Episode synopsis
(10/10) Summer Nights: We look at how composers have reacted to summer, and more specifically to summer evenings and nights.
First aired: 7pm-9pm, Sunday 27th June 2021
Tracklist
| Track | Artist | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Glinka: Summer Night in Madrid | London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski | 19:04 |
| Alwyn: Midsummer Night | Kate Royal, Orchestra of English National Opera, Edward Gardner | 19:15 |
| Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op 61 – VIII. Nocturne. Con moto tranquillo | London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Eliot Gardiner | 19:19 |
| Samuel de Lange Jr.: Fünf Gesänge, Op. 31 – Sommernacht | Wiard Witholt, Laura de Lange | 19:26 |
| de Falla: Noches en los jardines de España – En el Generalife | Josep Colom, Orquesta Ciudad de Granada, Josep Pons | 19:30 |
| Brahms: Sommerabend, Op 85 No 1 | Matthias Goerne, Christoph Eschenbach | 19:41 |
| Coates: By the Sleepy Lagoon | Stephen Hough | 19:48 |
| Gershwin: Summertime | Claron McFadden, Anima Eterna Brugge, Jos van Immerseel | 19:56 |
| Seymer: Summer sketches, Op 11 – No 3: ‘Sun-eye’ | Stephen Hough | 20:02 |
| Quilter: Love Calls Through the Summer Night | Carolyn Sampson, Iestyn Davies, Joseph Middleton | 20:06 |
| Delius: Summer Evening | English Symphony Orchestra, William Boughton | 20:12 |
| Debussy: Six épigraphes antiques, L139 – I. Pour invoquer Pan, dieu du vent d’été | Steven Osborne, Paul Lewis | 20:19 |
| Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie – VI. Jardin du sommeil d’amour | Takashi Harada, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly | 20:21 |
| Schubert: Die Sommernacht, D289 | Sarah Walker, Graham Johnson | 20:33 |
| Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (recomposed by Max Richter) – Summer | Daniel Hope, Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin, André de Ridder | 20:43 |
Episode credits
| Presenter / Producer | Isaac Lowe |
| Presenter / Executive Producer | David Hemingway |
| Presenter / Executive Teaboy | Keoni D’Souza |
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