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When icicles hang from the sky

In Tune's specially curated wintry playlist: chill to Purcell’s Cold Song, John Rutter’s Icicles, and hang player Manu Delago, playing high up in the Alps with his intrepid band; all wrapped up in settings of the hymn tune Vom Himmel hoch.

30 minutes

Last on

Thu 20 Dec 2018 19:00

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Canonic Variations on 'Vom Himmel hoch', BWV 769a

    Performer: Robert Quinney.
    • J.S. Bach: Organ Works, Volume III.
    • CORO.
    • 12-16.
  • Judith Weir

    Drop down, ye heavens, from above

    Choir: ORA Singers. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • The Mystery of Christmas.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 104.
  • Claude Debussy

    Des pas sur la neige

    Ensemble: Quatuor Debussy.
    • Debussy… et le jazz.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 104.
  • John Rutter

    Icicles (When icicles hang)

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Fancies. Music by John Rutter.
    • COLLEGIUM.
    • 18.
  • Manu Delago

    North Cluster

    Performer: Manu Delago.
    • Parasol Peak.
    • One Little Indian.
    • 3.
  • Traditional English

    Ave Rex Angelorum

    Choir: Trio Mediæval.
    • ECM NEW SERIES.
  • Svante Henryson

    Melting Ice

    Performer: Ketil Bjørnstad. Performer: Svante Henryson.
    • Ketil Bjørnstad & Svante Henryson: Night Song.
    • ECM.
    • 9.
  • Henry Purcell

    What pow'r art thou (King Arthur)

    Singer: Stephen Varcoe. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Purcell - King Arthur.
    • ERATO.
    • 18.
  • Trad.

    Von Himmel Hoch

    Singer: Dorothee Mields. Ensemble: Lautten Compagney. Director: Wolfgang Katschner.
    • Wie Schon Leuchtet Der Morgenstern.
    • DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 19.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    December (The Year)

    Performer: Lauma Skride.
    • SONY BMG.

Broadcast

  • Thu 20 Dec 2018 19:00

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