Moira marks the birthday of Dmitri Shostakovich, born on this day in St Petersburg in 1906. She selects a recording of his charming Jazz Suite No.1, compiled from highlights of some of his lesser-known works, including The Limpid Stream; a ballet which was so controversial in 1930s Soviet Russia that it was banned from the stage.
Elsewhere, there’s performances from two of Britain’s most acclaimed soloists, as Stephen Hough plays Grieg’s Piano Concerto, and Nicola Benedetti plays Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Egmont Overture Opus 84
Christian Thielemann conducts the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor Opus 16
Piano: Stephen Hough
Andrew Litton conducts the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Dmitri Shostakovich
Jazz Suite No.1
Mariss Jansons conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra
John Williams
Hymn to the Fallen
Frederic Talgorn conducts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Chorus
Gustav Holst
St Paul’s Suite Opus 29 No.2
Richard Hickox conducts the City of London Sinfonia
Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E minor Opus 64
Violin: Nicola Benedetti
James MacMillan conducts the Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Richard Wagner
Tristan & Isolde – Prelude to Act I
Antonio Pappano conducts the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata NO.16 in C major K.545
Piano: Mitsuko Uchida
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No.3 in F major Opus 90
Leonard Bernstein conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Moira selects music that became popular through its use on the silver screen. There’s Barber’s moving Adagio for Strings, featured to great effect in Platoon, and Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.2, synonymous with the 1945 film Brief Encounter.
Elsewhere, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields play Beethoven’s Symphony No.7 in full, and there’s a joyful dance by Brahms.
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria Rusticana – Intermezzo
Giuseppe Sinopoli conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra
Richard Addinsell
Warsaw Concerto
Piano: Daniel Adni
Kenneth Alwyn conducts the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No.7 in A major Opus 92
Joshua Bell directs the Academy of St Martin in the Fields from the violin
Samuel Barber
Adagio for Strings
David ZInman conducts the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Sergei Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor Opus 18
Piano: Daniil Trifonov
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra
Alexander Borodin
Prince Igor – Polovtsian Dances
Herbert von Karajan conducts the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No.5
Marin Alsop conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky
Romeo & Juliet
Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela
Jean Sibelius
The Swan of Tuonela Opus 22 No.3
Cor Anglais: Jukka Hurikangas
Osmo Vänskä conducts the Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Aram Khachaturian
Masquerade Suite
Neeme Jarvi conducts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra
