Songs of the Sea

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Many early risers and night-owls will be familiar with the soothing music of BBC Radio 4’s 'Shipping Forecast'. The iconic meteorological bulletin concerning calm seas and imminent storms shapes a suitably atmospheric programme from baritone James Newby and pianist Joseph Middleton, performed at London's Wigmore Hall. Penny Gore presents. 12:31 AM Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Gruppe aus dem Tartarus, D.583 12:34 AM Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951) Meeresstille, from '12 Songs after Goethe, Op 15' 12:36 AM Granville Bantock (1868-1946) Song to the Seals 12:40 AM Cheryl Frances-Hoad (b.1980) Rita the Pirate, from 'The Thought Machine' 12:41 AM John Ireland (1879-1962) Sea Fever 12:43 AM Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Des Fischers Liebesglück, D.933 12:50 AM Charles Ives (1874-1954) From The Swimmers 12:51 AM Henri Duparc (1848-1933) L'invitation au voyage 12:56 AM Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894) L'ile heureuse 12:59 AM Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943) The Isle, Op 14 no 2 01:01 AM Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Where Corals Lie, from 'Sea Pictures, Op 37' 01:05 AM Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Der Schiffer, D.536 01:07 AM Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889-1960) Sailing Homeward 01:08 AM Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) Channel Firing, from 'Before and After Summer, Op 16' 01:15 AM Eric Coates (1886-1957) By the Sleepy Lagoon 01:18 AM Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) Drake's Drum, from 'Songs of the Sea, Op 91' 01:21 AM Kurt Weill (1900-1950) My Ship, from 'Lady in the Dark' 01:23 AM Cole Porter (1891-1964) The Tale of the Oyster, from 'Fifty Million Frenchmen' 01:26 AM Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Sail on, Sail on Works performed by James Newby (baritone), Joseph Middleton (piano) 01:29 AM Grace Williams (1906-1977) Sea Sketches Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Roy Goodman (conductor) 01:48 AM Anthony Payne (1936-2021) Of land, sea and sky for chorus and orchestra BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis (conductor) 02:16 AM Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op 60 Ronald Brautigam (fortepiano) 02:25 AM Philippe Gaubert (1879-1941) Tarantelle for flute, oboe and piano Andrea Kollé (flute), Silvia Zabarella (oboe), Alexander Boeschoten (piano) 02:31 AM Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Rinaldo Alessandrini (arr.) Goldberg Variations, BWV.988 Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord), Concerto Italiano 03:15 AM Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (c.1739-1799) Symphony in G major, Op 11 no 1 Tafelmusik Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon (conductor) 03:30 AM Benjamin Godard (1849-1895) Berceuse de Jocelyn Henry-David Varema (cello), Cornelia Lootsmann (harp) 03:36 AM Imant Raminsh (b.1943) Ave Verum Corpus Vancouver Chamber Choir, Jon Washburn (conductor) 03:42 AM Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) Pan og Syrinx (Pan and Syrinx), Op 49 Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Schønwandt (conductor) 03:51 AM Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) Trio no 2 from Essercizii Musici, for Viola da gamba, Harpsichord obligato & bc Camerata Köln, Rainer Zipperling (viola da gamba), Ghislaine Wauters (viola da gamba), Harald Hoeren (harpsichord) 04:01 AM Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Variations on 'Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman' in C major, K.265 Young-Lan Han (piano) 04:12 AM Pauline Viardot (1821-1910) Choeur des elfes Olivia Robinson (soprano), BBC Singers, Libby Burgess (piano), Grace Rossiter (conductor) 04:18 AM Richard Wagner (1813-1883) Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Arvid Engegård (conductor) 04:31 AM Antonio Soler (1729-1783) Fandango Fredrik From (violin), Benjamin Scherer Quesada (violin), Teodoro Baù (viola d'arco), Hager Hanana (cello), Joanna Boślak-Górniok (harpsichord), Dagmara Kapczyńska (harpsichord), Gwennaëlle Alibert (harpsichord), Bolette Roed (recorder), Komalé Akakpo (dulcimer) 04:38 AM Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Gestillte Sehnsucht for alto, viola and piano, Op 91 no 1 Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo soprano), Morten Carlsen (viola), Sergej Osadchuk (piano) 04:44 AM Giovanni Valentini (1582/3-1649) Fra bianchi giglie, a 7 La Capella Ducale, Musica Fiata Köln 04:54 AM Lars-Erik Larsson (1908-1986) Pastoral Suite, Op 19 (1938) CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Mario Bernardi (conductor) 05:08 AM Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Piano Sonata in E minor, H.16.34 Niklas Sivelöv (piano) 05:20 AM Frederick Jacobi (1891-1952) Fantasy for viola and piano Cathy Basrak (viola), William Koehler (piano) 05:31 AM Ernst Mielck (1877-1899) Symphony in F minor, "Fairytale" Op 4 (1897) Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ari Rasilainen (conductor) 06:13 AM Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782) Quintet no 4 in E flat for flute, oboe, violin, viola and double bass, Op 11 Les Ambassadeurs