Music played

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

1. 00:00
   

   Léonin — Gloria from Advent Responsory

   Performer: Red Byrd

   RTE Gloria, Tr 3
2. 00:02
   

   Peter Cornelius — The Three Kings

   Performer: The Choir of Westminster Cathedral Performer: James O’Donnell, Master of Music

   Hyperion CDA66668, Tr 11
3. 00:05
   

   Johannes Brahms — Trio in A minor for clarinet/viola, cello and piano, Op 114 fourth movement: Allegro

   Performer: Maxim Rysanov, viola Performer: Katya Apekisheva, piano Performer: Kristine Blaumane, cello

   Onyx 4033, CD 2 Tr 7
4. 00:11
   

   Johann Strauss II — Die Fledermaus – Overture

   Performer: Wiener Philharmoniker Performer: Georges Pretre, conductor

   DECCA 478 2113, CD 1 Tr 1
5. 00:24
   

   Sasha Johnson Manning — Gloria (excerpt) from People’s Passion

   Performer: Manchester Chamber Choir Performer: Christopher Stokes, conductor Performer: Jeffrey Makinson, organ

   Recorded at Manchester Cathedral
6. 00:26
   

   Domenico Scarlatti — K.519 Keyboard Sonata in F Minor

   Performer: Rafael Puyana

   Harmonia Mundi 90116465, CD1 Tr 2
7. 00:33
   

   Bedrich Smetana — String Quartet No 1 in E minor ‘From My Life’ fourth movement

   Performer: The Sacconi String Quartet

   Sacconi Records, Tr 5
8. 00:40
   

   Leonard Bernstein — ‘America’ from West Side Story

   Performer: Tatiana Troyanos – Anita Performer: Louise Edeiken – Rosalia Performer: Ad-hoc Orchestra and Chorus of girls Performer: Leonard Bernstein, conductor

   DG 477 7101, CD 1 Tr 12

9. LIVE

   1. 00:46
      

      Gabriel Fauré — Apres un Reve

      Performer: Maxim Rysanov, viola Performer: Olga Sitkovesky, piano

   2. 00:55
      

      Nicolò Paganini — Moses Variations

      Performer: Ha-Young Jung, double-bass

   3. 01:05
      

      Felix Mendelssohn — Song Without Words, Op. 109

      Performer: Oleg Kogan, cello Performer: Olga Sitkovesky, piano

10. 01:11
    

    Sergey Vasilievich Rachmaninov — Symphony No. 3 in A minor Op. 44 third movement

    Performer: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Vassily Petrenko, conductor

    EMI – 6 79019 2, Tr 5
11. 01:26
    

    Reynaldo Hahn — A Chloris

    Performer: Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano Performer: Roger Vignoles, piano

    Sony Classical SK 60168, Tr 1

12. LIVE

    1. 01:33
       

       Joseph Haydn — String Quartet in G, opus 77, no. 1, first movement

       Performer: Sacconi Quartet

    2. 01:44
       

       Franz Schubert — String Quartet in D minor, D 810, 'Death and the Maiden', second movement

       Performer: Sacconi Quartet

Broadcast

1. Fri 6 Jan 2012
   16:30
   BBC Radio 3