Today I am going to do very little talking, because I would like you to listen to a lovely variety of music that I have compiled for you. So today we are more about “just Music” than “about Music”.
Over the last five programmes I have introduced to you and demonstrated to you the four elements of sound, and specifically of musical sound, so today is all about giving you opportunity to reflect on these Alexander Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from the opera Prince Igor Performed by the Berlin Philharmoniker, conducted by Herbert von Karajan · Gioachino Rossini: William Tell Overture Performed by the Berlin Philharmoniker, conducted by Herbert von Karajan · Gioachino Rossini: William Tell: Oh! Quale alta d’intorno Scene 1 Performed by Voices of the Nation · Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: “Ave verum corpus” K618 Performed by the Stockholm Choir and Stockholm Radio Chorus, conducted by Ricardo Muti · Franz Josef Haydn: “Then comes the dawn” From The Seasons: Winter. Performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Sir Georg Solti · Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony number 5: Finale Performed by the New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein · Camille Saint-Saens: Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah Opus 47 Performed by the New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein · Ronald Binge: Elizabethan Serenade Performed by the Mandela Park Primary School Choir
