Bill has issued a challenge to radio directors across the world and they have answered with their favorite pieces, some that even Bill doesn’t know. Take a trip with us and hear something new and beautiful.
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Episode 1
Stojowski, Zygmunt: Piano Concerto No.1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 3
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins; Jonathan Plowright, p.
Hyperion 67314
35:13
Vaughan Williams: Serenade To Music
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chamber Chorus/Robert Spano; Jessica Rivera, Kelley O’Connor, Thomas Studebaker & Nimon Ford, soloists
Telarc 80676
13:06
Episode 2
Conni Ellisor: Blackberry Winter
Nashville Chamber Orchestra/Paul Gambill; Stephen Seifert, mountain dulcimer and Tennessee music box
Warner 46739
16:44
Villa-Lobos: Fantasia For Soprano Saxophone & Chamber Orchestra- I, II & III
Academy Of St. Martin In The Field/Neville Marriner; John Harle, sax
EMI 72670
10:31
Ralph Vaughan Williams: “O Taste & See”
Canterbury Cathedral Choir/Allan Wicks
Lon 433085
1:40
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Cleveland Sinfonietta/Louis Lane; Rafael Druian, v.
14:45; 4:07
Glazunov: The Seasons, Op. 67 IV: Autumn: Finale
Philharmonia Orchestra/Evgeny Svetlanov
2:30
Episode 3
Bach: Violin Partita #2 In D Minor, BWV 1004 – 5. Ciaccona
Hilary Hahn, v.
Sony 62793
17:52
Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen, AV 142
New Philharmonia Orchestra/John Barbirolli
EMI 65078
27:14
Buxtehude: “Alleluja” fr. Der Herr ist mit mir
Concerto Köln/Equilbey
Naïve 5216
2:55
Episode 4
Jean Sibelius: The Tempest, Suite No. 1, Op. 109 No. 2-Der Sturm
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra/Segerstam
Chandos 8943
4:25
Miloslav Kabelac: Hamlet Improvisation for Large Orchestra, Op. 46
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Karel Ancerl
Supraphon 36712
14:49
Jiri Reinberger: Symphony Concertante for Organ, Harp, Timpani and Strings, Op. 31
III. Fuga
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Karel Ancerl
6:17
Jan Dismas Zelenka: Missa Sanctissimae Trinitatis
I. Kyrie
II. Kyrie – Christe Eleison
III. Kyrie – Kyrie Eleison
IV. Gloria – Gloria In Exelsis Deo
V. Gloria – Qui Tollis Peccata Mundi
Marburg Bachchor, Barockensemble Marburg/Wolfram Wehnert
Thorofon 2265
19:20
Jean Sibelius: The Tempest, Suite No. 1, Op. 109 No. 2- Humoreske, Calibans, Canon, and Scene
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Karel Ancerl
Chandos 8943
5:38
Episode 5
Josquin Desprez: Missa Hercules Dux Ferrariæ
I. Kyrie
II. Gloria
III. Credo
IV. Benedictus
V. Agnus Dei
De Labyrintho/Walter Testolin
Stradivarius 33862
27:06
Edgard Varèse: Ionisation
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Pierre Boulez
DG 471 137
5:51
Eric Ewazen: Down A River Of Time
International Sejong Soloists/Hyo Kang; Linda Strommen, ob.
Albany 577
7:30
Soweto Gospel Choir: Archbishop Tutu Address, Libala Kuye, Valley Of Tears, Loliwe
Divine Decade (Celebrating 10 Years)
Decca 1993102
6:11, 2:36
Traditional: Valley of Tears (excerpt)
Fats Domino, voice
iTunes/London Records HLB 8449
:35