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Stuart Maconie

Writer and broadcaster, and enthusiastic fell walker, Stuart Maconie, introduces a personal selection of music reflecting his interest in music "off the beaten track".

2 hours

Last on

Sat 2 Mar 2013 15:00

Music Played

  • Percy Grainger

    Walking tune vers. for wind quintet

    Performer: Academy of St Martin-In-The-Fields Chamber Ensemble

    • Chandos Grainger Edition CHAN9819.
  • Maurice Johnstone

    Tarn Hows - a Cumbrian rhapsody

    Conductor: Gavin Sutherland Performer: Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    • Resonance CDRSB502.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    On Wenlock Edge for tenor, piano and string quartet ad lib. - Bredon Hill

    Performer: Mark Padmore Performer: Schubert Ensemble

    • CHANDOS CHAN10465.
  • Gustav Holst

    Egdon Heath Op.47

    Conductor: Andrew Davis Performer: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra

    • TELDEC 4509 945541-2.
  • Judith Weir

    Ardnamurchan Point for 2 pianos

    Performer: Petra Casen Performer: William Howard

    • NMC NMCD090.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Night ride and sunrise Op.55

    Conductor: Simon Rattle Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra

    • EMI CDM7641222.
  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Cantus arcticus (Concerto for birds and orchestra) Op.61 [with taped birdsong] - 3rd movem

    Conductor: Jorma Panula Performer: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

    • FINLANDIA FACD 009.
  • Claude Debussy

    Preludes - book 1 - no.5; Les Collines d'Anacapri

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • DG-4357732 2.
  • Claude Debussy

    Preludes - book 2 - no.5; Bruyeres

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman

    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON DG-4357732 2.
  • Alan Hovhaness

    Symphony no. 2 Op.132 (Mysterious mountain) - 1st movement; Andante

    Conductor: Gerard Schwarz Performer: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

    • Delos DE3421.
  • Arnold Bax

    Tintagel - symphonic poem

    Conductor: Vernon Handley Performer: 大象传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra

    • Chandos CHAN10122.
  • Eric Fenby

    Rossini on Ilkla Moor - overture

    Conductor: Gavin Sutherland Performer: Royal Ballet Sinfonia

    • Resonance CDRSB502.

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  • Sat 2 Mar 2013 15:00

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