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Classical music inspired by the Epiphany

Music on the theme of Epiphany, marking the visit of the Magi or Three Kings to the Holy Family, and for most of us, the end of Christmas celebrations.

The decorations have been taken down, the pavements are strewn with abandoned, naked Christmas trees, and the long, cold and dark winter evenings stretch bleakly ahead, but the nativity story has one more chapter before we move on. Immerse yourself in half an hour of uninterrupted music inspired by the Epiphany, when the Magi, (Wise Men) or the Three Kings visit the child in the manger and present him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. Music includes seasonal favourites We Three Kings, Warlock's Bethlehem Down and Cornelius's The Three Kings, as well as music by Duke Ellington, Respighi, and Hans Zimmer's score for The Simpsons Movie, posing the question "What's an epiphany?"

Producer: Helen Garrison

30 minutes

Last on

Wed 6 Jan 2021 19:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Feste Romane: La Befana (Epiphany)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Carlo Rizzi.
    • TELDEC.

  • Peter Warlock

    Bethlehem Down

    Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Director: James O鈥橠onnell. Lyricist: Bruce Blunt.
    • Adeste Fideles: Christmas music from Westminster Cathedral.
    • Hyperion.
    • 14.

  • Peter Knight

    We Three Kings

    Orchestra: Peter Knight & His Orchestra.

  • Duke Ellington

    Three Black Kings: No. 1, King of the Magi

    Performer: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Featured Artist: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Duke Ellington: Black, Brown, and Beige.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.

  • Gustav Holst

    In the bleak midwinter

    Orchestra: Sellers Engineering Band. Conductor: Phillip McCann.

  • Hans Zimmer

    What's an Epiphany (from The Simpsons Movie)

  • Peter Cornelius

    Die K枚nige, Op 8 No 3

    Choir: Polyphony. Singer: Stephen Rice. Conductor: Stephen Layton.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Concerto For Cello And Strings

    Performer: Kristina Blaumane. Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Orchestra: Lietuvos kamerinis orkestras.
    • ECM: 2239.
    • ECM.
    • 3.

  • Djuro Zivkovic

    On the Guarding of the Heart

    Ensemble: Ensemble Ernst. Conductor: Thomas Rimul.
    • Xtended Hearts and Unheard Herds.
    • LAWO.
    • 1.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 6 Jan 2020 19:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3
  • Wed 6 Jan 2021 19:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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