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Transport

Duration:: 2 hours, 57 minutes

First broadcast:: Sunday 23 September 2012

As part of Radio 3's piano season, Rob Cowan celebrates the greatest recordings by Ignace Friedman of works by Chopin and Liszt. He also introduces the week's Bach Cantata in a period instruments performance directed by Masaaki Suzuki with the Bach Collegium of Japan. And there's music inspired by transport by composers including Sibelius, Coates and Haydn. Plus more music by Peter Donohoe's piano great of the day.

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

00:04

Johann Strauss II Klipp Klapp - Galopp, Op. 466
Freut euch des Lebens - Enjoy Life, Deutsche Grammophon, Track 5
00:07

Johann Sebastian Bach & Ferruccio Busoni Cantata BWV 140 - Chorus 'Wachet auf'
The Master Pianist, EMI, CD 6, Track 2
00:13

Johan Severin Svendsen Norwegian Rhapsody No. 3, Op. 21
Orchestral Works Vol. 2, Chandos, Track 1
00:23

Fryderyk Chopin Mazurka Op. 41, No. 1 in C sharp minor
The Complete Solo Recordings 1923 - 1936, Pearl, CD 2, Track 6
00:27

Johann Sebastian Bach Komm, du susse Todesstunde (Come, o sweet hour of death) BWV 161
Cantatas, BIS, Tracks 17 - 22
00:48

Franz Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
The Complete Solo Recordings 1923 - 1936, Pearl, CD 3, Track 21
01:01

Hans Christian Lumbye Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop
The Best of Lumbye, Naxos, Track 3
01:06

Jean Sibelius Nightride and Sunrise, Op. 55
Karelia, Four Legends, The Bard etc., Deutsche Grammophon, CD 2, Track 5
01:20

Eric Coates High Flight - march (1956)
10 Orchestral Pieces, ASV Digital, Track 12
01:25

Martin Shaw The Airmen
The Airmen, Delphian, Track 4
01:29

Joseph Haydn String Quartet Op. 74/3 in G minor
Haydn: 27 String Quartets Vol. 1, Testament, CD 3, Tracks 9-12
01:47

John Alden Carpenter Adventures in a Perambulator - Dogs
Hanson Conducts Moore, Carpenter, Rogers & Phillips, Mercury, Track 10
01:51

François Couperin The Gondolas of Delos
Integrale des Livres de pieces de clavecin 1-4. Orders 1-27, Warner Classics, CD 9, Track 23
01:58

Frederick Loewe My Fair Lady: Get Me To The Church on Time
In London Town, Somm, Track 8
02:02

Antonio Vivaldi Concerto in F Rv 99
Concerti da Camera Vol. 4, Teldec, Tracks 1-3
02:11

Felix Mendelssohn Songs Without Words, Op. 30/6, 38/2, 38/6
The Complete Solo Recordings 1923 - 1936, Pearl, CD 3, Tracks 13-15
02:21

Igor Stravinsky Feu D'artifice
Stravinksy: Der Feuervogel, etc., Deutsche Grammophon, Track 16
02:26

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra in B flat major, K.191
Mozart: Wind Concertos, Sony Classical, CD 1, Tracks 7-9
02:45

Fryderyk Chopin Polonaise Op. 71 No. 2 in b flat
The Complete Solo Recordings 1923 - 1936, Pearl, CD 3, Track 2