Our members present a wide variety of music in their programmes, sometimes based on personal favourites, often the result of careful research (and most likely a combination of the two). Here are some sample playlists... |
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| The American Connection | ||
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| Copland | Appalachian Spring (first 2 sections) Seattle Symphony Orchestra, cond Gerard Schwarz (concert suite) |
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| Stravinsky | Ebony Concerto Columbia Jazz Combo, cond Stravinsky, Benny Goodman (clarinet) |
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| Dvorak | Quartet #12, opus 96 : American Quartet (first movement) Emerson String Quartet |
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| Bellini | Norma : Casta Diva Chorus & Orchestra of la Scala, Milan, cond Tulio Serafin, Maria Callas |
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| Copland | Concerto for Clarinet & String Orchestra (first movement) Columbia Symphony Orchestra, cond Copland, Benny Goodman (clarinet) |
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| Stravinsky | Symphony of Psalms (last movement) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, cond Herbert von Karajan |
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| George Gershwin | Rhapsody in Blue Columbia Symphony Orchestra, cond and piano Leonard Bernstein |
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| Bernstein | Chichester Psalms (second movement) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra + London Symphony Chorus, cond Richard Hickox, Aled Jones (treble) |
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| Dvorak | American Suite, op 98 (2nd & 3rd movements) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, cond Antal Dorati |
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| Copland | Rodeo: Saturday Night Waltz | Hoe Down Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, cond Leonard Slatkin |
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| Variations on a Theme | ||
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| Thomas Tallis | Archbishop Parker's Psalter (first 3 tunes) Tallis Scholars, directed by Peter Phillips |
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| Vaughan Williams | Variations on a Theme of Thomas Tallis City of London Sinfonia, cond Richard Hickox |
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| Haydn | String Quartet in C major, opus 76, "Emperor" Kodaly Quartet |
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| Rameau | Suite in A major: Gavotte Gilbert Rowland (harpsichord) |
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| Klemperer | Gavotte with Six Variations New Philharmonia Orchestra, cond Otto Klemperer |
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| Beethoven | 12 Contredances (number 7) Capella Istropolitans, cond Oliver Dohnanyi |
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| Mozart | The Magic Flute: aria from act 2 Philharmonia, cond Otto Klemperer, Walter Berry |
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| Beethoven | 12 Variations on a Theme of Mozart Jacqueline Du Pre (cello), Daniel Barenboim (piano) |
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| Haydn | Concerto Coro no 2 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, cond Neville Marriner |
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What a Performance! | |
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| Elgar | Cello Concerto (1st & 2nd movements) London Symphony Orchestra, cond Barbirolli, Jacqueline Du Pre (cello) |
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| Elgar | Violin Concerto (2nd movement) London Symphony Orchestra, cond Elgar, Yehudi Menuhin(violin), 1932 |
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| Scarlatti | Harpsichord Sonata in A, L495 George Malcolm |
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| Beethoven | Quartet no.16, op 135 (2nd & 3rd movements) Vègh Quartet |
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| Bach | Partita no.2 for solo violin: Ciaccona Arthur Grumiaux |
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| Mussorgsky | Pictures at an Exhibition Barry Douglas (piano) |
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| Brahms | Violin Concerto (3rd movement) BBC Symphony Orchestra, cond Adrian Boult, Yehudi Menuhin (violin), 1940 |
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| Josquin des Pres | Missa Pange lingua: Agnus Dei I, II & III Tallis Scholars |
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| Krahmer | Variations Brilliantes I-VI Michala Petri (recorder) |
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