Lorcan Murray's Classic Drive Friday 29 December 2017
The perfect musical soundtrack to your journey home accompanied by news and traffic updates.
In November, 1967, Hans Keller, a Viennese refugee who fled to London, created the first of now regular radio concert exchanges from halls around Europe. Luke Clancy travels to Geneva to meet the team that makes these broadcasts happen, and hears some of their ultimate concert choices.
Culture File presented by Luke Clancy at 6.05pm on Classic Drive
Title: Le Petit Ane Blanc
Composer: Ibert, Jacques
Performer(s): Rachel Quinn (Piano)
Album: Mosaic - Rachel Quinn / Athene / FG CD1
Duration: 2:05
Title: Rondo For Violin And Orchestra In B Flat Major(Allegro)
Composer: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Performer(s): Tzhak Perlman, Wiener Philharmoniker
Album: Mozart - The Five Violin Concertos (Recordno: 477 9577) / Deutsche Grammophon / 477 9577
Duration: 6:10
Title: Amapola
Composer: Lacalle
Performer(s): Juan Diego Florez (Tenor), David Galvez (Guitar), Shields Collins Bray (Piano)
Album: The Tenor / Decca / 4758418
Duration: 4:27
Title: Lyrical Waltz (Seven Dolls' Dances)
Composer: Shostakovich, Dmitri
Performer(s): Lisa Batiashvili (Violin), Helene Grimaud (Piano), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Album: Echoes of Time - Lisa Batiashvili / Grimaud / Salonen / Deutsche Grammophon / 4779299
Duration: 3:34
Title: Piece En Forme De Habanera
Composer: Ravel, Maurice
Performer(s): Laurence Perkins (Bassoon), The New London Orchestra
Album: The Playful Pachyderm. Classic minautres for bassoon and orchestra / Hyperion / CDA67453
Duration: 3:12
Title: Slavonic Dance No.1 In C Major
Composer: Dvorak, Antonin
Performer(s): Rté National Symphony Orchestra
Album: Classical Favourites / Naxos / 8.554482-83
Duration: 4:13
Title: Funiculi, Funicula
Composer: Denza, Luigi
Performer(s): Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor), Orchestra E Choro Del Teatro Communale Di Bologna
Album: The Greatest Pavarotti Album Ever! / Decca / 4361732
Duration: 2:40
Title: Pirates Of Penzance: Overture
Composer: Gilbert And Sullivan
Performer(s): D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra
Album: Gilbert And Sullivan: The Pirates Of Penzance / Ter / Cdter21177
Duration: 7:08
Title: Swan Lake: Scene From Act Ii
Composer: Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich
Performer(s): Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Album: Tchaikovsky: Ballet Suites / Decca / 417700-2
Duration: 2:36
Title: Sinfonia Concertante In B Flat Major (1st Movement) Allegro
Composer: Haydn, Joseph
Performer(s): Alfredo Bernardini (Oboe), Arcangelo
Album: Arcangelo / Hyperion / CDA68090
Duration: 9:24
Title: Che Puro Ciel!
Composer: Gluck, Christoph Willibald
Performer(s): Akademie Fur Alte Musik Berlin
Album: Che Puro Ciel: The Rise of Classical Opera / Harmonia Mundi / HMC 902172
Duration: 6:06
Title: Awakening (3rd Movement) Joy
Composer: Curiale, Joseph
Performer(s): Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Album: Awakening: Joseph Curiale / Black Box / 1050
Duration: 3:31
Title: Play Misty For Me - Misty
Composer: Garner, Erroll
Performer(s): Tony Lee (Piano)
Album: Reel Love - The Cinematic Romantic Album - Disk 1 / Silva Screen / SILCD 1177
Duration: 3:11
Title: The Secret Of Christmas
Performer(s): Ella Fitzgerald ( Vocal)
Album: Have Yourself a Jazzy Little Christmas / Verve / 840 501-2
Duration: 2:47
Title: Die Schone Mullerin Op.25 D.795: Xviii- Trockne Blumen
Composer: Schubert, Franz
Performer(s): Mark Padmore (Tenor), Paul Lewis (Piano)
Album: Schubert: Die schone Mullerin / Harmonia Mundi / HMU 907519
Duration: 4:07
Title: Wild Wood Carol
Composer: Rutter, John
Performer(s): Stephen Varcoe (Baritone), City Of London Sinfonia
Album: Christmas Day In The Morning / Collegium / Colcd121
Duration: 3:14
Title: Roses From The South
Composer: Strauss, Johann II
Performer(s): Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Album: Strauss Gala / Decca / 425429
Duration: 8:14
Title: C'Est Toi! - C'Est Moi Act 4
Composer: Bizet Georges
Performer(s): Marina Domashenko, Andrea Bocelli, Orchestre Philharmonique De Radio France, Choeur De Radio France
Album: Carmen Duets and Arias (Recordno: 475 9143) / Decca / 475 9143
Duration: 9:47
Title: Gymnopedie No.1
Composer: Satie, Erik
Performer(s): Pascal Roge (Piano)
Album: Not Available (Recordno: 410-220-2) / Decca / 410-220-2
Duration: 3:10
Title: Passacaglia Andaluz Ii
Composer: Trad Arr
Performer(s): Rolf Lislevand (Archlute, Baroque Gtr, Theorboe), Arianna Savall (Triple Harp, Voice)
Album: Rolf Lislevand: Nuove Musiche / ECM / 1922 4763049
Duration: 2:18
Title: Oh, Lady Be Good!
Composer: Gershwin, George
Performer(s): Peter Donohoe (Piano)
Album: Simon Rattle - American Music - Disc 7 / EMI Classics / 50999 2 15014 2 5
Duration: 1:05
Title: Ballet Of The Snowflakes (8th Movement) Galop Final
Composer: Offenbach, Jacques
Performer(s): Les Musciens Du Louvre
Album: Offenbach Romantique / Archiv / 4776403
Duration: 2:55
Title: The King's Hunting Jigge
Composer: Bull, John
Performer(s): Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Album: The World of Phipil Jones Brass Ensemble / DECCA 1988 / 467 785-2
Duration: 2:00
Title: Oboe Concerto In E Major (3rd Movement) Rondeau: Allegretto
Composer: Bach, Johann Sebastian
Performer(s): Helen Jahren (Oboe), Musica Vitae
Album: Oboe Concertos - Helen Jahren / Caprice / CAP 21596
Duration: 5:41
Title: Piano Sonata No.11 In A Major "Alla Turca"(3rd Movement) Allegretto
Composer: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Performer(s): Alfred Brendel (Piano)
Album: Brendel Spielt Mozart (cd4) / Decca / 4824476
Duration: 3:31
Title: Losing My Mind
Composer: Sondheim, Stephen
Performer(s): Julia Mckenzie (Vocals), The Follies Orchestra
Album: Follies - 1985 London Recording / First Nigth Records / 6019
Duration: 3:58
Title: The Devil's Galop
Composer: Charles Williams
Performer(s): New London Orchestra
Album: British Light Music Classics (Record No: Cda668681958) / Hyperion / Cda668681958
Duration: 3:18
Title: Si, Mi Chiamano Mimi
Composer: Puccini, Giacomo
Performer(s): Celine Byrne (Soprano), Rte National Symphony Orchestra
Album: Celine Byrne: For Eternity / RTE lyric fm / CD128
Duration: 4:53
Presenter: Lorcan Murray
Producer: Eoin Brady
Production Co-Ordinator: Peter Curtin