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QOTN Celebrates Finnish and Chinese Culture

Margaret — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 07:16:32 +0000

This programme celebrates Finnish Culture Day, aka Kalevala Day and, belatedly, Lunar or Chinese New Year.
Thus we have music by Finnish and Chinese composers and music with themes from the Kalevala, an epic Finnish poem, and music with various bovine themes to celebrate the Year of the Ox.

Playlist: 28 February 2021

– Mussorgsky: IV. Oxen. Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra/ Mariss Jansons.
– Sibelius: Lemminkainen Suite, op.22: II. The Swan of Tuonela. Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/ Neeme Järvi.
– Klami: Kalevala Suite, op. 23: IV. Cradle Song for Lemminkainen; II. Sprout of Spring. Turku Philharmonic Orchestra/ Jorma Panula.
– Tan Dun: Hero: Overture. China Philharmonic Orchestra.
– Tan Dun: Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: The Eternal Vow. Shanghai Symphony Orchestra.
– Trad. Finnish: Kalevala Melody. Martti Pokela, kantele (Finnish Zither).
– Haydn: String Quartet in C Major, op.3, no.2: II. Minuet. Kodaly Quartet.
– Barry: Dances with Wolves: The Buffalo Robe; Journey to the Buffalo Killing Ground.
– Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo. National Philharmonic Orchestra/ Giuseppe Patane.
– Trad: Pretty Maid Milking Her Cow. Custer LaRue.

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QOTN : Across times and styles

Margaret — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 06:10:29 +0000

This programme crosses centuries and genres. It starts with music of two wooden puppets, one Italian, the other Russian.
Elvis Presley’s Wooden Heart would fit right in …. but doesn’t get a guernsey Perhaps another time. Or not.

Playlist: 07 February 2021
– Harline & Smith: When You Wish Upon A Star. Renée Fleming, sop. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
– Stravinsky: Petrushka: Danse Russe. Chicago Symphony Orchestra/ Riccardo Muti.
– Villa-lobos: 5 preludes for guitar: no. 5 in D. Pepe Romero, gtr.
– Donizetti: La Fille du Regiment: Act I: “Quoi! Vous m’aimez?” (Love Duet). Dame Joan Sutherland, sop. Luciano Pavarotti, ten. Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden/ Richard Bonynge.
– Pergolesi: flute concerto no. 1 in G major: II. adagio. James Galway, flute. I Solisti Veneti/ Claudio Scimone.
– Sibelius:“Les trois soeurs aveugles (Three Blind Sisters)”, op. 46, no. 5; Om tiotusen år (In ten thousand years)”, op. 33, no. 7. Kim Borg, bass.
– Stenhammar: As You Like It: No. 16 Pastorale; No. 18 Allegro. Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra/ Arvo Volmer.
– Saint-Saens: Pastorale. Coro della Radio Swizzera.
– Rodgers: Edelweiss. Vienna boys choir.
– Mozart: Cosi fan tutte: Overture. English Chamber Orchestra/ Jeffrey Tate.
– Josquin des Prez: Petite Camusette. Hilliard Ensemble.
– Giordano: Fedora: Act II: Amor ti vieta. Giuseppe di Stefano, ten.
– Telemann: Jesus Liegt in letzten Zügen, TWV1: 983: III. Aria. Christoph Prégardien, baritone.

Graphic: Sibelius Monument, Helsinki

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QOTN – Morning has broken

Margaret — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 05:45:55 +0000

Wake up, open your eyes, new possibilities await … this week’s theme is sunrise!
Listen out for a very ‘special’ first in Tim’s 11 years of presenting Queen of the Night. Will you be as shocked as he is?!

Playlist: 24 January 2021

– Strauss, R: Alsa Sprach Zarathustra: I. Sunrise. Chicago Symphony Orchestra/ Fritz Reiner.
– Grieg: Peer Gynt, op.23: Act IV: Morning Mood. James Galway, flute. National Philharmonic Orchestra.
– Ravel: Daphnis et Chloë: Part III. Lever du Jour. Chicago Symphony Orchestra/ Jean Martinon.
– Edwards: Dawn Mantras. Cantillation, Sydney Children’s Choir, Jane Sheldon and Lyn Williams, sop.
– Preisner: Quartet in Four Movements: Aurore.
– Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty: Act II: Vision of Aurore. Baltic Sea Philharmonic/ Kristjan Järvi.
– Mascagni: Iris: Act I: Hymn to the Sun. Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/ Giuseppe Patanè.
– Gounod: Roméo et Juliette: Act II: “Ah! Leve-toi Soleil!”. Joseph Calleja, ten. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner.
– Jerry Bock (arr. John Williams): Fiddler on the Roof: Sunrise Sunset. Johann Strauss Orchestra/André Rieu.
– Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina: Dawn on the Moscow River. Cleveland Orchestra/ George Szell.
– Elgar: The Wind at Dawn. Unnamed Orchestra & Conductor.

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QOTN welcomes 2021

Margaret — Sun, 10 Jan 2021 03:29:51 +0000

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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