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We sow the seeds of love in Sussex, waltz in Scotland before resting a while with JS Bach. Following A Night on the Bare Mountain, we head to Italy, and Naples.

We begin by Sowing the Seeds of Love with a Sussex folk-song from George Butterworth, travel to Scotland for a waltz from Malcolm Arnold and rest a while with a contemplative Bach Prelude and Fugue before spending A Night on the Bare Mountain, courtesy of Modest Mussorgsky and Rimsky-Korsakov. In the light of the morning, we head to Italy for a tarantella, an Italian-styled czardas and finally our travels end in Naples.

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 4 Feb 2022 19:00

Music Played

  • George Butterworth

    Sowing the seeds of love (11 Folk-songs from Sussex)

    Singer: Roderick Williams. Performer: Iain Burnside.
    • George Butterworth, Songs from A Shropshire Lad: Williams / Burnside.
    • Naxos.
    • 22.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Four Scottish Dances, Op 59 (No 3, Scottish Waltz)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Irving.
    • Arnold: Homage to the Queen etc, PO / Irving.
    • EMI.
    • 41.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and fugue in B flat minor, BWV.867 (Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, bk.1 no. 22 )

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
    • Encores After Beethovene.
    • ECM.
    • 010.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    A Night on the Bare Mountain

    Orchestrator: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition etc.: Jansons.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 16.
  • Johan Halvorsen

    Kleine Tanzsuite Op.22 (Italienisch. Tarantelle)

    Performer: Birgitte St忙rnes. Performer: Helge Kjekshus.
    • MTG Music.
  • Vittorio Monti

    Czardas

    Performer: Avi Avital. Performer: Richard Galliano.
    • Avi Avital - Between Worlds.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 18.
  • Malcolm Williamson

    Travel Diaries - Naples: 9. Tarantella

    Performer: Antony Gray.
    • Complete Works for Piano.
    • ABC CLASSICS.
    • 9.

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  • Fri 4 Feb 2022 19:00

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