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Sparklingly festive classical music for a wintry walk

A sparkling mix of music shining brightly in winter.

Plug into half an hour of back to back music full of lightness, brightness and luminosity - from shimmering choral works and radiant orchestral favourites to translucent folk interpretations and the gossamer harmonies of a muted winter palette. This is music that shines and glints, sparkles and glows in all tones and hues.

Producer: Christina Kenny.

30 minutes

Music Played

  • Eric Whitacre

    Lux aurumque

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.
  • John Williams

    Hedwig's Theme (Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone)

    Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Orchestra: Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Corpus Christi Carol

    Composer: Jeff Buckley. Performer: Jeff Buckley.
  • Benjamin Britten

    A Ceremony of Carols (This little babe)

    Performer: Sally Pryce. Conductor: Stephen Layton. Choir: Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons: Winter, RV297. II. Largo

    Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Director: Nigel Kennedy.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Che gelida manina (La boh猫me)

    Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Favourite Tenor Arias: Luciano Pavarotti & Friends.
    • Decca.
  • Sonya Belousova

    Bonfire (from The Witcher)

    Performer: Lindsay Deutsch. Composer: Giona Ostinelli.
  • The Telling

    Verbum Caro Factum Est de Virgine (Arr. The Telling)

    Performer: Clare Norburn. Performer: Ariane Pr眉ssner.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Waltz of the Flowers (The Nutcracker - Suite)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet, Nutcracker Suite; Maazel, the Cleveland Orchestra.
    • Telarc.
    • 9.

Broadcasts

  • Wed 16 Dec 2020 19:00
  • Tue 12 Dec 2023 19:00

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