Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Ennio MorriconeEnnio Morricone is cited as one of the most experimental and influential composers of all time, undoubtedly recognised as one of the world’s greatest ever composers of music for film. A legendary figure who over the course of his career won numerous awards, and accolades, his innovative soundworlds helped to define what film music could be for multiple genres of cinema. Morricone’s music extended far beyond the desert landscapes of Spaghetti Westerns, not just to other genres on the Silver Screen, but also into the worlds of pop music, and into the concert hall – where his study and composition of avant garde music gave him the techniques to experiment within his scores for film as well. Over the course of this week, following on the heels of the 2024 Academy Awards, Donald Macleod explores the incredible career of Ennio Morricone, a composer who quite astoundingly wrote over 500 scores for film and television, as well as over 100 classical works.Music Featured:Invenzione
The Ecstasy of Gold from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Party Prohibito from I malamondo
Musica per undici violini
Eduardo di Capua and Alfredo Mazzucchi: O sole mio (arr. Morricone)
Edoardo Nicolardi and Ernesto de Curtis: Voce e’notte (arr. Morricone)
Concerto for Orchestra
Scambio di prigionieri from A Fistful of Dollars
The Man with the Harmonica from Once Upon a Time in the West
Woody Guthrie: Pastures of Plenty (arr. Enrico Morricone)
The Trio (extended version) from The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Titles & A Fistful of Dollars (version 2) from A Fistful of Dollars
Sixty Seconds to What? & Main Theme from For a Few Dollars More
Requiem per un destino (Excerpt)
Main Title from The Good the Bad and the Ugly
Opening credits from Uccellacci e uccellini
Addio a Pier Paolo Passolini
Ostia from Pasolini, un delitto Italiano
Birth of a City & Finale from Once Upon a Time in the West
Suoni per Dino
Delirio Secondo from Un Tranquillo Posto Di Campagna
La Lucertola from Una Lucertola con la Pelle Di Donna
Silenzio nel caos from The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
Four Flies on Velvet (take 6) from Four Flies on Grey Velvet
Deborah's Theme from Once Upon a Time in America
Cockeye’s Song & Once upon a time in America – theme from Sergio Leone Suite
Theme from Rampage
La classe operaia va in paradiso from The Working Class Goes to Heaven or Lulu the Tool
Fire from Days of Heaven
Humanity (Part 2) from The Thing
Four studies (Nos 1 & 2)
Bugsy
Cinema Paradiso
Miserere & Gabriel’s Oboe from The Mission
Theme from The Untouchables
Voci dal silenzio (Excerpt)
Theme from Il Mercenario
Volti e fantasmi from La Migliore Offerta
’Ultima Diligenza di Red Rock from the Hateful Eight
On Earth as it is in Heaven from The MissionPresented by Donald Macleod
Produced by Sam Phillips for BBC Audio Wales and WestFor full track listings, including artist and recording details, and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after broadcast) head to the series page for Ennio Morricone (1928-2020) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001wyr0And you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we’ve featured on Composer of the Week here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z
Mar 15
1 hr 23 min
Kate Molleson & Nastasha Loges explore the life and music of Johanna Senfter.If you know the name Johanna Senfter, it is probably in connection with her teacher, the composer, Max Reger. Senfter won the Arthur Nikisch prize for composition in 1910, and went on to be one of the most prolific of all late-Romantic female composers, writing at least 150 works, yet she has all but disappeared from our history books. In between the two World Wars she was very active within the world of music too, founding the Oppenheim Music Society, organizing her own concert series and founding the Oppenheim Bach Society. However, her personal life is shrouded in mystery with little information published about either her biography, or her music, and there are substantial gaps in her story when we know nothing about Senfter. Unsurprisingly then, there are also questions hanging over certain elements of her personal life, and her political allegiances. Over the course of this week, Kate Molleson is joined by Professor Natasha Loges to explore the life of Johanna Senfter. They also examine the tumultuous world of early 20th Century Germany in which Senfter was working, and speculate on the reasons for her anonymity today.Music Featured: Suite for two violins No 2 (Menuet)
Symphony No 4 (2nd mvt)
Drei Klavierstucke, op 77
Violin Sonata in G minor, Op 32 (4th mvt)
Trio for clarinet, horn and piano (3rd mvt)
Vogelweise
Clarinet Quintet (2nd mvt)
Symphony No 4 (3rd mvt)
Viola Sonata No 1 in F minor, Op 41 (3rd mvt)
Chorale Preludes, Op 70 (Nos 4, 2 & 9)
Sonata for cello in A Major, Op 10 (4th mvt)
Suite for two violins No 91 No 2 (1st mvt)
5 pieces for viola and piano, Op 76 (No 5)
Piano Concerto in G minor, Op 90 (3rd mvt)
6 Little Pieces for violin and piano, Op 13 (No 3 Elegie)
Sonata for cello and piano in E flat major, Op 79 (2nd mvt)
Clarinet Sonata (3rd mvt)
Drei Klavierstucke Op 83, No 1
Sonata for violin and piano in A major, Op 26 (4th mvt)
Concerto in C minor for two violins and orchestra, Op 40
5 pieces for viola and piano, Op 76 (Weihnachten. In ruhiger Bewegung)
Piano Concerto in G minor, Op 90 (1st mvt)
Suite for two violins No 1 (Courante)
Piano Concerto in G minor, Op 90 (2nd mvt)
Symphony 4 (1st mvt)
Quintet for clarinet and string quartet in B, Op 11 (3rd mvt)
6 Little Pieces, for violin and piano (No 1, Melodie)
Mazurka: AllegrettoPresented by Kate Molleson
Produced by Sam Phillips for BBC Audio Wales and West For full track listings, including artist and recording details, and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after broadcast) head to the series page for Johanna Senfter (1879-1961) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001wqp7 And you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we’ve featured on Composer of the Week here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z
Mar 8
1 hr 15 min
Donald Macleod delves into the world of Venetian composer, Maddalena SirmenMaddalena Sirmen was born in Venice in 1745 and christened Maddalena Laura Lombardini. Her poverty-stricken family were unable to support her and by the age of seven she was admitted to one of Venice’s ‘Ospedali’. The Ospedali were hospitals and orphanages set up to help the needy but also celebrated for the musical education they provided to their residents . Sirmen soon excelled in her training. By the age of fourteen she was accepted for additional music lessons in Padua with the famed violinist, Tartini, and became one of his favourite students. In 1767 she married fellow composer, Lodovico Sirmen, and was able to leave the Ospedale, at last. There followed many successful years of travelling and performing as a virtuoso violinist, often presenting her own works. Sirmen’s music was published in many leading European cities, and Leopold Mozart said of one of her works, that it was “beautifully written”. When visiting London for a third time, Sirmen decided to present herself as a singer, rather than a violinist. This proved to be a mistake and she was greatly criticised in the press. From this point onwards her reputation diminished despite further concerts, as a violinist, in Paris, Dresden and St Petersburg. Sirmen eventually settled back in Venice, where she died in 1818.Music Featured: Violin Concerto No 3 in A major, Op 3 No 3 (excerpt)
Trio Sonata No 5 in G, Op 1 No 5 (Allegro Moderato)
Ferdinando Bertoni: Veni Creator (excerpt)
Trio Sonata No 5 in G, Op 1 No 5 (Rondo Allegro)
Ferdinando Bertoni: Orfeo (excerpt)
String Quartet No 5 in F major
Violin Concerto No 3 in A major, Op 3 No 3
Giuseppe Tartini: Violin Sonata in G minor, “Devils Trill” (excerpt)
String Quartet No 1 in E flat major (Andante)
String Quartet No 1 in E flat major (Allegretto)
Giuseppe Tartini: Stabat Mater
Violin Concerto No 2 in E major, Op 3 No 2
String Quartet No 4 in B flat major
String Quartet No 2 in E flat major (excerpt)
Duet in C major, Op 4 No 6
Ludovico Sirmen: Sonata in A major (Moderato)
Violin Concerto No 5 in B flat major, Op 3 No 5
Ludovico Sirmen: Sonata in A major (Lento)
String Quartet No 2 in E flat major
Violin Concerto No 1 in B flat major, Op 3 No 1 (Allegro)
J. C. Bach: Gioas, re di Giuda (Fe giuriamo)
Maddalena Sirmen: Violin Concerto No 1 in B flat major, Op 3 No 1 (excerpt)
J. C. Bach: Sonata in G, Op 10 No 3, W. B4 (Rondeaux)
String Quartet No 3 in G minor
Violin Concerto No 6 in C major, Op 3 No 6
Violin Concerto No 4 in C major, Op 3 No 4 (excerpt)
String Quartet No 6 in E major (Andantino)
Thomas Linley Junior: The Song of Moses (Chorus: Praise be to God, and God alone)
String Quartet No 6 in E major (Con brio)
Ludovico Sirmen: Sonata in A major (Adagio cantabile)
Violin Concerto No 4 in C major, Op 3 No 4
String Quartet No 5 in F minorPresented by Donald Macleod
Produced by Luke Whitlock for BBC Audio Wales and WestFor full track listings, including artist and recording details, and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after broadcast) head to the series page for Maddalena Sirmen and her World https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001w8gxAnd you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we’ve featured on Composer of the Week here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z
Feb 23
1 hr
Karl Jenkins has had a career of contrasts – from accomplished jazz fusion, prog rock and the worlds of film and advertising, to phenomenal success in concert halls around the world as a composer of music that delights audiences and often defies categorisation; music that is rhythmic, emotional – and hugely popular: he just might be the most performed living composer in the world.In these special programmes, Sir Karl Jenkins joins Donald Macleod to talk about his life and music ahead of the composer’s 80th birthday. Music Featured: Benedictus
One World: In the Beginning
One World: Let’s Go (The Tower of Babel),
One World: Yet, Here I Am
Sarakiz (Dance)
Stabat Mater (excerpt)
One World: Tikkun Olam
Suo Gan
Quirky Blue
Hazard Profile, pt 1
Carol Ann
La Folia – concerto for marimba and strings
Cantata Memoria (excerpt)
Cantilena
Adiemus
Hymn
Kayama
Cancion Plateada
Palladio, concerto grosso for string orchestra (i Allegretto)
Stella Natalis (excerpt)
Gloria (excerpt)
The Peacemakers (excerpt)
The Armed Man – A Mass for Peace (excerpt)
Quirk (Chasing the Goose)
White Water
One World: The Golden Age Begins Anew
Concerto for Euphonium and Orchestra (‘It takes two…’ Seductively)
Over the Stone (iv, Tros y Garreg)
One World: Sakura, Spring has Come
Requiem (excerpt)Presented by Donald Macleod
Produced by Martin Williams for BBC Audio Wales and WestFor full track listings, including artist and recording details, and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after broadcast) head to the series page for Karl Jenkins
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001w1jwAnd you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we’ve featured on Composer of the Week here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z
Feb 16
1 hr 9 min
Kate Molleson explores the legends and lore of Igor StravinskyMusic Featured: Rite of Spring
Fireworks
Three Movements from Petrushka (Russian Dance)
The Firebird: Infernal Dance
The Rite of Spring, Part 2: The Sacrifice
Three Pieces for String Quartet (Excentrique)
Four Russian Peasant Songs
Song of the Nightingale (The Mechanical Nightingale)
Renard (excerpt)
Soldier’s Tale (excerpt)
Les Noces: The Wedding Feast
Pulcinella Suite (Sinfonia)
Suite Italienne
Sonata for Piano
Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Octet
Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments
Oedipus Rex(excerpt)
Serenade in A for piano (Romanza)
Orpheus (excerpt)
Apollo (excerpt)
Duo Concertant
Otche nash
Symphony of Psalms
Mass (Santus)
Ode (iii Epitaph)
In Memoriam Dylan Thomas
Requiem CanticlesPresented by Kate Molleson
Produced by Martin Williams for BBC Audio Wales and WestFor full track listings, including artist and recording details, and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after broadcast) head to the series page for Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001vld7And you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we’ve featured on Composer of the Week here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z
Feb 2
1 hr 7 min
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Jacques Offenbach Jacques Offenbach’s life throws a light on the political turbulence and identity within 19th century Europe. He struggled to break into the musical establishment of Paris, but he didn’t struggle with creating a dazzling array of work for the theatre. His 98 stage works established and defined what operetta was, paving the way for modern musical theatre.Music Featured: Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann), Act III: Barcarolle (arr. A. Sedlar)
Grand Concerto in G Major for cello and orchestra, Concerto Militaire (I. Allegro maestoso)
Les fleurs d’hiver
Musette, Op 24
Pepito (excerpt)
Les bavards: Overture
Decameron dramatique (excerpt)
Le “66”(excerpt)
6 Fables de Lafontaine (orchestrated by J.-P. Haeck) (excerpt)
Rends-moi mon âme
L'etoile
Les brigands: Overture
Ba-ta-clan (excerpt)
Orphee aux enfers (excerpt)
Le Papillon (excerpt)
Die Rheinnixen: Overture
Abendblatter
La Vie parisienne: Overture
La belle Helene (excerpt)
Barbe-bleue (except)
La Grande-Duchesse de Gerolstein (excerpt)
La Haine, Act IV: Marche religieuse
Les contes d'Hoffmann (excerpt)
American Eagle Waltz
Le voyage dans la lune (except)
Madame Favart: Overture
Ouverture a grand orchestraPresented by Donald Macleod
Produced by Iain Chamber for BBC Audio Wales and WestFor full track listings, including artist and recording details, and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after broadcast) head to the series page for Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001vcpjAnd you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we’ve featured on Composer of the Week here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z
Jan 26
1 hr 10 min
Donald Macleod explores Mendelssohn’s experience in the British IslesMendelssohn’s relationship with Britain began when he was 20 years old, when London became the first stop of his Grand Tour. This week Donald Macleod explores the composer's experiences in Britain, considering the mark he left on musical life in these islands, the works he wrote here, and what he got up to in the course of the ten visits he made across his lifetime. Mendelssohn took inspiration from the scenery, but he also got his first professional engagements in Britain, and in return, by the end of his life, Britain lionized him.Music Featured:Songs Without Words Op 19b No 1
Symphony No 1 in C minor (1st mvt)
12 Lieder Pp 9: III – Wartend
Octet in E flat major (3rd mvt)
Concerto in E major for Two pianos (2nd & 3rd mvts)
Fantasie in F# minor (Mvt 1)
Symphony No 3 in A minor 'Scottish' (1st mvt)
3 Fantasies (or Caprices) Op 16
String Quartet in E flat Major (1st mvt)
Organ Sonata No 3 (1st mvt)
Symphony No 3 in A minor 'Scottish' (4th mvt)
Songs without Words Op 19b No 3
Hebrides Overture
Piano Concerto No 1 in G minor (2nd & 3rd mvts))
Songs Without Words Op 19b (Nos 2, 5, 6)
Symphony No 4 in A major 'Italian' (3rd & 4th mvts)
Songs Without Words Op 102 No 1
Piano Concerto No 2 in D minor (2nd & 3rd mvts)
Piano Trio No 1 (1st mvt)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Nos 5 & 7)
Violin Concerto in E minor (1st mvt)
6 Songs Op 99 No 5
Elijah Part 1 (excerpt)
Octet in E flat major (1st mvt)
String Quartet No 6 in F minor (3rd mvt)
Elijah Part 2 (excerpt)Presented by Donald Macleod
Produced by Megan Jones for BBC Audio Wales and WestFor full track listings, including artist and recording details, and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after broadcast) head to the series page for Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001v4jhAnd you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we’ve featured on Composer of the Week here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z
Jan 19
1 hr 5 min
Kate Molleson talks to Pulitzer Prize winning composer, Caroline Shaw At the age of just 30, in 2013 American composer Caroline Shaw made the headlines when she became the youngest person to win a Pulitzer Prize for her vocal work "Partita for Eight Voices". It's a mind blowing, joyous celebration of every sound and technique the human voice can achieve. The unexpectedly gained Pulitzer could have pigeon-holed Shaw's future career, as a "composer", but central to her identity as a creator is the fact that Shaw regards herself as musician. She's a violinist, a vocalist, producer, and a composer and it's the sum of all these parts that make up the creative impetus for her music. Blending performance with composition, blurring the lines between different musical genres, Shaw has avoided categorisation in the multiplicity of her enthusiasms. She's worked with rappers Kanye West and Nas, and soprano Renée Fleming, and mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter. Her more than one hundred works encompass classical works, film scores, vocal music, and performing and working collaboratively she continues to engage in a diverse range of multi-media projects.Shaw's passion for music formed early. Born in North Carolina in 1982, Shaw was taught the Suzuki method of violin by her mother from the age of 2. Her father, a specialist in respiratory disease, was a keen amateur pianist. Shaw grew up in a culture of community music-making, singing in the church choir and summer camp. Formal studies followed at Rice in performance and Yale in composition, after which she undertook a doctoral programme in composition at Princeton.Plan and Elevation (IV: The Orangery)
And So
Partita for 8 Singers (IV: Passacaglia)
Gustave Le Gray
Entr’acte (version for String Orchestra)
Valencia
Limestone and Felt
Punctum
Boris Kerner
Thousandth Orange for violin, viola, cello, piano
Fleishman is in Trouble (Beef Lo Mein)
And the Swallow
Partita for 8 Singers (I: Allemande)
To the Hands (Seven Responses project) (excerpt)
Narrow Sea (excerpt)
Its motion keeps
“The Listeners” (excerpt)
Plan and Elevation (V: The Beech Tree)
Three Essays (III: Ruby)
The Isle (excerpt)
Taxidermy
Blueprint for String Quartet
To the Sky
Partita for 8 Singers (II: Sarabande)
Fleishman is in Trouble (excerpts)
Ritornello 2.sq.2.j.a for string quartetPresented by Kate Molleson
Produced by Johannah Smith for BBC Audio Wales and WestFor full track listings, including artist and recording details, and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after broadcast) head to the series page for Caroline Shaw https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001trhsAnd you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we’ve featured on Composer of the Week here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z
Jan 5
1 hr 27 min
The 19th century was an exciting time for classical musicians. Urban centres across Europe and the New World were expanding rapidly, creating a profitable music circuit for touring performers – particularly if you had the talent and star-power to attract audiences in large numbers! A new breed of performer began to emerge: extraordinary virtuosos whose dazzling abilities made them into international sensations. Liszt, Chopin, Clara Schumann and Paganini are among the names best remembered today but there were many others. This week, Donald Macleod explores the life and music of four more 19th century ‘showstoppers’ who were equally celebrated in their day, and who also turned their talents to composing.Music Featured: Teresa Carreño: Vals gayo
Teresa Carreño: Florence, Cantilène Op.34
Teresa Carreño: Souvenirs de mon pays, Op. 10
Teresa Carreño: Le printemps, Op. 25
Teresa Carreño: String quartet in B minor: I. Allegro, II. Andante
Teresa Carreño: Elégie Op. 22, No. 6, ‘Plaintes au borde d'une tombe’
Teresa Carreño: Little Waltz ‘Mi Teresita’
Elias Parish Alvars: Introduction, Cadenza & Rondo (extract)
Elias Parish Alvars:Grand March Op.67
Elias Parish Alvars: Grand Duo on Donizetti’s Linda di Chamounix, Op.65
Elias Parish Alvars: Harp Concerto in E flat Op.98, I. Allegro brillante
Elias Parish Alvars: Grand Study in Imitation of a Mandolin Op.84
Maria Szymanowska: Polonaise in C major
Maria Szymanowska: Prélude No. 18 in E major
Maria Szymanowska: 24 Mazurkas, Nos. 21-24
Maria Szymanowska: Caprice sur la romance de Joconde in E major
Maria Szymanowska: Fantaisie in F major
Maria Szymanowska: Cotillon, ou valse figurée
Maria Szymanowska Nocturne in B flat major
Maria Szymanowska: 18 Dances of Different Genres, Nos. 9-12 & No.18
Joseph Joachim: 3 Stücke, Op.2, No.1, Romanze
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major (1st movt cadenza by Joseph Joachim)
Joseph Joachim: Notturno Op.12
Joseph Joachim: Quartettsatz
Joseph Joachim: Violin Concerto No.2 in D minor, Op.11 'A la hongroise': III. Finale alla Zingara: Allegro con spiritoPresented by Donald Macleod
Produced by Chris Taylor for BBC Audio Wales and WestFor full track listings, including artist and recording details, and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after broadcast) head to the series page for Greatest Showstoppers https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001th7gAnd you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we’ve featured on Composer of the Week here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z
Dec 29, 2023
1 hr 5 min
“I’ve always loved carols,” Vaughan Williams wrote to Cecil Sharp in 1911. Despite being called a “most determined atheist” by Bertrand Russell at University, and in later life “a cheerful agnostic”, the composer never lost his love for Christmas. It dated back to childhood memories of singing carols from Stainer and Bramley’s Christmas Carols New and Old at his home at Leith Hill Place, Surrey. As an adult, his lifelong passion for the Christmas period was demonstrated in his music - the Fantasia on Christmas Carols, On Christmas Night based on Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, the cantata Hodie and the nativity play The First Nowell. His passion for collecting folk tunes in various counties of England – armed with a trusty pencil and paper, or at times a phonograph - also led to a plethora of carol settings using these folk tunes, as Vaughan Williams himself said “Every day some old village singer dies, and with him there probably die half-a-dozen beautiful melodies, which are lost to the world for ever: if we would preserve what still remains we must set about it at once.” This week. Kate Molleson explores Vaughan Williams’s experiences of Christmas across his life alongside some of his best loved pieces, and the music he wrote to celebrate the festive period.Music Featured:Dives and Lazarus
The First Nowell (extract)
Trad. The Murder of Maria Marten
Five Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus’
Suite for Viola and Small Orchestra – Group 1
The Wasps Overture
I Saw Three Ships Come In
Willow Wood
Folk Songs of the Four Seasons: Orchestral Suite
Trad. The High-low well
The Holy Well (version 1)
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
As Joseph was Walking
A London Symphony (III. Scherzo)
Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Symphony 3 (II. Lento)
Trad. On Christmas Night
Sussex Carol
The Lark Ascending
Hodie (This Day): The Oxen
On Christmas Night (extract)
Dona Nobis Pacem (III. Reconcilliation)
Trad. Ploughboy’s Dream
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Prelude: 49th parallel
Symphony No 5 in D Major (III. Romanza)
God rest you merry, gentlemen
The First Nowell: IX: In Bethlehem City
On Wenlock Edge (V. Bredon Hill)
Epithalamion (the bridal day) – Procession of the bride
Hodie (extract)
Symphony No 7 (V. Epilogue)
Trad. Seven Virgins (Leaves of Life)
The Seven Virgins
The First Nowell: XX. The First NowellPresented by Kate Molleson
Produced by Sam Phillips for BBC Audio Wales and WestFor full track listings, including artist and recording details, and to listen to the pieces featured in full (for 30 days after broadcast) head to the series page for A Vaughan Williams Christmas https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001t9wp And you can delve into the A-Z of all the composers we’ve featured on Composer of the Week here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3cjHdZlXwL7W41XGB77X3S0/composers-a-to-z
Dec 22, 2023
1 hr 18 min
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