequentia, Barbara Thornton (director).
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Monday 17th April 2023
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
Fils à Papa. Episode 1.
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of French composer and pianist Francis Poulenc, following him from Paris's artisanal upper-class heartland to the city's dark underbelly. In the opeing edition, Donald discovers how, from childhood, Poulenc was exposed to two versions of Paris that were diametrically opposed, and how he created his own strange mythology with his bizarre public debut. Poulenc: Piano Concerto in C sharp minor, FP 146: I. Allegretto commodo. London Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Sonata for Piano, Four Hands. Francois Chaplin, Alexandre Tharaud (pianos) Trois Mouvements Perpétuels. Francis Poulenc (piano). Four Préludes. National Orchestra of France, Charles Dutoit (conductor). Gnossiennes. National Orchestra of France, Charles Dutoit (conductor). Melancolie. Aleck Karis (piano). Rapsodie Nègre. Badke Quartet.
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Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)
Fils à Papa. Episode 1.
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of French composer and pianist Francis Poulenc, following him from Paris's artisanal upper-class heartland to the city's dark underbelly. In the opeing edition, Donald discovers how, from childhood, Poulenc was exposed to two versions of Paris that were diametrically opposed, and how he created his own strange mythology with his bizarre public debut. Poulenc: Piano Concerto in C sharp minor, FP 146: I. Allegretto commodo. London Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin (conductor). Sonata for Piano, Four Hands. Francois Chaplin, Alexandre Tharaud (pianos) Trois Mouvements Perpétuels. Francis Poulenc (piano). Four Préludes. National Orchestra of France, Charles Dutoit (conductor). Gnossiennes. National Orchestra of France, Charles Dutoit (conductor). Melancolie. Aleck Karis (piano). Rapsodie Nègre. Badke Quartet.
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