Join Martin Clarke and Heather Harrison from 10am on wycombesound.org.uk  

playing some outstanding classical music to make it the perfect soundtrack to your Sunday morning

 

 

Brahms: Hungarian Dance No 5 in G minor Allegro – one of 21 dances composed after meeting famous gypsy violinist Eduard Remenyi

Vivaldi: Concerto in D major for Four Guitars 1st movement Allegro – originally composed for the lute

Schumann: Symphony No 4 in D minor 2nd movement Allegro – from the German Romantic composer who lived between 1810 and 1856

Shostakovich: Jazz Suite No 2 Waltz 2 – famously used in the 1999 Stanley Kubrick film Eyes Wide Shut; listen to the swaying saxophone at the start

Interview with Martin Smith, violinist and conductor for Hertfordshire Philharmonia

Elgar: Enigma Variations GRS – hear Martin tell the story of why Elgar wrote this variation

Elgar: Enigma Variations Nimrod – another of the 14 variations; this moving piece is the most popular

Interview with Angela Crispe, clarinettist and solo saxophonist for Hertfordshire Philharmonia

Binge: Concerto for Alto Saxophone 2nd and 3rd movement – one of the few concerti composed for this instrument

Handel: Water Music Suite No 1 in F A tempo di minuetto – written for King George 1’s water party on the River Thames in July 1771

 

 

 

COFFEE BREAK Three pieces composed for this beautiful single reed instrument

Weber: Clarinet Concerto No.2 2nd movement Romance andante

Crusell: Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in F minor 2nd movement Andante pastorale

Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A 2nd movement Larghetto

 

Mendelssohn: Symphony No 5 in D major Reformation 2nd movement Allegro vivace – written for a major religious event

Tchaikovsky: The Seasons October Autumn Song – listen to our customary seasonal offering accompanied by October’s piece from the book Everyday Nature

Rachmaninoff: Piano concerto No.2 1st movement sostentuto moderato – after the criticism of his first piano concerto, Rachmaninoff was unable to compose for 3 years and then … this masterpiece

Schubert: Symphony No.2 in B flat major 2nd movement Andante – featuring a theme and variations starting with the strings

Sibelius: Finlandia – a patriotic tone poem from 1899 which became a powerful symbol of Finnish identity

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