Classics Count - The world's greatest music

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  Classics Count - The world's greatest music

  Sunday 16 August 26

  Aug 16, 20261h 58m

  SUMMER SYMPHONY Dvorak: Symphony No 8 in G - composed with deep roots in Czech folk music 1st movement Allegro con brio - listen out for the bird call flute melody 2nd movement Adagio - featuring rustic woodwind solos and sweeping string passages 3rd movement Allegretto grazioso - fiery and fast-paced 4th movement Allegro ma non troppo - with an iconic, piercing trumpet fanfare to start Finzi: Forlana - the swaying 4th movement of 5 bagatelles written for clarinet and piano Edward’s Insights Chaminade: Flute Concertino Opus 107 - Edward will tell us about the first female composer to receive the Legion d'Honneur Carl Stamitz: Concerto for Clarinet, Bassoon and Orchestra 3rd movement Rondo - a playful movement that tests the agility of both players COFFEE BREAK Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E 2nd movement Andante - a serene piece premiered in 1845 with friend Ferdinand David as soloist; our recording has Nigel Kennedy taking that place Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila - an energetic composition with fast and scurrying strings Schubert: Piano Quintet in A The Trout 4th movement Theme and Variations - commissioned by patron and cellist Sylvester Paumgartner Rossini: La Scala di Seta The Silken Ladder - listen in to hear the plot of another sparkling comic opera Mozart: The Magic Flute Overture - hear how the 3 majestic chords mirror the solemnity of the opera's high priests Offenbach: Barcarole - an enchanting piece from the Tales of Hoffmann Telemann: Flute Concerto in D 4th movement Allegro - an uplifting piece from a composer who, at the time, was more famous than JS Bach Rietz: Concerto for clarinet and orchestra in G minor 2nd movement Adagio - composed by German conductor, cellist and associate of Mendelssohn Malzat: Oboe Concerto in C major 2nd movement Andante - a beautifully melodic piece which was attributed to Haydn for some time

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  Classics Count - The world's greatest music

  Sunday 09 August 26

  Aug 9, 20261h 58m

  Puccini: Nessun Dorma - meaning 'let no one sleep' tune in to find out the story behind this aria Bach: Violin Concerto in E major 1st movement Allegro - listen for the three distinctive hammer blows at the start of this piece SUMMER SYMPHONY 26 Beethoven: Symphony No 5 in C minor Fate - possibly the most famous composition in classical music history 1st movement Allegro con brio - turbulent 2nd movement Andante con molto - lyrical and serene 3rd movement Scherzo allegro - rhythmic and dance-like 4th movement Finale allegro - triumphant Jenkins: Gloria 2nd movement The Prayer Laudamus Te - from the large scale sacred festival piece which premiered in 2010 COFFEE BREAK Mozart: Piano Concerto no 21 in C major 2nd movement Andante and Piano Concerto No 23 in A K488 2nd movement Adagio - both were written during a prolific freelance period in Vienna Punto: Horn Concerto No 11 in E major 2nd movement - hear the story behind the man who changed his name from Jan Stich EDWARD'S INSIGHTS - Simon Jeffes Penguin Café: Orchestra Music for a Found Harmonium - hear what Edward has to say about this piece from the visionary 20th century composer Debussy: Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune - a symphonic poem of the dreams of the mythical creature on one sunny afternoon Faure: Pavane - evoking the graceful steps of the slow 16th century Spanish court dance Rietz: Concerto for clarinet and orchestra in G minor 2nd movement Adagio - composed by a close associate of Felix Mendelssohn Bizet: Carmen Suite No 1 The Toreadors, Aragonaise and Seguidilla - taking inspiration of how to manage hot weather with Spanish flair

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  Classics Count - The world's greatest music

  Sunday 02 August 26

  Aug 8, 20261h 58m

  Puccini: Nessun Dorma - meaning 'let no one sleep' tune in to find out the story behind this aria Bach: Violin Concerto in E major 1st movement Allegro - listen for the three distinctive hammer blows at the start of this piece SUMMER SYMPHONY 26 Beethoven: Symphony No 5 in C minor Fate - possibly the most famous composition in classical music history 1st movement Allegro con brio - turbulent 2nd movement Andante con molto - lyrical and serene 3rd movement Scherzo allegro - rhythmic and dance-like 4th movement Finale allegro - triumphant Jenkins: Gloria 2nd movement The Prayer Laudamus Te - from the large scale sacred festival piece which premiered in 2010 COFFEE BREAK Mozart: Piano Concerto no 21 in C major 2nd movement Andante and Piano Concerto No 23 in A K488 2nd movement Adagio - both were written during a prolific freelance period in Vienna Punto: Horn Concerto No 11 in E major 2nd movement - hear the story behind the man who changed his name from Jan Stich EDWARD'S INSIGHTS - Simon Jeffes Penguin Café: Orchestra Music for a Found Harmonium - hear what Edward has to say about this piece from the visionary 20th century composer Debussy: Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune - a symphonic poem of the dreams of the mythical creature on one sunny afternoon Faure: Pavane - evoking the graceful steps of the slow 16th century Spanish court dance Rietz: Concerto for clarinet and orchestra in G minor 2nd movement Adagio - composed by a close associate of Felix Mendelssohn Bizet: Carmen Suite No 1 The Toreadors, Aragonaise and Seguidilla - taking inspiration of how to manage hot weather with Spanish flair

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  Classics Count - The world's greatest music

  Sunday 26 July 26

  Jul 26, 20261h 58m

  Copeland: Fanfare for the Common Man - commissioned in 1942 to foster patriotic pride; listen in to how Copeland came up with the title Danzi: Concerto No 2 in D minor for flute and orchestra - an expressive piece from the German composer and played here by James Galway SUMMER SYMPHONY - completed almost exactly 238 years ago; listen in for the descriptions of each movement Mozart: Symphony No 40 in G minor 1st movement Molto allegro 2nd movement Andante 3rd movement Menuetto allegretto and trio 4th movement Finale allegro assai Delibes: Coppelia Act 1 Mazurka - based on a high spirited Polish folk dance Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - the 18th of 24 variations with a soaring melody Rimsky Korsakov: Scheherazade 1st movement Prelude The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship - inspired by the Middle Eastern folk tales 1001 Nights Chopin: Waltz No 12 in F minor - a melancholic and deeply personal piece COFFEE BREAK Beethoven: Symphony No 2 2nd movement Larghetto - a serene movement chosen specifically for the coffee break Brahms: Hungarian Dances No 10 in E major Presto - joyful and relentlessly upbeat Mendelssohn: Symphony No 4 in A Italian 1st movement Allegro vivace - a vibrant piece bursting with energy Edward’s Insights Beethoven: Symphony No 2 3rd movement Allegro molto - following on from the coffee break choice, the movement chosen here is exuberant Nyman The Piano Dreams of a Journey - listen out for the melody of The Heart Asks Pleasure First in this climatic piece from the 1993 film Hamish MacCunn: The Land of the Mountain and the Flood Overture - written when MacCunn was just 18 this captures the dramatic Scottish scenery Charles Gounod: Mors et Vita Judex - representing Christ the Judge sitting on his throne Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat 3rd movement Allegro - the rhythmic and last of the 6 orchestral pieces presented to Christian Ludwig the Margrave of Brandenburg

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  Classics Count - The world's greatest music

  Sunday 19 July 26

  Jul 20, 20261h 58m

  Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night’s Dream Scherzo - a nimble, playful piece with the intermezzo between Acts 1 and 2 of Shakespeare's play Three quintessentiallly English composer pieces: Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending - subtitled A Romance, a serene pastoral composition George Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow - written with the pre war countryside in mind as Butterworth was killed at the Somme Ireland: A Downland Suite: Minuet Allegretto grazioso - a musical postcard of the Sussex South Downs Summer Symphony: Haydn's Symphony No 101 in D major The Clock - famously known for steady tick-tock from the plucked strings and bassoons 1st movement Adagio presto 2nd movement Andante 3rd movement Menuetto allegretto 4th movement Finale vivace Coffee Break: Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D 2nd movement Larghetto - listen to how the violin floats over the muted orchestra Brahms: Symphony No 3 in F major 3rd movement Poco allegretto - a haunting melody Marcello: Oboe Concerto in D minor It’s not a Larghetto - composed by a Venetian nobleman around 1716 Edward’s Insights: Prokofiev's Symphony No 1 Classical - all movements from a composed who was born and died in Russia but who lived in America and France. Listen to what Edward tells us about this symphony Bizet: L’Arlesienne Suite No 1 4th movement Carillon - characterised by the ostinato portraying the sound of French church bells Mozart: Overture to the Marriage of Figaro a well known piece from this comic opera Grieg: Wedding Day at Troldhaugen - composed for his wife Nina for their 25th wedding anniversary Tchaikovsky: The Seasons July Song of the Reaper - a seasonal piece to draw the show to a close

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