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Cosy Classics For Hygge

It’s time to find your favourite woolly jumper and get ready for some cosy classics to cheer up a cold dark night.

It’s time to find your favourite woolly jumper and get ready for some cosy classics to cheer up a cold dark night, as Jamie explores the Danish concept of Hygge and the art of enjoying life’s simple pleasures. We’ll hear nutmeg and ginger-inspired traditional early music, Bach’s cantata about coffee and Strauss conjures musical dreams by the fireside, plus Vaughan Williams’ hymn for sleep and Rachel Portman’s soundtrack for the film Chocolat.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Music Played

  • Alexander Tsfasman

    Snowflakes (Jazz Suite)

    Performer: Alexander Tsfasman. Orchestra: Grand Symphony Orchestra of All-Union National Radio Service. Conductor: Yuri Silantyev.
    • Alexander Tsfasman.
    • Melodiya.
    • 2.
  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Stillness in Snow (White Landscapes, Op. 47a)

    Performer: John Barrow. Performer: Jonathan Price. Performer: Kate Wilson. Ensemble: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Sachio Fujioka.
    • Yoshimatsu: Piano Concerto etc..
    • CHANDOS.
    • 8.
  • Anna Baadsvik

    Fantasia on 'My Heart Forever Roams'

    Performer: Øystein Baadsvik. Performer: Trondheim Symfoniorkester.
    • Snowflakes: A Classical Christmas.
    • Bis.
    • 11.
  • Anon.

    Nuttmigs and ginger

    Ensemble: The Dowland Consort. Director: Jakob Lindberg.
    • Heavenly Noyse.
    • BIS.
    • 8.
  • John Rutter

    Blow, blow, thou winter wind (When icicles hang)

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Fancies.
    • Collegium.
  • Richard Blackford

    Canticle of Winter

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Carr.
    • Pieta.
    • Nimbus Alliance.
    • 10.
  • Sven Helbig

    Bell Sound Falling Like Snow

    Ensemble: Fauré Quartett. Orchestra: MDR Sinfonieorchester. Conductor: Kristjan Järvi.
    • Helbig: Pocket Symphonies.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 9.
  • Henry Purcell

    The Frost Scene (King Arthur)

    Singer: Stephen Varcoe. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Purcell - King Arthur.
    • ERATO.
    • 18.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    "Ei! wie schmeckt der Coffee susse" (Kaffee-Kantate, BWV211)

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Director: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • J.S.Bach: Secular Cantatas BWV 210 & 211.
    • BIS.
    • 14.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Nocturne, Op 54 No 4 (Lyric Pieces)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Grieg: Lyric Pieces.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Wiliam Brade

    Ein Schottisch Tanz

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Musica Nova: The Harmony Of Nations.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 11.
  • Becki Driscoll

    Driscoll: The Knitting Reel

    Composer: Nick Wyke. Performer: Nick Wyke. Singer: Becki Driscoll.
    • Cold Light.
    • Englishfiddle.
    • 01.
  • Gordon Jacob

    Begone, Dull Care (Old Wine in New Bottles)

    Ensemble: Dana Chamber Winds. Conductor: Stephen L. Gage.
    • Old Wine in New Bottles.
    • NAXOS.
    • 4.
  • Enrique Granados

    Fandango by Candlelight

    Performer: Xiayin Wang.
    • Granados: Goyescas.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 3.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne in E flat, Op.9 No.2

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Performer: Christopher Glynn.
    • The Shepherd On The Rock.
    • Signum.
    • 012.
  • Heikki Sarmanto

    Hanget Soi (Singing Snow)

    Choir: Tapiola Childrens Choir. Conductor: Kari Ala-Pöllänen.
    • Rainbow Sounds.
    • ONDINE.
    • 002.
  • Edward Elgar

    Slumber Scene (The Wand of Youth Suite No 1)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Elgar: Orchestral Suites.
    • Capriccio.
    • 21.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Wither's Rocking Hymn

    Performer: Simon Bell. Performer: Francis Kelly. Music Arranger: Andrew Lumsden. Choir: Winchester Cathedral Choir. Director: Andrew Lumsden.
    • Christmas from Winchester: Winchester Cathedral Choir.
    • Regent.
    • 5.
  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Wie duftet's von dorten (Hansel and Gretel)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Donald Runnicles.
  • Rachel Portman

    Taste of Chocolate (Chocolat)

    Conductor: David Snell. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Chocolat - Music from the Miramax Motion Picture.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 16.
  • Zoltán Kodály

    Esti dal [Evening song]

    Choir: Pecs Chamber Choir. Conductor: Tillai Aurél.
    • Kodály: Ode For Music.
    • HUGAROTON.
    • 002.
  • Robert Schumann

    Traumerei, Op 15 No 7 (Kinderszenen)

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 14.
  • Claude Debussy

    The Snow is Dancing (Children's Corner)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Debussy: Solo Piano Music.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.
  • Traditional Swedish

    Himlen hänger stjärnsvart (The Sky Hangs Starry Black)

    Choir: Stella Chamber Choir. Conductor: Simon Phipps.
    • Julen Stjarna (Christmas Star).
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Bernhard Crusell

    Intro & Variations on a Swedish Drinking Song

    Performer: Anne-Marja Korimaa. Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 13 Dec 2020 21:00
  • Sun 31 Jan 2021 21:00