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Power through with classical music

Music across six centuries and three continents, with pieces from Thomas Tallis, Bach, Vivaldi, Haydn, Puccini and Debussy, plus Brazilian Tom Ze and Bassekou Kouyate from Mali.

Music across six centuries and three continents, with a choral piece by Elizabethan composer Thomas Tallis, baroque from Bach and Vivaldi, eighteen-century classical from Haydn, 19th-century opera from Puccini and 20th-century piano from Debussy, together with the contemporary music of Brazilian Tom Ze and the timeless traditional music of West Africa.

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 14 Oct 2022 19:00

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonata in G minor BWV.1001: Siciliana

    Performer: Nigel North.
  • Bassekou Kouyat茅 & Ngoni ba

    Miri

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in D major, RV 204

    Conductor: Fabio Biondi. Orchestra: Europa Galante.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 93 in D major (4ht mvt)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Haydn, 12 London Symphonies: Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles.
    • Naive.
    • 12.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    E lucevan le stelle (Tosca)

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Orchestra: Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marco Armiliato.
    • Jonas Kaufmann: Romantic Arias.
    • Decca.
    • 4.
  • Claude Debussy

    Poissons d'or (Images, Set 2)

    Performer: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli.
    • DG.
  • Thomas Tallis

    In jenunio et fletu

    Choir: Alamire. Director: David Skinner.
    • OBSIDIAN.
  • Tom Z茅

    Toc

    Performer: Tom Z茅.

Broadcasts

  • Fri 10 Jan 2020 19:00
  • Fri 14 Oct 2022 19:00

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