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Winter: Four Seasons in One Day

Katie Derham marks the 300th anniversary of Vivaldi's Four Seasons with a playlist of winter delights including a recording of Winter by Rachel Podger.

Katie Derham marks the 300th anniversary of Vivaldi's Four Seasons with a playlist of wintry delights including a recording of Winter by Rachel Podger.

Composer Joanna Forbes L'Estrange has reimagined the Four Seasons for voices, and brings a choir to the studio in a perform some of it, including a movement from Winter.

Plus, writer Martin Weitz tells us about his new play, 'The Secret Life of Vivaldi', which is being performed in Bristol.

CountryFile presenter John Craven tells us about one of his favourite winter sounds of Britain - the mating call of the red fox.

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Thu 20 Mar 2025 17:00
蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Lieutenant Kije - suite for orchestra, with baritone ad lib. (Op.60), Troika

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky Cantata, Lieutenant Kije Suite: Previn, LA Phil.
    • Telarc.
    • 11.

  • Claude Debussy

    Children's Corner; IV. The Snow is Dancing

    Performer: Seong-Jin Cho.
    • Debussy.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 10.

  • Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht

    Concerto for Lute in C Major: I. Allegro con brio

    Performer: Miguel Rinc贸n. Orchestra: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro.
    • Concertos for Baroque Lute (Fasch, Hagen, Kohaut, Kleinknecht).
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.
    • 107.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    WINTER - Cosy Indoors (while outside it pours)

    Performer: Joanna Forbes. Performer: Sara Davey. Performer: Sarah Eyden. Performer: Wendy Nieper. Performer: Freya Parry. Performer: Alexander L鈥橢strange. Music Arranger: Joanna Forbes.

  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    The Cunning Little Vixen (Act 1 Prelude: How Sharp-Ears was caught)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Alexandre Desplat

    Mr Fox in the Fields

    Conductor: Alexandre Desplat.
    • Fantastic Mr. Fox (Original Soundtrack).
    • Abaco Records.
    • 3.

  • Henry Purcell

    What power art thou (King Arthur Z.628)

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

  • 脡mile Waldteufel

    Les Patineurs

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Entry of the Gladiators.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 3.

  • Joanna Forbes

    The Waterbrooks

    Composer: Alexander L鈥橢strange. Ensemble: The Wellspring Singers. Choir: Children from Somerset primary schools. Ensemble: The Call Me Al Quintet.
    • L'Estrange Music.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    SPRING - Welcome Spring

    Performer: Joanna Forbes. Performer: Sara Davey. Performer: Sarah Eyden. Performer: Wendy Nieper. Performer: Freya Parry. Performer: Alexander L鈥橢strange. Music Arranger: Joanna Forbes.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    SUMMER - Sing Cuccu!

    Performer: Joanna Forbes. Performer: Sara Davey. Performer: Sarah Eyden. Performer: Wendy Nieper. Performer: Freya Parry. Performer: Alexander L鈥橢strange. Music Arranger: Joanna Forbes.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Scene and Waltz of the Snowflakes (The Nutcracker)

    Choir: New London Children鈥檚 Choir. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 10.

  • Frank Bridge

    Sir Roger de Coverley - Christmas Dance

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Bridge: Orchestral Works Vol. 3: Shelley / 蜜芽传媒 NOW / Hickox.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.

  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    White Landscapes, Op. 47a; (2nd mvt)

    Performer: John Barrow. Performer: Jonathan Price. Performer: Kate Wilson. Ensemble: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Sachio Fujioka.

  • Elton John

    Your Song

    • Elton John.
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 1.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in A minor, RV 357 3rd mvt Allegro

    Performer: Fabio Biondi. Ensemble: Europa Galante. Director: Fabio Biondi.
    • Vivaldi: La Stravaganza: Fabio Biondi/Europa Galante.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 7-9.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Stabat mater, RV 621

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Ensemble: Ensemble 415. Director: Chiara Banchini.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Gloria in D Major RV 589: i) Gloria in excelsis

    Choir: Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera. Orchestra: I Barocchisti. Conductor: Diego Fasolis.
    • Decca.

  • Maurice Jarre

    Lara's Theme (Doctor Zhivago)

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Bateman.
    • SILVA SCREEN RECORDS.

  • Franz Schubert

    Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911 (Sung in English): No. 13. The Post

    Performer: Christopher Glynn. Singer: Roderick Williams.
    • Schubert: Winter Journey.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 13.

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