The Blue of the Night with Eamonn Lenihan Sunday 27 December 2015
Join us on Blue all Christmas week, as we celebrate the best of contemporary Irish choral music composition and performance.
Title: L'Accordéoniste
Composer: Emer, Michel
Performer(s): Pirjo Aittomaki (Vocals), Maria Kalaniemi (Accordion), Timo Alakotila (Piano), Tango Orkesteri Unto
Album: Finnish Tango / ARC / EUCD 1830
Duration: 5:11
Title: Berceuse De Noel
Composer: Part, Arvo
Performer(s): Montserrat Figueras (Vocal), Hesperion Xxi
Album: Ninna Nanna / Aliavox / AV9826
Duration: 5:24
Title: Sunrise Serenade, Op. 63
Composer: Sallinen, Aulis
Performer(s): Finnish Chamber Orchestra
Album: Finnish Orchestral Favourites / Naxos / 8.555773
Duration: 6:45
Title: Green Winter
Composer: Roland/Olafsson
Performer(s): Finn Olafsson (Guitar), Anders Roland (Guitar)
Album: Danish Roots 2007: Growing in the World / Danish Folk Council / FFS07081B
Duration: 4:36
Title: Carry Her Over The Water
Composer: Muthspiel / Auden
Performer(s): Wolfgang Muthspiel (Vocal, Guitars)
Album: Vienna Naked / Material Records / MRE 035
Duration: 3:01
Title: Snow White
Composer: Viljamaa, Milla
Performer(s): Milla Viljamaa (Vocals, Keyboards), Kukka Lento, Tommi Asplund (Violins), Esko Jarvela (Viola), Vesa Norilo (Cello, Flute), Roope Aarnio (Guitar)
Album: Minne / www.millaviljamaa.com / MVCD001
Duration: 4:24
Title: I Didn't Know About You
Composer: Ellington/russell
Performer(s): Ben Webster & Johnny Hodges
Album: Blue Moods / Spectrum / 5526422
Duration: 3:30
Title: Ballad - For You Dear
Composer: Landau, Jodie
Performer(s): Wild Up, Graduale Nobili
Album: You Of All Things
Duration: 3:36
Title: The River
Composer: Beck, Gordon
Performer(s): Gordon Beck (Keyboards)
Album: The French Connection I & II / JMS / JMS 186 48-2
Duration: 4:16
Title: First Elegy For Violin And Piano (Andante)
Composer: Liszt, Franz
Performer(s): Pascal Amoyel (Piano)
Album: Alkan Sonata for cello and piano; Liszt Works for cello and piano / Harmonia Mundi / HMA 1951758
Duration: 6:48
Title: Piano Sonata In B Minor (2nd Movement) Andante Sostenuto
Composer: Liszt, Franz
Performer(s): Paul Lewis (Piano)
Album: Liszt - Sonata in B Minor, Piano Works / Harmonia Mundi / HMA1951845
Duration: 7:22
Title: The Only Thing
Composer: Stevens, Sufjan
Performer(s): Sufjan Stevens (Vocals/ Instruments, Thomas Bartlett(Piano); Laura Veirs (Vocals)
Album: Carrie and Lowell / Asthmatic Kitty Records 2015 / Asthmatic 2015
Duration: 4:44
Title: Adagio For Glass Armonica In C Major, Kv 617a
Composer: Mozart, W.A.
Performer(s): Gerald Schonfeldinger
Album: Glass & Stones: A concert with Glass Armonica & Verrophone / K&K Verlagsanstalt / B000RGSVY4
Duration: 3:55
Title: Sleeper In The Valley
Composer: Veirs, Laura
Performer(s): Laura Veirs (Vocal, Guitar), Tucker Martine (Piano), Jon Neufeld (Guitar), Steve Moore (Wulitzer, Bells), Tosca String Quartet
Album: July Flame / Bella Union / BELLACD220X
Duration: 4:02
Title: In The Morning
Composer: Wilder, Alec
Performer(s): Salvatore Maiore (Dbl Bass), Roberto Dani (Drums)
Album: In The Morning - Music of Alec Wilder / ECM Records / ECM 2429 473 8673
Duration: 11:56
Title: Sonata For Violin And Piano - Ii: Intermezzo
Composer: GEMA
Performer(s): Raffaella Gazzana (Piano)
Album: Duo Gazzana / ECM New Series / 2356 481 0894
Duration: 6:22
Title: Midnight Lullaby
Composer: Waits, Tom
Performer(s): Tom Waits (Vocals)
Album: Closing Time / Elektra / 7559-60836-2
Duration: 3:26
Title: Rights Of Man
Composer: Trad Arr Harte/Lunny
Performer(s): Frank Harte (Voice)
Album: 1798 The First Year of Liberty / Hummingbird
Duration: 4:05
Title: In The Bleak Midwinter
Composer: Jansch/rossetti/holst
Performer(s): Bert Jansch (Vocal, Guitar)
Album: The Best Christmas Album In The World / Virgin / VTDCD648
Duration: 2:19
Title: Between The Bars
Composer: Smith, Elliott
Performer(s): Elliott Smith (Vocals, Guitar)
Album: Either / Or / Domino / WIGCD51
Duration: 2:19
Title: The Birds
Composer: Mondlock
Performer(s): Buddy Mondlock
Album: The Edge Of The World / Sparking Gap / SGCD003
Duration: 2:42
Title: Go Easy
Composer: Martyn, John
Performer(s): John Martyn (Vocals, Guitar)
Album: Bless the Weather / Island / IMCD 135 848 972-2
Duration: 4:15
Title: Jesu Redemptor Omnium
Composer: Farrell, Eibhlis
Performer(s): Robbie Carroll (Piano), St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral Choir
Album: RTE lyric fm Recording / RTE Recording / RTÉ Recording
Duration: 1:18
Title: Toutes Les Cloches Sonnent
Composer: Nangle, Jonathan
Performer(s): Robbie Carroll (Piano), St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral Choir
Album: RTE lyric fm Recording / RTE Recording / RTÉ Recording
Duration: 1:56
Title: She's Out Of My Life
Composer: Bahler, Tom
Performer(s): Jason Rebello (Piano), Asaf Sirkis (Percussion)
Album: Songs To The North Sky (2-CD) / Edition Records / EDN1051
Duration: 3:23
Title: Look At Me
Composer: Salvant, Cécile McLorin
Performer(s): Aaron Diehl (Piano), Paul Sikivie (Dbl Bass), Lawrence Leathers (Drums)
Album: For One to Love / Mack Avenue / MAC 1095
Duration: 2:44
Title: The Peacocks
Composer: Rowles, Jimmy
Performer(s): Stan Getz (Tenor Saxophone), Jimmy Rowles (Piano), Elvin Jones (Drums), Buster Williams (Bass)
Album: The Best Of The 50s And The 60s - Disc 1 / Columbia Jazz / C4K 91247
Duration: 5:42
Title: Elegiac Melodies - Last Spring
Composer: Grieg, Edvard
Performer(s): Raphael Wallfisch (Cello), London Philharmonic Orchestra
Album: Grieg: Cello Concerto / ASV / CD DCA 1176
Duration: 4:34
Title: Vale, Vale
Composer: Orban, Gyorgy
Performer(s): Ars Nova Vocal Ensemble
Album: Gyorgy Orbán - Hungarian Choral Music / Convivium Records / 233988
Duration: 3:20
Title: Quatre Morceaux - Chant Du Soir
Composer: Catoire, Georgy
Performer(s): Marc-André Hamelin (Piano)
Album: Catoire - Piano Music / Helios / CDH55425
Duration: 3:28
Title: Mad John
Composer: Wood, Chris
Performer(s): Chris Wood (Vocals, Instruments), Rob Jarvis (Trombone)
Album: Trespasser / RUF / RUFCD11
Duration: 6:14
Title: The Light Streams In
Composer: Langeland / Transtromer
Performer(s): Lars Anders Tomter (Viola), Trygve Seim (Tenor Sax), Markku Ounaskari (Percussion)
Album: The Half-Finished Heaven / ECM Records / ECM 2377 377 7155
Duration: 4:29
Title: The Way We Used To Be
Composer: Wolfe, Chelsea
Performer(s): Chelsea Wolfe (Guitar/Vocals), Ben Chisolm (Drums)
Album: Unknown Rooms: A Collection of Acoustic Songs / Sargent House / SHO90
Duration: 2:47
Title: I Waited For You
Composer: Fuller, Gil
Performer(s): Doug Raney (Guitar), Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (Bass), Ensemble Clément Janequin
Album: The Touch of Your Lips / SteepleChase / SCCD 31122
Duration: 8:08
Title: Path Of Miracles - Leon
Composer: Talbot, Joby
Performer(s): Craig Hella Johnson
Album: Joby Talbot - Path of Miracles / Harmonia Mundi / HMU 807603
Duration: 12:47
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Presenters: Eamonn Lenihan (Fri-Sun)
Producer: Ian McGlynn