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Blondel wind band live in session

Wind band Blondel performs live, and author Sacha Langton-Gilks discusses her new book Sing: The Power of Singing Aloud in an Increasingly Discordant World.

Blondel wind ensemble - specialised in Medieval and Renaissance repertoire - joins Petroc Trelawny in 80A to present music from the new album Cover Story, ahead of the band's upcoming UK tour (Otley Courthouse in Yorkshire on 10/09, London on 20/09, Marlborough on 26/09, Norwich on 28/09 and more). Author and campaigner Sacha Langton-Gilks is also live in studio, discussing her new book Sing: The Power of Singing Aloud in an Increasingly Discordant World, out on 10/09.

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Marriage of Figaro (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Granville Bantock

    The Sea Reivers (2 Hebridean Sea Poems)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Bantock: Celtic & Hebridean Symphonies/ The Witch of Atlas.
    • HYPERION.
    • 14.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    4 Romances, Op. 27: No. 1, Softly the Spirit Flew up to Heaven

    Performer: Lada Valešová. Singer: Natalya Romaniw.
    • Arion: Voyage of a Slavic Soul.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 101.
  • Unknown

    J'ay prise amours (I have chosen love) - three ways

    Ensemble: Blondel Wind Band.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Hungarian March (from 'The Damnation of Faust')

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 103.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2, M. 57b

    Performer: François-Xavier Poizat. Performer: Vyacheslav Gryaznov.
    • Ravel Transcriptions.
    • 貹é.
    • 104.
  • Edward Elgar

    Violin concerto in B minor, Op 61 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Johannes Bedyngham

    O rosa bella

    Composer: Conrad Paumann. Ensemble: Blondel Wind Band.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 3 in D major (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Hungaroton.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2: Prelude No. 5 in D Major, BWV 874

    Performer: Pierre‐Laurent Aimard.
    • Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2.
    • Pentatone.
    • 109.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No 1 in G minor

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Brahms - The Symphonies.
    • Decca.
    • 25.
  • Lochamer Liederbuch

    Awake, my treasure, the dawn is here

    Composer: Conrad Paumann. Music Arranger: Belinda Paul. Ensemble: Blondel Wind Band.
  • György Ligeti

    Studies - Bk.1 (Fanfares)

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 98 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Ádám Fischer.
    • Haydn: Late Symphonies, Vol. 2.
    • Naxos.
    • 11.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in B minor for 4 violins, RV 580

    Ensemble: Brecon Baroque. Director: Rachel Podger.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.
  • Gerald Finzi

    7 Poems of Robert Bridges (Partsongs), Op. 17: I. I Praise the Tender Flower

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Finzi: Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice & Other Choral Works.
    • Hyperion.
  • Maddalena Casulana

    Ridon or per le piagge; Amor per qual cagión; Io d'odorate fronde

    Ensemble: The Toronto Consort.
    • MARQUIS.
  • Georges Bizet

    Farandole (L'Arlésienne - Suite No 2)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Chandos.
  • Ferdinand Hérold

    La fille mal gardée, Act 2: No. 29, Pas de deux

    Music Arranger: John Lanchbery. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • Hérold, Lanchbery: La fille mal gardée.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 22.
  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 44: III. Scherzo. Molto vivace

    Performer: Christophe Gaugué. Performer: Catherine Montier. Ensemble: Trio Wanderer.
    • Robert Schumann: Complete Piano Trios, Quartet & Quintet.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 107.
  • Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin

    Sinfonietta for Piano 4-Hands (Overture)

    Performer: Frank Dupree. Performer: Adrian Brendle.
    • Kapustin: Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 72, Concerto for 2 Pianos & Percussion, Op..
    • CapriccioNR.
    • 1.

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