Music played

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

1. 00:01
   

   Fritz Kreisler — Praeludium and Allegro

   Performer: Nigel Kennedy [violin] Performer: John Lenehan [piano]

   EMI 7243 5 56626 2 0, tr 13
2. 00:07
   

   Johann Sebastian Bach — Musikalisches Opfer BWV1079

   Arranger: Webern Performer: Ricercare a 6 Performer: Boston Symphony Orchestra Performer: Seiji Ozawa [conductor]

   Philips 432 092-2, tr 2
3. 00:16
   

   Karl Friedrich Abel — Concerto for flute and strings No 5 in G – Final mvt

   Performer: Georgia Brown [flute] Performer: Nordic Affect

   Brilliant Classics 94304, tr 3
4. 00:22
   

   Frank Bridge — The Sea – 1st mvt: Seascape

   Performer: English Chamber Orchestra Performer: Benjamin Britten [conductor]

   BBCB 8007-2, tr 2
5. 00:33
   

   Carl Nielsen — Overture to Maskarade

   Performer: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Performer: Neeme Jarvi [conductor]

   DG 447 757-2, tr 1
6. 00:38
   

   Robert Schumann — 8 Novelletten Op.21 for piano: No 6 – Sehr lebhaftr mit vielem Humor

   Performer: Andras Schiff [piano]

   ECM 472 119-2, CD 2 tr 2
7. 00:42
   

   Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Ave Verum Corpus K618

   Performer: The Choir of New College Oxford Performer: Edward Higginbottom [conductor]

   Erato 0630 14634 2, tr 4
8. 00:46
   

   Gustav Holst — Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity from The Planets

   Performer: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Performer: James Levine

   DG 4297302, tr 4
9. 00:54
   

   Anon (improvisation) — Cachua

   Performer: Hesperion XXI Performer: Jordi Savall [director]

   Alia Vox AV 9834, tr 10
10. 01:01
    

    Antonin Dvorak — 3rd mt: Furiant from String Sextet in A Op 48

    Performer: Sarah Chang & Bernhard Hartog [violins] Performer: Wolfram Christ and Tanja Christ [violas] Performer: Georg Faust and Olf Maninger [cello]

    EMI 7243 5 57243 2 8, tr 7
11. 01:05
    

    Luciano Berio — The modification and instrumentation of a famous hornpipe as a merry and altogether sincere homage to uncle Alfred

    Performer: Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi Performer: Riccardo Chailly

    Decca 476 2830, tr 1
12. 01:06
    

    Franz Schubert — Impromptu in G flat major D899 No 3

    Performer: Alfred Brendel [piano]

    DECCA 478 2116, CD 2 tr 10
13. 01:12
    

    Bedrich Smetana — Dance of the Comedians from The Bartered Bride

    Performer: Lso Performer: Charles Mackerras

    Mercury 434 352-2, tr 1
14. 01:16
    

    Henryk Mikolaj Górecki — Symphony No 3 Op 36

    Performer: 2nd mvt: Lento Performer: Dawn Upshaw [soprano] Performer: London Sinfonietta Performer: David Zinman [conductor]

    Nonesuch 7559 79282-2, tr 2
15. 01:33
    

    Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek — Donna Diana – Overture

    Performer: New York Philharmonic Performer: Zubin Mehta

    Sony Classical SBK 63053, tr 14
16. 01:38
    

    Gabriel Fauré — Apres un reve

    Performer: Janine Jansen [violin] Performer: Itamar Golan [piano]

    Decca 478 2256, tr 10
17. 01:41
    

    Johann Stamitz — 3rd (final) mvt from Trumpet Concerto in D

    Performer: Hakan Hardenburger [trumpet] Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Performer: Sir Neville Marriner

    Philhips 420 203-2, tr 9
18. 01:47
    

    Malcolm Arnold — 4 English dances - set 1 for orchestra (Op.27)

    Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Malcolm Arnold [conductor]

    Lyrita SRCD 201, tr 1
19. 02:01
    

    Johann Sebastian Bach — Osanna from Mass in B minor BWV 232

    Performer: Choir and Orchestra of Collegium Vocale Performer: Philippe Herreweghe [director]

    Harmonioa Mundi HMC 901614.15, CD 2 tr 11
20. 02:06
    

    Richard Wagner — Overture to Tannhauser

    Performer: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Performer: Sir Georg Solti

    Decca 478 2662, tr 2
21. 02:23
    

    Ludwig van Beethoven — Bagatelle No 6 Op 126

    Performer: Alfred Brendel

    Philips 475 7182, CD 1 tr 6

Broadcast

1. Thu 5 Jan 2012
   06:30
   BBC Radio 3