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25/11/2012

Duration:: 2 hours, 57 minutes

First broadcast:: Sunday 25 November 2012

From Debussy's evocation of the West Wind to lighter breezes depicted by Mendelssohn, Rob Cowan's selection today focuses on the way composers have responded to the weather. Among the composers featured are Christian Sinding and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Other major pieces include Poulenc's D minor Concerto for Two Pianos, and the Offenbach ballet music Gaîté Parisienne. This week's Bach Cantata is Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ (Thou Prince of Peace, Lord Jesus Christ), BWV 116, in a recording by the Bach Collegium Stuttgart directed by Helmut Rilling.

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

Anon When she came in, she bobbed
Performers: Jonathan Dunford (viola de gamba), Rob MacKillop (baroque guitar)
Alpha, 530, Track 34
Christian Sinding Symphony No. 3 in F, Op. 31 – iii
Performers: Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Ari Rasilainen
Warmer Apex, 0927-49373-2, Track 3
Franz Schubert Moment musical (D780) No. 3
Performers: Valery Afanassiev (piano)
ECM, 2215, Track 3
Frederick Delius North Country Sketches – iii (Dance)
Performers: WNO Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
Decca, 478 3079, Track 6
Johann Sebastian Bach Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ (Thou Prince of Peace, Lord Jesus Christ), BWV 116
Performers: Helmut Rilling, Bach Collegium Stuttgart, Auger, Watts, Harder, Huttenlocher
Hanssler, HAN 92037, Tracks 7-12
Jacques Offenbach Gaite Parisienne – sequence
Performers: Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy
Sony, SWK 48279, Track 14
Antonio Vivaldi Concerto in C RV558
Performers: Staatskapelle Dresden, Vittorio Negri
Philips, 432 281-2, Tracks 15-17
Claude Debussy Preludes, Book 1: Ce qu’a vu le vent d’Ouest
Performers: Michel Beroff (piano)
EMI, 74122 2, CD 1, Track 7
Vincent d'Indy The Enchanted Forest Op. 8
Performers: Pays de Loire P O, Pierre Dervaux
EMI, 74136 2, Track 4
Felix Mendelssohn May Breezes (Op. 62 / 1)
Performers: Mischa Elman (violin), Joseph Seiger (piano)
Testament, SBT4 1344, CD 4, Track 2
Franz Schubert Winterreise: Auf dem flusse
Arranger: Hans Zender Performers: Hans Peter Blochwitz (tenor), Ensemble Modern, Hans Zender
RCA, 09026 68067 2, CD 1, Track 7
Ralph Vaughan Williams Dark Pastoral for cello and orchestra
Performers: Guy Johnson (cello), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martin Yates
Dutton Epoch, CDLX 7289, Track 10
Christian Sinding Rustle of Spring
Performers: Eileen Joyce (piano)
Appian, APR 7502, CD 3, Track 8
Jean Sibelius Tapiola
Performers: Helsinki P O, Paavo Berglund
EMI, 5 68646 2, CD 2, Track 7
Antonin Dvorak Waltz Op. 54 No. 1
Performers: Cecilia String Quartet
Analekta, AN 2 9892, Track 11
Francis Poulenc Concerto for two pianos in D minor
Performers: Martha Argerich, Alexander Gurning (pianos), Swiss Italian Orchestra, Erasmo Capilla
DG, 477 9884, CD 1, Tracks 4-6
George Gershwin Cuban Overture
Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn
EMI, CDC 7 47021 2, Track 3
Robert Schumann Vier doppelchörige Gesängle, Op. 141
Performers: Netherlands Chamber Choir, Uwe Gronostay
Globe, GLO 5147, Track 3-4
Agostino Steffani Liberta Liberta
Performers: Daniela Mazzucato, Carolyn Watkinson, Early Music soloists directed by Alan Curtis
Archiv, 479 0823, Track 8