The historian and 18th century specialist, Amanda Vickery introduces a personal selection of music for a Saturday afternoon, including Bach, Mozart, Debussy and Aretha Franklin.
Her selection reflects her love of 18th-century history as well as her roots in Wales, and her love of folksong.
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Music Played
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Britten Quartet
O Waly Waly
Singer: Lorna Anderson. Singer: Jamie MacDougall. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.- HYPERION : CDD22042.
- HYPERION.
- 6/12.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
D minor Partita for solo violin BWV1004 – iii. 'Sarabande'
Performer: Janine Jansen.- DECCA : CD 475 9081.
- DECCA.
- 18.
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Henry Purcell
Dido and Aeneas – Act 3
Singer: Catherine Bott. Singer: Emma Kirkby. Performer: Academy of Ancient Music.- DECCA : 4757195.
- DECCA.
- 32-34.
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George Butterworth
Banks of Green Willow
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.- CHANDOS : CHAN9902.
- CHANDOS.
- 1.
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Gaetano Donizetti
Tu che a Dio spiegasti
Singer: José Carreras. -
Claude Debussy
Suite Masques et Bergamasques - Prelude
Performer: Angela Hewitt.- Hyperion : CDA67898.
- Hyperion.
- 7.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Sonata for Piano & Cello in G minor Op19 – iii. Andante
Performer: Leonard Elschenbroich. Performer: Alexei Grynyuk.- ONYX : ONYX4116.
- ONYX.
- 3.
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Aretha Franklin
Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
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Frédéric Chopin
Ballade in G minor
Performer: Lise de Salle.- Naive : V5215.
- Naive.
- 1.
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Trad
Walk In Jerusalem
Performer: Mahalia Jackson. -
Laurenz Hart
These Foolish Things
Performer: Julie Wilson. -
Joseph Parry
Myfanwy
Choir: Morriston Orpheus Choir. -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Concerto in A
Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Performer: Michael Collins.- CHANDOS : CHAN10756.
- CHANDOS.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Five Variants of Dives & Lazarus
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.- NAXOS : 8557798.
- NAXOS.
- 5.
Broadcast
- Sat 12 Apr 2014 14:00
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