Queen of the Night

10 Jan 2021

QOTN welcomes 2021

Classical Music, Opera, QOTN, Soundtracks, stage & screen

The calendar has been re-set, looking forward positively.
In this podcast, some names that will be heard often during 2021 are introduced, celebrating their lives and the gifts that their musical talents have left with us.
Your presenter Tim also starts the new year with one of his trademark dad/uncle jokes. Oh dear 😉

Playlist: 03 January 2021

– Josquin des Prez: Scaramella (va alla guerra). David Munrow.
– Saint-Saëns: Symphony no.3 in C minor, op.78 “Organ”: 3rd movement (excerpt). French National Radio & Television Orchestra/ Jean Martinon.
– Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, op.28. Arthur Grumiaux, vln. Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux/ Jean Fournet.
– Donizetti: L’Elisir d’Amore: Act II: Una Furtiva Lagrima. Giuseppe di Stefano, ten. Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino/ Francesco Molinari-Pradelli.
– Bellini: Norma: Act I: Meco all’altar di Venere. Franco Corelli, ten. Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano/ Tullio Serafin.
– Bottesini: Miklos Perenyi, double-bass. Budapest Chamber Symphony.
– Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze (Dances of the League of David), op.6: XIV: Tender and Songlike. Géza Anda, pno.
– Arnold: Bridge Over the River Kwai (Soundtrack): Colonel Bogey. London Symphony Orchestra/ Richard Hickox.
– Mozart: Horn Concerto no. 4 in E-flat major, K. 495: III. Rondo. Dennis Brain, horn. Hallé Orchestra/ Lawrence Turner.
– Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61: Nocturne. Dennis Brain, horn.

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