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List of Private Passions episodes (2020–present)

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This is a list of Private Passions episodes[1] from 2020 to present. It does not include repeated episodes or compilations.

2020

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Date Guest Composer Title Performer / Label
5 Jan 2020 Carlo Rovelli Beethoven Benedictus (Missa Solemnis) Orchestra: New York Philharmonic, conductor: Bruno Walter
Vivaldi Violin Concerto in B-flat major, Rv. 583 Performer: Piero Toso [fr], orchestra: I Solisti Veneti, conductor: Claudio Scimone
Arvo Pärt Für Alina Performer: Jeroen van Veen
W. A. Mozart Dies Irae (Requiem) Choir: Choir of New College Oxford, orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conductor: Edward Higginbottom
Philip Glass Knee Play 5 (Einstein on the Beach) Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble, conductor: Michael Riesman
Schubert Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat major (2nd mvt: Andante) Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio
J. S. Bach "Wir eilen mit schwachen" (Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78) Singers: Julianne Baird (soprano), Allan Fast (countertenor), ensemble: Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, conductor: Joshua Rifkin
12 Jan 2020 Helen Cammock Barbara Strozzi "Che si puo fare" Performers: Leonardo García Alarcón, Mariana Flores [es; fr], ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea
Traditional Danish Sekstur from Vendsyssel/The Peat Dance Ensemble: Danish String Quartet
Francesca Caccini Ciaconna Ensemble: Cappella di Santa Maria degli Angiolini, conductor: Gian Luca Lastraioli.
J. S. Bach Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Aria & Variations 1 & 2) Performer: Glenn Gould
Henry Purcell "Thy hand Belinda... When I am laid in earth" (from Dido and Aeneas) Singer: Jessye Norman
Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major (1st mvt: Allegretto) Performer: Truls Mørk, orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic, conductor: Vasily Petrenko
Nina Simone "African Mailman" Performer: Nina Simone
19 Jan 2020 William Sieghart W. A. Mozart Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat major, K. 456 (2nd mvt: Andante un poco sostenuto) Performer: Imogen Cooper, orchestra: Northern Sinfonia of England
Schubert "Ständchen" (No. 4 of Schwanengesang) Performer: Lise de la Salle, music arranger: Franz Liszt
J. S. Bach Concerto for Two Violins in D minor (1st mvt: Allegro) Violins: Isabelle Faust, Bernhard Forck [de], Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Debussy Clair de lune Performer: Paul Crossley
The Skatalites "Swing Easy" Ensemble: The Skatalites
Felix Mendelssohn Song without Words, Op. 30, No. 6 Performer: Murray Perahia
2 Feb 2020 James Thornton Jean Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor (3rd mvt: Allegro) Performer: Jascha Heifetz. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Walter Hendl.
W. A. Mozart "Der Hölle Rache" (from The Magic Flute, act 2) Singer: Lucia Popp. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Otto Klemperer.
Brian Eno Just Another Day Performer: Brian Eno.
J. S. Bach Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit Pianos: György Kurtág, Márta Kurtág, music arranger: György Kurtág
Béla Bartók Sebes (Fast Dance) (Contrasts, 3rd mvt) Performer: Benny Goodman. Performer: Joseph Szigeti. Performer: Béla Bartók.
Lou Harrison La Koro Sutro (excerpt) Choir: Chamber Chorus of University of California, Berkeley. Ensemble: American Gamelan Ensemble. Conductor: Philip Brett.
9 Feb 2020 Ann Wroe Schubert Piano Sonata in C minor, D 958 (4th mvt: Allegro) Performer: Alfred Brendel
William Walton Symphony No. 1 (1st mvt: Allegro assai) Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North. Conductor: Paul Daniel.
Jacques Brel Les Ramparts de Varsovie Performer: Jacques Brel.
Frank Bridge The Sea (3rd mvt: Moonlight) Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.
Jonathan Dove Seek Him that maketh the seven stars Choir: Choir of St John's College, Cambridge. Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha.
Ralph Vaughan Williams Roadside Fire (Songs of Travel) Performer: Viola Tunnard. Singer: John Shirley-Quirk.
Ravel Rigaudon (Le Tombeau de Couperin) Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François-Xavier Roth.
16 Feb 2020 Jonathan Aitken Handel Ev'ry Valley (Messiah) Singer: Richard Lewis. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Sargent.
Traditional Irish The Garden where the praties grow Performer: John McCormack.
Britten Sammy's bath (The little sweep) Orchestra: English Opera Group. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
Wagner Entry of the Gods into Valhalla (Das Rheingold) Singer: Iain Paterson. Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
Beethoven O welche Lust (Fidelio) Choir: Arnold Schoenberg Chor. Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
Joseph Barnby Psalm 24 Performer: Andrew Lumsden. Choir: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Conductor: Martin Neary.
Arthur Sullivan When I was a lad (HMS Pinafore) Performer: John Reed. Orchestra: D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Isidore Godfrey.
Handel All we like sheep (Messiah) Singer: Emma Kirkby. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
23 Feb 2020 Chibundu Onuzo Christian Petzold Minuet in G Performer: Lang Lang.
Handel Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah) Orchestra: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: David Temple. Choir: Crouch End Festival Chorus.
Traditional music I wonder as I wander Singer: Gerald Finley. Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.
Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 9 in E minor (From the New World) (2nd mvt: Largo) Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra, conductor: Kevin John Edusei
Fela Kuti Water no get enemy Performer: Fela Kuti.
Walter Donaldson My baby just cares for me Lyricist: Gus Kahn. Performer: Nina Simone.
Ken Okeke The Lord is my Shepherd (Psalm 23) Performer: Chibundu Onuzo.
1 Mar 2020 Piers Gough William Walton The Writing on the Wall (Belshazzar's Feast) Conductor: William Walton. Singer: Dennis Noble. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
Monteverdi Pur ti miro (L'incoronazione di Poppea) Singer: Roberta Invernizzi. Singer: Sonia Prina. Ensemble: Claudiana Ensemble. Conductor: Luca Pianca.
Orlando Gough Perils of Tourism Ensemble: Man Jumping
Handel Endless pleasure, endless love (Semele) Singer: Rosemary Joshua. Orchestra: Early Opera Company. Conductor: Christian Curnyn.
Truckstop Honeymoon Truckstop Honeymoon Ensemble: Truckstop Honeymoon.
Ravel Daphnis and Chloe Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Dutoit.
Paulo Vinicius Blue in the flame km_ Tanya Wells. Ensemble: Seven Eyes.
15 Mar 2020 Isabel Allende W. A. Mozart Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major (2nd mvt: Adagio) Performer: Jean-Pierre Rampal, orchestra: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Zubin Mehta
Víctor Jara Te Recuerdo Amanda Singer: Víctor Jara.
Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni Oboe Concerto in D minor, Op. 9, No. 2 (2nd mvt: Adagio) Performer: Anthony Camden. Orchestra: London Virtuosi. Conductor: John Georgiadis.
Traditional music Si me quieres escribir Performer: Rolando Alarcón.
Vivaldi Spring (The Four Seasons) Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
Gonzalo Roig Quiereme Mucho Singer: Plácido Domingo.
Violeta Parra Gracias a la vida Performer: Mercedes Sosa.
22 Mar 2020 Stephen Schwartz Leonard Bernstein World without end (Mass) Performer: Mary Bracken Phillips. Performer: Leonard Bernstein.
Beethoven Sonata in C-sharp minor (Moonlight) (1st mvt: Adagio) Performer: Jonathan Biss
J. S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major (3rd mvt: Allegro) Orchestra: Marlboro Festival Orchestra, conductor: Pau Casals
Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring (excerpt) Orchestra: New York Philharmonic, conductor: Leonard Bernstein
Carl Orff O Fortuna (Carmina Burana) Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Choir: Atlanta Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Donald Runnicles.
Stephen Schwartz No one mourns the wicked (Wicked) Performer: Cristy Candler. Performer: Kristin Chenoweth. Performer: Jan Neuberger. Performer: Sean McCourt.
Rachmaninov Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3, No. 2 Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.
Puccini "Chi il ben sogno di Doretta" (La rondine) Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra, conductor: Jeffrey Tate, singer: Renée Fleming
5 Apr 2020 Jools Holland J. S. Bach Prelude in B minor (No. 24 from The Well-Tempered Clavier, book 1) Performer: Edwin Fischer
J. S. Bach Prelude in B-flat minor (No. 22 from The Well-Tempered Clavier, book 1) Performer: Friedrich Gulda
Jean-Paul-Égide Martini Plaisir d'amour Performer: Tito Schipa.
Richard Strauss Arabella (excerpt) Singer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. Singer: Josef Metternich. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Lovro von Matačić.
Edwin T. Astley The World Ten Times Over Performer: Edwin T. Astley.
Felix Mendelssohn Greeting, Op. 63, No. 3 Performer: Gerald Moore. Singer: Kathleen Ferrier. Singer: Isobel Baillie.
Messiaen Regard du Pere (Vingt regards sur l'enfant Jesus) Performer: Yvonne Loriod.
Wagner Pilgrim's Chorus (Tannhauser) Performer: Donald Lambert. Music Arranger: Donald Lambert.
12 Apr 2020 Chris Watson Ánde Somby Gadni – Spirit of the Mountain
Jean Sibelius Tapiola Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.
Hildur Guðnadóttir Folk faer andlit
Pierre Schaeffer Etude aux Chemins de Fer
Britten Cello Suite No. 2 (5th mvt: Chaconne) Performer: Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich.
Adrian Corker I have the package
Claire M Singer Solas
26 Apr 2020 John Dyson Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major (1st mvt: Allegro con brio) Performer: Anda Géza. Orchestra: Salzburg Camerata.
Leonard Bernstein Chichester Psalms (1st mvt, excerpt) Orchestra: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Choir: Vienna Youth Choir. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
Schubert Fantasia in F minor, D 940 Performers: Paul Badura-Skoda, Jörg Demus
J. S. Bach Goldberg Variations (opening) Performer: Sir András Schiff
Verdi Otello (act 1, finale) Singers: Margaret Price, Carlo Cossutta, orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic, conductor: Georg Solti
Richard Strauss Im Abendrot (Four Last Songs) Singer: Karita Mattila. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
John Lennon And Paul Mccartney Hey Jude Ensemble: The Beatles.
10 May 2020 Andrew O'Hagan Jules Massenet Meditation (Thais) Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
Trad. Ca' the Yowes Music Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams. Singer: Ian Partridge. Choir: London Madrigal Singers. Conductor: Christopher Bishop.
Edward Elgar Sospiri Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
John Field Nocturne No. 9 in E-flat major Performer: Micheál O'Rourke.
June Christy Something Cool
Frank Bridge Music, When Soft Voices Die Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
Ludwig van Beethoven Mir ist so wunderbar (Fidelio) Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
24 May 2020 Brian Greene Johannes Brahms Rhapsody in G minor, Op. 79, No. 2 Performer: Radu Lupu.
Cappy Barra Boys Harmonica Quartet Rockin' in the Rockies
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 (2nd mvt: Allegretto) Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Joshua Bell.
J. S. Bach Chaconne in D minor (from Partita for Violin No. 2) Performer: Joshua Bell, music arranger: Felix Mendelssohn, orchestrator: Julian Milone, orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Jeff Beal Light Falls
J. S. Bach Goldberg Variations (Variation No. 25) Performer: Glenn Gould
Philip Glass Icarus at the Edge of Time Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke's. Conductor: Brad Lubman.
Alan Greene Sometimes it's Good to Cry Performer: Roberta Cooper. Performer: Carmel Lowenthal.
31 May 2020 Patricia Wiltshire Frédéric Chopin Berceuse in D-flat major, Op. 57 Performer: Arthur Rubinstein.
Joseph Parry Myfanwy Choir: Treorchy Male Voice Choir.
Alphonse Hasselmans La Source Performer: Judy Loman.
J. S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 (1st mvt: Allegro) Performer: Wendy Carlos, music arranger: Wendy Carlos
Aram Khachaturian Adagio for Spartacus and Phrygia (Spartacus) Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Aram Khachaturian.
Traditional Spanish Dame un Poquito de Agua Performer: Paco de Lucía. Singer: Camarón de la Isla.
W. A. Mozart "Voi che sapete" (from The Marriage of Figaro) Singer: Cecilia Bartoli
14 Jun 2020 Peter Stanford Hildegard von Bingen O gloriosissimi lux Choir: Sequentia. Conductor: Benjamin Bagby.
J. S. Bach Cello Suite in G major (Prelude) Performer: Jacqueline du Pré
W. A. Mozart Exsultate, jubilate Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden, conductor: Bernhard Klee, singer: Edith Mathis
Harry Chapin Barefoot Boy
Giuseppe Tartini Sonata in G minor (Devil's Trill) (1st mvt: Larghetto) Performer: Andrew Manze.
J. S. Bach "Give, Oh Give Me Back My Lord" (from St Matthew Passion) Singer: Stephen Roberts (baritone), orchestra: Thames Chamber Orchestra, conductor: Sir David Willcocks
Richard Rodgers You'll Never Walk Alone Singer: Jennifer Johnston
28 Jun 2020 Helen Macdonald King Henry VIII of England Pastime with Good Company Choir: Oxford Camerata. Conductor: Jeremy Summerly.
Igor Stravinsky The Firebird (excerpt) Orchestra: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
Benjamin Britten String Quartet No. 2 in C major (1st mvt: Allegro) Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
Victor Hely-Hutchinson A Carol Symphony (3rd mvt: Andante) Orchestra: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
Hanna Tuulikki Song Thrush
Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 7 in C major (excerpt) Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
Jean‐Baptiste Lully Prelude pour la Nuit (Le Triomphe de l'Amour) Orchestra: Capriccio Stravagante. Conductor: Skip Sempé.
30 Aug 2020 Brian Moore Felix Mendelssohn Overture: The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
William James Kirkpatrick Will Your Anchor Hold Performer: Paul Trepte. Choir: Ely Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Konichi.
W. A. Mozart "Der Hölle Rache" (from The Magic Flute) Singer: Natalie Dessay, orchestra: Les Arts Florissants, conductor: William Christie
W. A. Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major (1st mvt) Performer: Yeol Eum Son, orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor: Neville Marriner
Samuel Barber Adagio for Strings Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Overture: The Nutcracker Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
Pietro Mascagni Intermezzo (Cavalleria Rusticana) Orchestra: Dresdner Philharmonie. Conductor: Marek Janowski.
13 Sep 2020 Anthony David Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor (Choral) (Finale) Orchestra: New York Philharmonic, conductor: Leonard Bernstein
Dudley Moore "And the Same to You" Performer: Dudley Moore Trio
Claude Debussy Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor: Bernard Haitink
Aaron Copland Quiet City Orchestra: Nashville Chamber Orchestra, conductor: Paul Gambill
Joni Mitchell "Both Sides, Now" Performer: David Newton
J. S. Bach Sonata No. 1 in G minor for violin solo, BWV 1001 (1st mvt: Adagio) Performer: Felix Ayo
Stephen Sondheim "I'm Still Here" (Follies) Performer: Millicent Martin
20 Sep 2020 Heather Phillipson Sergei Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Mario Rossi. Narrator: Boris Karloff.
W. A. Mozart Symphony No. 25 in G minor (1st mvt: Allegro) Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor: Neville Marriner
Bad Company UK The Nine
Robert Ashley Perfect Lives
Heather Phillipson Splashy Phasings
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major (2nd mvt: Adagio) Performer: Alicia de Larrocha. Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.
Public Enemy Fight The Power
Edvard Grieg Fairy Dance (Lyric Pieces) Performer: Antonio Pompa-Baldi.
27 Sep 2020 Jack Klaff Traditional South African Shosholoza Ensemble: Rishile Gumboot Dancers of Soweto.
Dmitry Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 (4th mvt: Allegro non troppo) Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
Kurt Weill Tchaikovsky and other Russians (Lady in the Dark) Performer: Danny Kaye.
Schubert String Quintet in C, D 956 (2nd mvt: Adagio) Performers: Isaac Stern, Alexander Schneider. Milton Katims, Pau Casals, Paul Tortelier
Bobby McFerrin Hoedown Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Bobby McFerrin.
Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in C-sharp minor, Op. 131 (1st mvt: Adagio) Ensemble: Busch Quartet.
Giuseppe Verdi Amami, Alfredo... (La Traviata) Singer: Maria Callas. Singer: Giuseppe di Stefano. Orchestra: La Scala Orchestra, Milan. Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini.
4 Oct 2020 Gretchen Gerzina Henry Purcell "Welcome, Glorious Morn", Z. 338 (excerpt) Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, choir: The Choir of the Age of Enlightenment, conductor: Nicholas Kraemer
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor (4th mvt: Presto) Orchestra: Vienna Symphony, choir: Wiener Singverein, conductor: Philippe Jordan
Ignatius Sancho Minuet in F major Ensemble: Afro American Chamber Music Society, conductor: Janise White
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges Violin Concerto in A major (1st mvt: Allegro) Performer: Rachel Barton Pine, orchestra: Encore Chamber Orchestra, conductor: Daniel Hege
The Beatles "Blackbird"
Arcangelo Corelli Concerto Grosso in D major, Op. 6, No. 7 (1st movement: Vivace) Orchestra: Tafelmusik, conductor: Jeanne Lamon
Léo Delibes Lakmé ("Flower Duet") Singers: Joan Sutherland, Jane Berbié, orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Richard Bonynge
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor "Hiawatha's Departure" (The Song of Hiawatha) Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra, conductor: Kenneth Alwyn
25 Oct 2020 Johny Pitts James Reese Europe's 369th U.S. Infantry Hell Fighters Band Russian Rag
Ryuichi Sakamoto Solari
Florence Price Symphony No. 1 (2nd mvt: Largo) Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Jeter.
George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue Performer: Ralph Grierson. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: James Levine.
Richard Wagner Siegfried's Funeral March (Gotterdammerung) Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus Tennstedt.
Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 9 (From the New World) (2nd mvt: Largo) Music arranger: Raymond Lefèvre, orchestra: Raymond Lefèvre Orchestra
1 Nov 2020 Sarah Perry Paul Hindemith Viola Sonata, Op. 11, No. 4 (1st mvt: Fantasie) Performer: Nobuko Imai. Performer: Roland Pöntinen.
Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 127 (1st mvt: Maestoso) Ensemble: Alban Berg Quartett.
George Gershwin "I Loves You, Porgy" (from Porgy and Bess) Ensemble: Bill Evans Trio
Johannes Brahms Intermezzo in B minor, Op. 119, No. 1 Performer: Anna Scott.
Antonín Dvořák Song to the Moon (Rusalka) Singer: Emalie Savoy. Orchestra: Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt. Conductor: Matthias Foremny.
Stephen Crowe Honeyvoiced Mythweaver Performer: Maximilian Ehrhardt. Conductor: Chloe Weiss.
Benedetto Marcello Concerto in D minor, BWV 974 (2nd mvt: Adagio) Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson (piano), msic arranger: Johann Sebastian Bach
15 Nov 2020 Mike Brearley Claudio Monteverdi Pur ti miro (L'Incoronazione di Poppea) Singer: Sylvia McNair. Singer: Dana Hanchard. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
W. A. Mozart Violin Sonata in B-flat major, K. 454 (1st mvt: Largo – Allegro) Performers: Jascha Heifetz (violin), Brooks Smith (piano)
J. S. Bach Goldberg Variations (excerpts) Performer: Ralph Kirkpatrick
Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in C-sharp minor, Op. 131 (6th mvt: Adagio) Ensemble: Endellion Quartet.
Schubert Piano Sonata in B-flat major, D 960 (1st mvt: Molto moderato) Performer: Alfred Brendel
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Gremin's aria, act 3 (from Eugene Onegin) Singer: Jonathan Lemalu, orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, conductor: James Judd
Sir Harrison Birtwistle Passion Chorale I (Punch and Judy) Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: David Atherton.
29 Nov 2020 Alexandra Harris Benjamin Britten Marsh Flowers (5 Flower Songs) Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Conductor: Justin Doyle.
Laura Cannell Awaken Waken
Schubert "Gute Nacht" (No. 1 from Winterreise) Thomas Adès (piano), Ian Bostridge (tenor)
Pérotin Alleluia, posui adiutorium Choir: The Hilliard Ensemble.
Trad. The Cherry Tree Carol Ensemble: Anonymous 4.
Simon Rowland-Jones String Quartet No. 7 (Flock of Knot) Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
Thomas Tallis Te lucis ante terminum Choir: Stile Antico.
13 Dec 2020 Judith Herrin Johannes Brahms Piano Trio in B major, Op. 8 (1st mvt: Allegro con brio) Performer: Isaac Stern. Performer: Pau Casals. Performer: Myra Hess.
Enric Morera La Santa Espina Ensemble: La Principal de la Bisbal.
Ludwig van Beethoven Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 102, No. 1 (1st mvt: Andante – Allegro) Performer: Jacqueline du Pré. Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
W. A. Mozart Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, K. 191 (3rd mvt: Rondo) Performer: Stepan Turnovsky, orchestra: Vienna Mozart Academy, conductor: Johannes Wildner
The Doors Break on Through
Leos Janáček Mladi (3rd mvt) Ensemble: Ensemble.
W. A. Mozart "Tamino halt! ... Tamino mein, o welch ein Glück!" (from The Magic Flute) Singers: Marlis Petersen, Daniel Behle, orchestra: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, conductor: René Jacobs
Cole Porter Do I Love You Performer: Ella Fitzgerald.
20 Dec 2020 Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason
(mother of
Isata Kanneh-Mason
and
Isata Kanneh-Mason)
Giuseppe Verdi Va pensiero (Nabucco) Choir: Chor der Wiener Staatsoper. Orchestra: Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper. Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli.
W. A. Mozart Benedictus (Requiem in D minor) Singers: Carolyn Sampson, Marianne Beate Kielland, Makoto Sakurada, Christian Immler [Wikidata], ochestra: Bach Collegium Japan, conductor: Masaaki Suzuki
Dmitry Shostakovich Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 67 (4th mvt: Allegretto – Adagio) Performer: Mischa Maisky. Performer: Gidon Kremer. Performer: Martha Argerich.
Schubert Piano Quintet in A major (Trout) (4th mvt: Andantino) Gerold Huber (piano), Henschel Quartet
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Deep River Ensemble: Kanneh-Mason Trio.
Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 (1st mvt: Allegro) Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
Clancy Eccles Fatty, Fatty

2021

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Date Guest Composer Title Performer / Label
3 Jan 2021 David 'Kid' Jensen Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 9 in E minor (From the New World) (2nd mvt: Largo) Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Sir Roger Norrington
John Coltrane My Favorite Things
Umberto Giordano La Mamma morta (Andrea Chenier) Singer: Maria Callas. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Tullio Serafin.
Gunnar Thordarson It shall be so... (Ragnheidur) Singer: Elmar Gilbertsson. Singer: Thora Einarsdottir.
Antonio Vivaldi Summer (Four Seasons) Composer: Max Richter. Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Berlin. Conductor: André de Ridder.
Giacomo Puccini Ch'ella mi creda (La Fanciulla del West) Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Singer: Massimo Simeoli. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Choir: Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
John Tavener The Protecting Veil Performer: Maria Kliegel. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Takuo Yuasa.
17 Jan 2021 Nadifa Mohamed Ahmed Hudeidi "Uur Hooyo"
Henry Purcell "When I am laid in earth" (from Dido and Aeneas) Ensemble: L'Arpeggiata, director: Christina Pluhar, singer: Raquel Andueza
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Stabat Mater Dolorosa Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques, director: Christophe Rousset
Dinah Washington & Max Richter "This Bitter Earth" / "On the Nature of Daylight"
Ralph Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending Performer: Nicola Benedetti, orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Andrew Litton
Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabaté "Queen Bee"
George Gershwin "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" (from Porgy and Bess) Performers: Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald
24 Jan 2021 Jamie Parker Orlando Gibbons The Silver Swan Performer: Jamie Parker.
Orlando Gibbons The Silver Swan Choir: The Hilliard Ensemble. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
Henry Mancini Pie in the Face Polka
Gerald Finzi Clarinet Concerto (2nd mvt: Adagio) Performer: Robert Plane. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
Arthur Sullivan Dance a cachucha, fandango, bolero (The Gondoliers) Choir: D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus. Orchestra: New Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Isidore Godfrey.
Angela Morley Fiver's Vision (Watership Down) Conductor: Marcus Dods.
Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars Sweet Georgia Brown
31 Jan 2021 Rachel Clarke Ralph Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending Performer: Nigel Kennedy, orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Sir Simon Rattle
Edward Elgar Nimrod (Enigma Variations, Op. 36) Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
Jimi Hendrix Experience All Along the Watchtower
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Swan Lake (act 1 finale) Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali
J. S. Bach Concerto in D minor for Two Violins (2nd mvt: Largo) Violins: Julia Fischer, Alexander Sitkovetsky, orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Two Steps from Hell Heart of Courage
14 Feb 2021 Tim Harford Benjamin Britten Serenade for tenor, horn and strings (Prologue – Pastoral) Performer: Dennis Brain. Orchestra: New Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Eugene Goossens. Singer: Peter Pears.
Brian Eno Music for Airports Ensemble: Bang on a Can All-Stars.
Arvo Pärt The Beatitudes Performer: Daniel Justin. Choir: Leeds Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Thomas Leech.
Steve Reich Electric Counterpoint (3rd mvt) Performer: Sean Shibe.
Leos Janáček Glagolitic Mass (Introduction) Orchestra: New York Philharmonic, conductor: Leonard Bernstein
Philip Glass Knee Play 5 (Einstein on the Beach) Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble. Conductor: Michael Riesman.
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 (Choral) (4th mvt) Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic, conductor: Herbert von Karajan
21 Feb 2021 Caroline Bird Sergey Rachmaninov Cello Sonata in G minor (4th mvt: Allegro mosso) Performer: Alisa Weilerstein.
Alexandre Guilmant Morceau symphonique, Op. 88 Performer: Christian Lindberg. Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.
Lionel Bart It's a Fine Life (Oliver!) Performer: Soundtrack.
Billie Holiday You've Changed
Georges Bizet Dat's Love (Carmen Jones) Performer: Henry Lewis. Singer: Wilhelmenia Fernandez.
Edward Elgar Sea-slumber Song (Sea Pictures) Singer: Janet Baker. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
Leonard Bernstein Overture: West Side Story Orchestra: Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
28 Feb 2021 Bill Browder Georges Bizet "Votre toast..." (Toreador Song – Carmen) Orchestra: Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse, singer: Thomas Hampson
Antonio Vivaldi Flute Concerto in G minor (La Notte) Performer: Bruno Cavallo. Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
Giuseppe Verdi Va, Pensiero... (Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, Nabucco) Choir: Berlin Opera Chorus. Orchestra: German Opera Berlin Orchestra. Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli.
Giacomo Puccini Un bel di vedremo (Madama Butterfly) Singer: Angela Gheorghiu. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
Gyorgy Sviridov Troika and Waltz (Snow Storm – music for the film) Orchestra: Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Fedoseyev.
Giuseppe Verdi "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" (La traviata) Singers: Montserrat Caballé, Carlo Bergonzi, orchestra: Orchestra della RCA Italiana
Trad. Amazing Grace Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Gibson. Singer: Jessye Norman
14 Mar 2021 Sean Scully Johannes Brahms Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor (1st mvt: Allegro) Performer: Lynn Harrell. Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
Lykke Li Unchained Melody
Schubert String Quintet in C major, D 956 (2nd mvt: Adagio) Aviv String Quartet, Amit Peled (extra cello)
Zoltán Kodály Sonata for solo cello (1st mvt: Allegro) Performer: János Starker.
Béla Bartók String Quartet No. 1 (1st mvt: Lento) Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet.
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 (1st mvt: Allegro) Orchestra: Slovenská filharmónia. Conductor: Bystrík Režucha.
The Jive Five My True Story
21 Mar 2021 James Rebanks Yann Tiersen Nursery Rhyme of Another Summer: The Afternoon (Amelie)
Sergey Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 (2nd mvt) Performer: Valentina Lisitsa. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Francis.
John Barry John Dunbar Theme (Dances with Wolves)
Samuel Barber Knoxville: Summer of 1915 Singer: Dawn Upshaw. Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke's. Conductor: David Zinman.
John Williams Schindler's List (Theme) Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Michael Nyman The Heart Asks Pleasure First (The Piano)
Jerome Moross The Big Country
4 Apr 2021 Sister Teresa Keswick [Wikidata] Plainchant Salve Mater Misericordiae Choir: Schola Cantorum of Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School. Conductor: Scott Price.
Ludwig van Beethoven Bagatelle in A minor – "Für Elise" Performer: Paul Lewis.
George Frideric Handel Dead March (Saul) Orchestra: Orchestra of The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
Clement Jacob Au milieu de silence (Psalm 18) Choir: Monks of l'Abbaye d'en Calcat.
Simon & Garfunkel The Sound of Silence
Giuseppe Verdi "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" (from La traviata, act 1) Singera: Ileana Cotrubaș, Plácido Domingo, orchestra: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra, conductor: Carlos Kleiber
Johann Strauss II "The Blue Danube" – waltz Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt
J. S. Bach "Et resurrexit" (from Mass in B minor) Ensemble: Concerto Copenhagen, conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen
11 Apr 2021 Kieran Hodgson Max Bruch Double Concerto, version for violin and viola Viola: Yuri Bashmet, violin: Viktor Tretiakov, London Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Neeme Järvi
Alfred Schnittke Concerto for Choir (4th mvt) Choir: State Chamber Choir of Moscow Conservatory. Conductor: Valery Kuzmich Polyansky.
Leonard Bernstein America (West Side Story) Performer: Rita Moreno.
Arnold Schoenberg Gurrelieder (excerpts) Singer: Thomas Quasthoff. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
Mica Levi Jackie – film music (intro)
Wim Sonneveld Margootje
18 Apr 2021 Margaret Heffernan Antonio Vivaldi Sol da te (Orlando furioso) Singer: Cecilia Bartoli. Ensemble: Ensemble Matheus. Conductor: Jean‐Christophe Spinosi.
Miles Davis So What
Nick Bicât In paradisum (Requiem) Ensemble: Taverner Consort. Conductor: Andrew Parrott.
Claudio Monteverdi Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria – act 1 Performer: Frederica von Stade as Penelope, London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Raymond Leppard
Anthony Burgess The Blooms of Dublin Narrator: Anita Reeves. Singer: Alison Hargan. Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Proinnsías Ó Duinn.
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 (2nd mvt: Allegretto) Orchestra: Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
William Brittelle Amid the Dinosaurs Ensemble: Roomful of Teeth.
25 Apr 2021 James Shapiro Thomas Morley It was a lover and his lass Singer: Barbara Bonney. Performer: Jacob Heringman.
W. A. Mozart Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-flat major, K. 447 (1st mvt: Allegro) Performer: Dennis Brain, orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor: Herbert von Karajan
Felix Mendelssohn Overture: A Midsummer Night's Dream Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
Duke Ellington Such Sweet Thunder
Ilona Sekacz Procession and Chant (King Learincidental music) Performer: Jan Winstone, ensemble: Royal Shakespeare Wind Ensemble
Cole Porter Brush Up Your Shakespeare (Kiss Me Kate) Performer: Keenan Wynn. Performer: James Whitmore.
Fairport Convention Farewell, Farewell
2 May 2021 Camilla Pang Michael Nyman "The Heart Asks Pleasure First" (from The Piano) Ensemble: Michael Nyman Band
Anton Bruckner Christus factus est Choir: Polyphony, conductor: Stephen Layton
Hubert Parry "I was glad" Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players, conductor: Paul McCreesh
William Byrd "Ave verum corpus" Choir: Stile Antico
Claude Debussy Clair de lune Performer: Alice Sara Ott
Charles‐François Gounod "Ave Maria" Performers: Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Kathryn Stott (piano)
Massive Attack "Teardrop"
9 May 2021 George Szirtes Hector Berlioz Dies Irae (Grande Messe des Morts) Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Louis Frémaux. Choir: CBSO Chorus.
Béla Bartók 6 Romanian Folk Dances Performer: David Oistrakh. Performer: Inna Kollegorskaya.
Maurice Ravel String Quartet in F major (2nd mvt: Assez vif – très rythmé) Ensemble: Ébène Quartet.
Richard Strauss Fruhling (4 Last Songs) Singer: Renée Fleming. Orchestra: Houston Symphony. Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach.
J. S. Bach Chaconne (from Partita No. 2 in D minor) Performer: Hilary Hahn
Thomas Tallis Spem in Alium Choir: Cardinall's Musick. Conductor: Andrew Carwood.
Skip James Devil got my woman
16 May 2021 Helen Macdonald King Henry VIII of England Pastime with Good Company Choir: Oxford Camerata. Conductor: Jeremy Summerly.
Igor Stravinsky The Firebird (excerpt) Orchestra: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
Benjamin Britten String Quartet No. 2 in C major (1st mvt: Allegro) Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
Victor Hely-Hutchinson A Carol Symphony (3rd mvt: Andante) Orchestra: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
Hanna Tuulikki Song Thrush
Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 7 in C major (excerpt) Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
Jean‐Baptiste Lully Prelude pour la Nuit (Le Triomphe de l'Amour) Orchestra: Capriccio Stravagante. Conductor: Skip Sempé.
23 May 2021 Zandra Rhodes W. A. Mozart "Der Hölle Rache" (from The Magic Flute) Singer: Edda Moser, orchestra: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra, conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch
Georges Bizet Au Fond du Temple Saint (The Pearl Fishers) Singer: Rolando Villazón. Singer: Ildar Abdrazakov. Orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
The Beatles Strawberry Fields Forever
Joseph Canteloube Bailero (Songs of the Auvergne) Singer: Kate Royal. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
Giuseppe Verdi Gloria all' Egitto (Aida) Performer: Orchestra dell'Academia nazionale di Santa Cecilia.
Maurice Ravel Bolero Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
Giacomo Puccini Gira la cote (Turandot) Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Zubin Mehta. Choir: The John Alldis Choir.
30 May 2021 Laura Cumming Frédéric Chopin Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 1 Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
Ishbel MacAskill Gradh Geal Mo Chridh (Fair Love of My Heart)
Federico Moreno Torroba Fandanguillo (Suite Castellana) Performer: Andrés Segovia.
J. S. Bach Prelude (from Cello Suite in G major, BWV 1007) Performer: Mischa Maisky
Dmitry Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2 in F (2nd mvt: Andante) Performer: Dmitry Shostakovich. Orchestra: French National Radio Orchestra. Conductor: André Cluytens.
W. A. Mozart Laudate Dominum (from Vespers, K. 339) Bath Festival Orchestra, conductor: Yehudi Menuhin, singer: Victoria de los Ángeles
Talking Heads (Nothing But) Flowers
06 Jun 2021 Anya Hurlbert J. S. Bach Prelude and Fugue in B-flat minor (from The Well-Tempered Clavier, book 1) Performer: Sir András Schiff
Alexander Borodin String Quartet No. 2 in D major (2nd movement: Scherzo) Ensemble: Lindsay String Quartet
Schubert "Die böse Farbe" (No. 17 from Die schöne Müllerin) Jan Eyron [sv] (piano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
Thea Musgrave Green Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble, conductor: Jonathan Morton
Elisabeth Lutyens Six Tempi (I–III) Ensemble: Jane's Minstrels, conductor: Roger Montgomery
Jerry Jeff Walker "Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother"
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata in C, Op. 53 (Waldstein) (1st mvt: Allegro) Performer: Alfred Brendel
20 Jun 2021 Natalie Haynes

References

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  1. ^ "Private Passions episodes". BBC Radio 3. Retrieved 2 November 2024.