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27/01/2015

Jamie MacDougall explores the heroes, heroines and villains of classical music.

Indiana Jones, The Queen of Sheba, the Valkyries, a mouse king, Matilda and a murdering nobleman all feature on tonight's programme as Jamie looks at the heroes, heroines and villains of the music world. Stephen Broad, Head of Research at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland also introduces the first in a series on the 成人快手 Ten Pieces; tonight it's Mars from Holst's Planets Suite.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Tue 27 Jan 2015 20:05

Music Played

  • Richard Strauss

    Der Held from Ein Heldenleben

    Performer: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Pictures at an Exhibition, The Hut on Fowls Legs

    Performer: Ll欧r Williams.
  • Richard Wagner

    The Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walk眉re)

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Z眉rich. Conductor: David Zinman.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Praeludium and Allegro

    Performer: Joshua Bell and Paul Coker.
  • Geroge McIllwham

    Tam O'Shanter

    Performer: Geroge McIllwham, Bill McCue and The Bearsden Burgh Choir. Conductor: Renton Thomson.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Aida , Triumphal March and Ballet

    Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker, Battle With The Mouse King

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
  • Carlo Gesualdo

    Maria, Mater gratiae

    Performer: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Prelude and Dance of the Firebird, Variations and Pantomime

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Eroica from Symphony No 3 in E flat Op.55

    Performer: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
  • Aaron Copland

    Fanfare For The Common Man For Brass and Percussion

    Performer: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
  • Tim Minchin

    Naughty from Matilda the Musical

    Performer: Original London Cast.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Don Giovanni, A Cenar Teco

    Performer: Umberto Chiummo, Bo Skovhus and Alessandro Corbelli, Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
  • Gustav Holst

    Planets Suite, Mars

    Performer: Hall茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
  • John Williams

    Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom End Credits

    Performer: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Bateman.
  • Giuseppe Tartini

    Sonata in G minor, Op. 1 No 4, The Devil聮s Trill

    Performer: Palladian Ensemble.
  • Stephen Sondheim

    Worst Pies In London

    Performer: Helena Bonham Carter.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Solomon, The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
  • Franz Schubert

    der Leiermann from Winterreise

    Performer: Ian Bostridge and Leif Ove Andsnes.
  • Robert Schumann

    3rd movement from Marchenbilder

    Performer: Nash Ensemble.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Montagues and Capulets from Romeo and Juliet

    Performer: St Petersburg Philharmonic. Conductor: Yuri Temirkanov.

Broadcast

  • Tue 27 Jan 2015 20:05