The Joy of Classical Music

• Ep 132 - Part 1 Nothing but Douglas Lilburn

  Following in the footsteps of Episode 126 - The Cambridge Summer School of Music, Episode 132 is all about that episodes central figure, Douglas Lilburn. In this episode we explore something of Lilburn’s legacy but mostly we’ll be listening to a selection his of music from the 1930s, 40s and 50, works that demonstrate something of his evolution as a composer and his commitment to creating “a music of our own, a living tradition of music created in this country, a music that will satisfy those parts of our being that cannot be satisfied by the music of other nations.” Scott Bezett (baritone), Sarah Hubbard (soprano), Olivia Pike (soprano), Rhiannon Cooper (alto) and Tom McGrath (piano) perform Douglas Lilburn - The Magpies James Judd and the NZ Symphony Orchestra perform Douglas Lilburn - Forest Kenneth Young and the The NZ Symphony Orchestra perform Douglas Lilburn - Drysdale Overture John Hopkins and the NZ Symphony Orchestra perform Douglas Lilburn - A Song of Islands Ed Zuccollo performs Douglas Lilburn - Overture: Aotearoa (Synth Arrangement) Whānau London Voices perform ‘Douglas Lilburn - Flowers of the Sea' from Sings Harry

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• Ep 131 - Contemplative Japan

  This week it’s a selection of contemplative Japanese and Japanese inspired Music. Mezzo-Soprano Mika Kaneko performs Yoshinao Nakada - Cherry Blossoms Lane. Manchester Camerata performs Takashi Yoshimatsu - And Birds Are Still Tampa Bay Symphony performs Alan Hovhaness - Fantasy on Japanese Wood Prints for Xylophone & Orchestra Pacific Symphony Orchestra performs Toru Takemitsu - From Me Flows What You Call Time

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• Ep 130 - All Sorts

  This week it’s an episode of All-Sorts, a concept and theme free selection of music from all over the world and from all across the timeline. Soprano Elīna Garanča performs My Voice opens Your Heart, an aria from Act 11 of opera Samson and Delilah by Camille Saint-Saëns Alice Sara Ott performs John Field - Nocturne No. 16 in C Major Tenor Gérard Souzay Performs Claude Debussy - Beautiful Evening The Melos Ensemble of London performs Guy Ropartz ‒ Prelude, Marine and Songs The National Orchestra of Spain performs Manuel De Falla - Master Peter's Puppet Show

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• Ep 129 - Down Argentina Way

  Down Argentina Way, the title of a 1940 Hollywood Musical starring Betty Grable, Don Ameche, and Carmen Miranda or as it is in this case, a selection of music from four Argentinian composers: Ariel Ramirez, Alicia Terzián, Astor Piazzolla, and Alberto Ginastera. Ariel Ramírez - Misa Criolla - First Movement - Kyrie Grupo Encuentros perform Alicia Terzián -Tres Retratos Mercedes Sosa performs Ariel Ramírez - Alfonsina y el Mar Astor Piazzolla - Cafe 1930 - 2nd Movement from The History of Tango Aniello Desiderio performs Alberto Ginastera - Sonata for Guitar, Ariel Ramírez - Los Caudillos: 2nd Track - Artigas, el Protector Şahan Arzruni performs Alicia Terzian - Piano Toccata Mercedes Sosa performs Ariel Ramírez and Félix Luna - Juana Azurduy Ariel Ramírez - Misa Criolla - 2nd Movement: Gloria

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• Ep 128 - The Liturgical and Spiritual

  This episode of The Joy off Classical Music explores Liturgical and Spiritual music and finds a place where these two disparate styles meet. Dorothy Melton - I Want Jesus to Walk With Me. Julia Lezhneva and Philippe Jaroussky perform Giovanni Battista Pergolesi - Stabat Mater: I. Stabat mater dolorosa. The Latvian Radio Choir performs Arvo Part - Salve Regina Choir of the Sretensky Monastery perform Grigory Lvovsky’s arrangement of the Cherubic Hymn Zhihua Tang and Deborah Moriarty perform Florence Price -Three Negro Spirituals: III. Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit Cappella Nova performs Sir James MacMillan - Until the Day Breathes The Son Sonora String Quartet perform George Walker - Lyric for Strings Valeriy Antonyuk - Cantata in 5 parts with mixed choir a capella.

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