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12/10/2008

Iain Burnside looks at music and sport and considers how they compare and contrast. Joining him is Middlesex and England cricketer Ed Smith. Music is by Debussy, Honegger and Ives.

Iain Burnside looks at music and sport and considers how they compare and contrast. With Middlesex and England cricketer Ed Smith, discussing why Wagner and Cannonball Adderley help him succeed in the heat of sporting battle.

Iain Burnside - Sport/Performance/Competition - 12.10.08

Charles Coote Junior: I won her heart at billiards
Ian and Jennifer Partridge
JUSCD001

Charles Ives: Yale-Princeton Football Game
Orchestra of New England/James Sinclair
Koch 370252

Elgar: Chanson de Matin
Nigel Kennedy/ Peter Pettinger
Chandos CHAN8380

Grainger: Tribute to Foster
Monteverdi Choir / The English Country Gardiner Orchestra/ Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Philips 4466572

Dr John Bull; The King’s Hunt
Bob van Asperen (harpsichord)
EMI CDC7543192

Bernstein: "Pass the Football" from Wonderful Town
Brent Barrett/London Voices/Simon Rattle
EMI CDC5567532

Honegger: Rugby ‘Mouvement symphonique’ No.2 for orch
ORTF National Orchestra/Jean Martinon (conductor)
EMI CDM7639442

Trad: Swing Low Sweet Chariot
Gloriae Dei Cantores/ Richard K Pugsley (bass)/ Gloriae Dei Handbell Choir/ Elizabeth Petterson (conductor)
Gloriae dei Cantores
GDCD010

Herbert Preston-Thomas: The Cricketer’s Carol
Ian and Jennifer Partridge
JUSCD001

Wagner: Tannhauser – The Pilgrim’s Chorus
Kingsway Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (chorus master John Alldis / Camarata
Decca 4211762

Joe Zawinul: Walk Tall
Cannonball Adderley (Saxophone), Nat Adderley (Cornet), Joe Zawinul (piano), Victor Gaskin (Bass), Roy McCurdy (Percussion)
Trema 710381

Bach: Double Violin Concerto – Largo ma non tanto 2nd movement
Jaap Schroder and Christopher Hirons (violins)/ The Academy of Ancient Music/ Christopher Hogwood
Oiseau Lyre 4215002

Scriabin: Etudes op 8 nos 8 and 10
Langlang (piano)
Telarc SACD 60582

Debussy: Jeux
New Philharmonic Orchestra/ Pierre Boulez (director)
CBS CD42546

Maurizio Kagel: ‘Match’
Siegfried Palm/ Klaus Storck (cello)/ Christoph Caskel (percussion)
RCA 74321736492

Thalberg: Fantasia on Rossini's Moses
Francesco Nicolosi (piano)
Naxos 8555501

2 hours

Last on

Sun 12 Oct 2008 10:00

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  • Sun 12 Oct 2008 10:00