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Wìngéd Muses: The Swift | Culture File

Wìngéd Muses: The Swift | Culture File

Clip • 6 Mins • 16 DEC 24 • Lorcan Murray's Classic Drive ADVERTISEMENT PLAYING…

A taste of our forthcoming Culture File Debate: Wìngéd Muses, for which we asked some of our favourite writers—Orit Gat, Sara Baume, The Naturalist, Paddy Woodworth and John Banville—to speak to us about a bird they cherish. Here, John Banville puts in a good word for the Swift. Full program Dec 28th, 6.30pm, RTÉ lyric fm.

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Episode Playlist

16:00

Title: O Come All Ye Faithful

Composer:

Performer(s): Voces8

Album: A Choral Christmas

Duration: 5:06

16:08

Title: Symphony No.5 in C minor (1st movement) allegro con brio

Composer: Beethoven, Ludwig van

Performer(s): Swedish Chamber Orchestra

Album: Beethoven Coriolan Overture, Symphonies No. 4 & 5

Duration: 6:43

16:17

Title: Cantique De Noel (O Holy Night)

Composer: Adam, Adolphe

Performer(s): Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo

Album: The Three Tenors Christmas

Duration: 3:54

16:23

Title: Troika

Composer: Prokofiev, Sergei

Performer(s): London Cello Orchestra

Album: A Cello Christmas

Duration: 3:14

16:26

Title: Overture To The Snowman

Composer: Korngold, Erich Wolfgang

Performer(s): The RTE Concert Orchestra;The RTE Concert Orchestra

Album: A Murray Christmas 2

Duration: 4:12

16:34

Title: Sleighbell Serenade from Three Christmas Pictures

Composer: Lane, Philip

Performer(s): Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Album: A Family Christmas

Duration: 3:01

16:40

Title: Le Tombeau de Couperin: (5th Movement) Menuet. Allegro moderato

Composer: Ravel, Maurice

Performer(s): Albrecht Mayer (oboe)

Album: Longing for Paradise:Albrecht Mayer

Duration: 4:53

16:46

Title: Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

Composer: Styne, Jule

Performer(s): Jonas Kaufmann

Album: It's Christmas!

Duration: 2:42

16:50

Title: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight" I. Adagio sostenuto

Composer: Beethoven, Ludwig Van

Performer(s): Alfred Brendel

Album: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas "Pathétique", "Moonlight" & "Appasionata"

Duration: 5:58

16:57

Title: Ding Dong Merrily on High

Composer: Trad.

Performer(s): The International Staff Band of the Salvation Army

Album: Christmas Festival in Brass

Duration: 1:13

16:59

Title: Fantasia para un Gentilhombre (3rd movement) Danza de las Hachas

Composer: Rodrigo, Joaquin

Performer(s): Milos Karadaglic (guitar)

Album: Milos - Aranjuez

Duration: 2:01

17:01

Title: Hedwig's Theme (Harry Potter)

Composer: Williams, John

Performer(s): The London Symphony Orchestra

Album: Harry Potter and The Philosophers Stone

Duration: 5:10

17:08

Title: Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Composer: Martin, Hugh

Performer(s): 4 Girls 4 Harps

Album: 4 Girls 4 Harps

Duration: 5:18

17:13

Title: Piano Concerto in A minor (3rd movement) Allegro vivace

Composer: Schumann, Robert

Performer(s): Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)

Album: Grieg / Schumann: Piano Concertos

Duration: 10:13

17:13

Title: Suite No.2 in D major "Water Music" (1st movement) Allegro

Composer: Handel, George Frideric

Performer(s): Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Album: Handel Water Music - Suites

Duration: 2:07

17:18

Title: The Christmas Tree Suite (1874-76) (1) Little Scherzo

Composer: Liszt, Franz

Performer(s): RTE Concert Orchestra

Album: Another Night Before Christmas and Scrooge

Duration: 2:08

17:24

Title: Suite For Strings (1st movement) Prelude

Composer: Trimble, Joan

Performer(s): Irish Chamber Orchestra

Album: Silver Apples Of The Moon (Irish Chamber Orchestra)

Duration: 4:52

17:34

Title: Fairytale Sleighride (2008)

Composer: Saunders, Adam

Performer(s): Royal Ballet Sinfonia

Album: Another Night Before Christmas and Scrooge

Duration: 4:36

17:39

Title: Over the Waves (Sopra le Onde)

Composer: Rosas, Juventino

Performer(s): Berlin Symphony Orchestra

Album: Wiener Musik Vol. 10

Duration: 5:59

17:49

Title: We Wish You A Merry Christmas

Composer: Warrell/Ryan

Performer(s): James Galway (Flute)

Album: James Galway'S Christmas Carol (Recordno: 85888)

Duration: 1:36

17:54

Title: Symphony No.6 in F 'Pastoral' (1st movement) Awakening Of Cheerful...

Composer: Beethoven, Ludwig van

Performer(s): Dresden State Orchestra

Album: Beethoven: Symphonies

Duration: 12:31

18:11

Title: What Child is This (Greensleeves)

Composer: Trad

Performer(s): Berty Rice - Oboe

Album: Albrecht Mayer The King's Singers - Let It Snow

Duration: 3:20

18:15

Title: A Carol Fantasy

Composer: Ball, Eric

Performer(s): The International Staff Band of the Salvation Army

Album: Christmas Festival in Brass

Duration: 5:20

18:22

Title: Guitar Concerto in G major (3rd MOvement) Allegro assai

Composer: Krebs, Johann Ludwig

Performer(s): Josef Szapka (guitar)

Album: Favorite Guitar Concertos

Duration: 4:03

18:26

Title: Symphony No.8 in F (2nd movement) Allegretto scherzando

Composer: Beethoven, Ludwig van

Performer(s): Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique

Album: Beethoven The Symphonies

Duration: 3:45

18:33

Title: I Saw Three Ships A Sailing (Ft. Marianne Faithfull)

Composer: Trad/Moloney, Paddy

Performer(s): The Chieftains

Album: The Bells Of Dublin

Duration: 2:47

18:37

Title: Cello Suite No.1 in G major (1st movement) Prelude

Composer: Bach, Johann Sebastian

Performer(s): Ailbhe McDonagh

Album: Bach: Complete Solo Cello Suites

Duration: 2:28

18:48

Title: Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor (2nd movement) Larghetto

Composer: Chopin, Frederic

Performer(s): Martha Argerich (piano)

Album: Complete Chopin - Martha Argerich

Duration: 8:49

18:57

Title: 'Zat you, Santa Claus

Composer: Fox

Performer(s): Louis Armstrong

Album: Hipsters' Holiday

Duration: 2:52