Music played

Timings are shown from the start of the programme in hours and minutes.

1. 00:01
   

   Johann Sebastian Bach — Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV.850 (Well tempered Klavier, Book 1)

   Performer: Maurizio Pollini (piano)

   DG 477 8087, CD1 T9-10
2. 00:04
   

   Hector Berlioz — O blonde Ceres (Iopas, Les Troyens)

   Performer: Andrew Kennedy (tenor) Performer: Southbank Sinfonia Performer: Simon Over (conductor)

   SIGNUM SIGCD189, T12
3. 00:10
   

   Zoltán Kodály — Viennese Musical Clock (Hary Janos – suite, Op.35a)

   Performer: Halle Performer: Ewa Strusinska (conductor)

   BBC Recording
4. 00:18
   

   Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Porgi, amor, qualche ristoro (Le Nozze di Figaro, K.492)

   Performer: Meeta Raval (Countess) Performer: BBC National Orchestra of Wales Performer: Ewa Strusinska (conductor)

   BBC Recording
5. 00:27
   

   James Rhodes — La cathedrale engloutie (Preludes, Book 1 No.10)

   Arranger: Colin Matthews Performer: Halle Performer: Mark Elder (conductor)

   CD HLL 7518, T13
6. 00:36
   

   Carl Maria von Weber — Fantasy on the Freischuetz

   Composer: Taffanel & Orchestrator: Gamzou Performer: Emmanuel Pahud (flute) Performer: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Yannick Nezet-Seguin (conductor)

   EMI 5099945781421, T4
7. 00:48
   

   William Byrd — Quodcumque ligaveris

   Performer: The Cardinall’s Musick Performer: Andrew Carwood (director)

   Hyperion CDA67653, T5
8. 00:54
   

   Dmitri Shostakovich — Waltz & Polka (Five pieces for 2 violins and piano)

   Arranger: Levon Atovmian Performer: Andrew Haveron (violin) Performer: Ian Belton (violin) Performer: Christian Blackshaw (piano)

   CHALLENGE CC 72093, T11-12
9. 01:01
   

   Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Symphony No.32 in G major, K.318

   Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Performer: Charles Mackerras (conductor)

   LINN CKD 350, CD1 T9-10

10. LIVE

    1. 01:09
       

       George Frideric Handel — Let festal joy (Belshazzar’s Feast)

       Performer: Andrew Kennedy (tenor) Performer: Laurence Cummings (harpsichord)

    2. 01:19
       

       George Frideric Handel — Oh dearer than my life (Belshazzar’s Feast)

       Performer: Andrew Kennedy (tenor) Performer: Lynda Lee (soprano) Performer: Laurence Cummings (harpsichord)

    3. 01:32
       

       George Frideric Handel — Regard my son, my flowing tears (Belshazzar’s Feast)

       Performer: Lynda Lee (soprano) Performer: Laurence Cummings (harpsichord)

11. 01:38
    

    Franz Liszt — Harmonies du soir (Transcendental Studies, S139 No.11)

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott (piano)

    DG 477 8362, T11
12. 01:48
    

    Gilbert & Sullivan — When our gallant Norman foes (Yeomen of the Guard, Act 1 Song 3)

    Performer: Patricia Leonard (Dame Curruthers) Performer: The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company (chorus) Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Royston Nash (conductor), LP DECCA SKL 5307/8
13. 01:53
    

    Isaac Albéniz — Castilla (Seguidillas)

    Performer: Xuefei Yang

    EMI 50999 2 06322 2 9, T11

Broadcast

1. Mon 22 Feb 2010
   17:00
   BBC Radio 3