QOTN : Go Gershwin!

A summer-themed programme …. …. even though Tim hates summer. How strange is that!! Playlist: 05 December 2021 – Janáček: Glagolitic Mass: I. Orchestral Introduction. City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/ Sir Simon Rattle. – Tchaikovsky: Slavonic March, op.31. Russian National Orchestra/ Mikhail Pletnev. – Geminiani: The Art of Playing the Guitar: Sonata in C major: IV. Allegro; IV. Andante; V. Allegro moderato. Hungarian Chamber Orchestra. – Burgon: Brideshead Revisited: Always Summer. – Prokofiev: Summer Night, op.123: III. Minuet. Russian National Orchestra/ Mikhail Pletnev. – Donizetti: Sonata for Flute and Harp in G Minor: I. Larghetto. Robert Aitken, flute. Erica Goodman, hrp. – Schumann: Symphony no.4 in D minor, op.120: II. Romance. Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/ Rafael Kubelik. – Traditional: Sumer is Icumen In (Summer Is Come). The Dufay Collective. – Saint-Saëns: Fantaisie for violin and harp. Gérad Poullet, vln. Isabelle Moretti, hrp. Graphic: Magnetic Island, FNQ. #EmbraceJOY Support this podcast. Donate to JOY -and/or- Become a member The post QOTN : Early summer appeared first on Queen of the Night.

It’s the world of less common musical instruments in this show. Plus the celebration of William Blake‘s birthday with two different settings of his poem The Lamb. Playlist: 28 November 2021 – Horner: Braveheart: The Legend Spreads; Gift of a Thistle; End Titles. London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. – Tavener: The Lamb. Choir of New College, Cambridge/ Edward Higginbottom. – Vaughan-Williams: 10 Blake Songs: V. The Lamb. Ian Partridge, ten. – Borodin: Prince Igor: Act II: Polovtsian Dances: no. 2. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus/ Sir Thomas Beecham. – Pärt: Pari Intervello. Vienna Glass Harmonica Duo. – Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus, op.61, Concerto for Birds and Orchestra I. The Marsh. Royal Scottish National Orchestra/ Hannu Lintu. – Purcell: Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary II: March. Baroque Brass of London/ David Hill. – Shankar: Concerto for Sitar and Orchestra: Third Movement. Ravi Shankar, sitar. London Symphony Orchestra/ André Previn. – Shankar: Prabhati. Ravi Shankar, sitar. Yehudi Menuhin, vln. – Shore: Lord of the Rings – The Two Towers: The Riders of Rohan. – Grieg: Peer Gynt, op.23: Springar. Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/ Neeme Jarvi. Graphic: Hardanger fiddle and Glass harmonica #EmbraceJOY Support this podcast. Donate to JOY -and/or- Become a member The post QOTN : World Instruments appeared first on Queen of the Night.

  What mood are you in? Sunny, dramatic, peaceful, energetic, ….? Whatever you’re feeling, there is music to suit in this episode of Queen of the Night. Playlist: 21 November 2021 – Mendelssohn: Concerto for 2 Piano’s in E major: III. Allegro. Roland Pöntinen and Love Derwinger, pno. Amsterdam Sinfonietta. – Wagner: Die Walkure: Ride of the Valkyries. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/ Vernon Handley. – Baños: In the Heart of the Sea: The White Whale Chant. – Zachow: Trio in F major: II. Vivace. – Debussy: Isle Joyeuse. Branford Marsalis, soprano sax. English Chamber Orchestra. – Horovitz: Concerto for Euphonium and Orchestra: II. Lento. David Childs, euphonium. National Orchestra of Wales/ Bramwell Tovey. – Ketèlby: In a Persian Market. Ambrosian Opera Chorus & London Promenade Orchestra/ Alexander Faris. – Strauss, Jnr: Persian March, op.289. Berlin Philharmonic/ Herbert von Karajan. – Grieg: Violin Sonata no.3 in C minor. II. Allegretto espressivo. Pierre Amoyal, vln. Graphic:  The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie – Richard Wagner; illustrated by Arthur Rackham. #EmbraceJOY Support this podcast. Donate to JOY -and/or- Become a member The post QOTN : Mood music appeared first on Queen of the Night.

… surely the stand-out piece in tonight’s programme is The Seal Lullaby. Simply gorgeous! Or maybe you have a different favourite? Playlist: 07 November 2021 – Strauss Jnr: On the Beautiful Blue Danube. Berlin Philharmonic/ Herbert von Karajan. – Ramírez: Misa Criolla: I. Kyrie. José Carreras, ten. Sociedad Coral de Bilbao/ José Luis Ocejo. – Josquin des Prez: Missa Hercules Dux Ferraraie: Kyrie. Jeffrey Hamilston Steele, gtr. – Handel: Acis and Galatea: Act I: Happy We! The Sixteen/ Harry Christophers. – Ligeti: Musica ricercata: VII. Liisa Pohjola, pno. – Delibes: Lakmé: Act II. Bell Song. Dame Joan Sutherland, sop. Monte-Carlo National Opera Orchestra/ Richard Bonynge. – Whitacre: The Seal Lullaby. Voces8. – Alwyn: Crepuscule. Ieuan Jones, hrp. – Delibes: Lakmé: Act I: C’est le dieu de la jeunesse (love duet). Dame Joan Sutherland, sop. Alain Vanzo, ten. Monte-Carlo National Opera Orchestra/ Richard Bonynge. – Scarlatti: Sonata in D Minor, K.9. Ivo Pogorelich, pno. #EmbraceJOY Support this podcast. Donate to JOY -and/or- Become a member The post QOTN : Birthdays to celebrate. But …. appeared first on Queen of the Night.

This programme was broadcast on World Polio Day and at the end of Australia’s National Bird Week. And also at the end of a week where the Victorian Pride Centre, home to JOY 94.9, played host to a Covid pop-up vaccination centre. Thus, nods to all that, especially polio survivors, during this show. Playlist: 24 October 2021 – Rameau: Castor et Pollux: Tambourins I & II. Orchestra of the 18th Century/ Frans Brüggen. – Vivaldi: Flute Concerto in D major, RV90 “Il Gardellino” (The Goldfinch): II. Largo. Frans Brüggen, flute. Orchestra of the 18th Century. – Shostakovich: 3 Duets for violin and piano: II. Gavotte; III. Waltzes. Itzhak Perlman, vln. – J.S Bach: Cello Suite no.4 in E-flat Major, BWV1010: IV. Sarabande. Joshua Ranz, bass clar. – Puccini: Tosca: Act I: Quale occhio al mondo. Renata Tebaldi, sop. Franco Corelli, ten. – Benjamin Britten: At the Mid-hour of Night. Lois Marshall, sop. – John Weldon: The Wakeful Nightingale. Lois Marshall, sop. – De Machaut: Dreams in the Pleasure Garden: Dame da Valour (Lady of worth). Don Greig, ten. Orlando Consort. – Poulenc: Cello Sonata: II. Cavatine. Pierre Fournier, vlc. – Schubert: Ave Maria. Renata Tebaldi, sop. – Saint-Saëns: The Swan. Pierre Fournier, vlc. Graphic: Birds of the East in Flight by EGGPICNIC #EmbraceJOY Support this podcast. Donate to JOY -and/or- Become a member   The post QOTN : Polio Day and Bird Week appeared first on Queen of the Night.

Get your fill of alliterative composers from Armand Arensky to Richard Rogers. It’s your host, Tim, having a bit of fun in choosing this programme’s magnificent music. Playlist: 17 October 2021 – Bela Bartok: 6 Romanian Folk Dances. Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. – Richard Rodgers: Oklahoma!: Oh What a Beautiful Mornin’. Mormon Tabernacle Choir. – Jóhann Jóhannsson: Orphée: Flight From The City. – Armand Amar: Moving Music: Marriage. – Thomas Tallis: If Ye Love Me. Chapelle du Roi – Herbert Howells: Sing Lullaby. Lincoln Cathedral Choir. – César Cui: Orientale. Yehuda Hanani, vlc. Eliot Fisk, gtr. – Modest Mussorgsky: Reverie. Leif Ove Andsnes, pno. – Benjamin Britten: Early One Morning. Peter Pears, ten. Benjamin Britten, pno. – Edward Elgar: Salut d’Amour. Itzhak Perlman, vln. Samuel Sanders, pno. – Marin Marais: Muzettes I & II. Jordi Savall, viola da gamba. – Armand Arensky: Three Vocal Quartets, op.57: I. Serenade; II. To the Dying Stars. State Symphony Cappella of Russia, Russian State Symphony Orchestra/ Dmitri Miller. #EmbraceJOY Support this podcast. Donate to JOY -and/or- Become a member The post QOTN : Artistic Alliteration appeared first on Queen of the Night.

  Celebrating George Gershwin on his birthday – an original in terms of crossover music – classical and jazz …. and even pop for those who remember Australian Normie Rowe‘s first hit single. Worth a listen to compare and contrast. And, of course, some ‘real’? classical music, ending the show with two very different versions of the Benedictus. Playlist: 26 September 2021 – Hisaishi: My Neighbor Totoro: Hey Let’s Go (opening theme), arranged for piano. – Sousa: Humoresque of George Gershwin’s Swanee. Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra/ John Philip Sousa. – Dvorak: Humoresque no.7, op.101. Arthur Grumiaux, vln. – Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue: excerpt. London Symphony Orchestra/ André Previn. – Gershwin: Porgy and Bess: It Aint’ Necessarily So; I Got Plenty of Nothin’; Summertime. Paul Robeson, bass. Lawrence Tibbett, baritone. Decca Symphony Orchestra/ Alexander Smallens. – Gershwin: Porgy and Bess: Bess, You Is My Woman Now. Black Dyke Band. – Chopin: Berceuse (lullaby) in D-flat major, op.57. Alfred Cortot. – Gershwin: Lullaby for String Orchestra. Cleveland Orchestra/ Riccardo Chailly. – J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV232: Benedictus. Fritz Wunderlich, ten. Bach Festival Orchestra. – Jenkins: Benedictus. Voces8/ Christian Forshaw. #EmbraceJOY Support this podcast. Donate to JOY -and/or- Become a member The post QOTN : Go Gershwin! appeared first on Queen of the Night.

It’s Talk Like a Pirate Day! Who knew so much piratical music has been written and played? Thank heavens Tim spares us! He shares only three pirate jokes Playlist: 19 September 2021 – Klaus Badelt: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. – Hans Zimmer: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest: Jack Sparrow. – Handel (arr. Arthur Somervell): Tolomeo, HWV 25: Act III: Silent Worship. David Hobson, ten. Sinfonia Australis/ Antony Walker. – Adam: Le Corsaire: Act I. Corsair’s Bacchanal; Act II. Gulnare’s Dance. English Chamber Orchestra/ Richard Bonynge. – Bear McCreary: Black Sails: Wondrous Love. – Boismortier: Flute Sonata in G minor, op.91, no.2: II. Gracieusement. Les Buffardins. – Elmer Bernstein: The Buccaneer: Lovers United. – Bronislaw Kaper: Mutiny on the Bounty: Love Song. – Bellini: Il Pirata: Act I: Nel furor delle tempesta; Act II: Col sorriso d’innocenza. Lucia Aliberti, sop. Stuart Neil, ten. Berlin Deutsches Staatoper Orchestra/ Marcello Viotti. – Sullivan: Pirates of Penzance. “Oh, Better Far to Live and Die”, “When a felon’s not engaged in his employment”. Pro Arte Orchestra & Chorus/ Sir Malcolm Sargent. Graphic: Yul Brynner – The Buccaneer, 1958. #EmbraceJOY Support this podcast. Donate to JOY -and/or- Become a member The post QOTN : Aaaarrrrrghh!! appeared first on Queen of the Night.

What a bonanza of a show! In this edition of QOTN, Tim brings together music that celebrates old Europeans, a modern Australian, and the era of film, on screens large and small. Playlist: 12 September 2021 – Evans/Livingstone: Bonanza theme. City of Prague Philharmonic. – Mahler: Symphony no.8 in E-flat major “Symphony of a Thousand”: Part I: Hymnus “Veni Creator Spiritus”: Imple superna gratia. Cheryl Studer, Angela Maria Blasi, sop; Waltraud Meier, Kazuko Nagai alto; Keith Lewis tenor; Thomas Allen baritone; Hans Sotin bass; Southend Boys Choir, Philharmonia & Chorus/ Giuseppe Sinopoli. – Ross Edwards: String Octet “Veni Creator Spiritus”: II. Rhythmic. Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra/ Richard Mills. – Pärt: Veni Creator. Theatre of Voices, Ars Nova Copenhagen/ Paul Hillier. – Chopin: Piano Sonata no.2 in B-flat minor, op.35: IV. Finale – Presto. Cecile Ousset, pno. – Mahler: Symphony no.8 in E-flat major “Symphony of a Thousand”: Part II. Final Scene from Goethe’s Faust. Excerpts. Concertgebouw Orchestra/ Bernard Haitink. – Gounod: Faust: Act II. Devil’s aria – Song of the Golden Calf; Waltz. José Van Dam, bass-baritone. Toulouse Capitole Orchestra/ Michel Plasson. – Mendelssohn: Songs without Words, op. 62: VI. Spring Song. Daniel Barenboim, pno. – Beethoven: Violin Sonata no.5 in F major, op.24: II. Adagio. Augustin Dumay, vln. Maria João Pires, pno. – Gold: Exodus theme. Edith Piaf. – Wagner: Lohengrin: Act III: Prelude. Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra/ Marek Janowski. #EmbraceJOY Support this podcast. Donate to JOY -and/or- Become a member The post QOTN : Celebrating TV, film and … Mahler appeared first on Queen of the Night.

Hopeful, inspiring, uplifting – that’s this podcast … an eclectic mix of classical, opera, film, pop, ambient music. We’d love to hear from you! To make requests and give feedback during the week, please email [email protected] And remember … In these difficult times, keep your eye on the donut, not the hole!  Playlist: 05 September 2021 – Elgar: Land of Hope and Glory. Very Lynn, vocals. Geoff Love & His Orchestra. – Caldara: Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo: Sinfonia. Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. – Tchaikovsky: Album for the Young, op.39: Waltz. I Musici de Montréal/ Yuli Turovsky. – Freddie Mercury: We Are The Champions. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. – Satie: Gymnopédie no.3. City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/ Louis Fremaux. – Verdi: La Traviata: Act II: Di Provenza il mar, il suol. Mario Sereni, bar. – Barry: Born Free. Mormon Tabernacle Choir. – Vaughan-Williams: Songs of Travel: II. Let Beauty Awake. Sir Thomas Allen. City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/ Sir Simon Rattle. – Copland: Simple Gifts. Jubilant Sykes, bar. London Symphony Orchestra/ Andrew Litton. – Fauré (arr. William Orbit): Paradisum. – Haydn: Cello Concerto no.1 in C major: III. Finale. Truls Mørk, vlc. Norwegian Chamber Orchestra/ Ioana Brown. – Nyman: Wonderland: Eddie. – Chopin: Andante spianato et Grande polonaise brillante: Andante. Alexis Weissenberg. #EmbraceJOY Support this podcast. Donate to JOY -and/or- Become a member The post QOTN : Eclectic Uplift appeared first on Queen of the Night.