__TOC__ This is a list of Private Passions episodes from 2020 to present. It does not include repeated episodes or compilations.
2020 Date Guest Composer Title Performer / Label5 Jan 2020Carlo RovelliLudwig van BeethovenBenedictus (Missa Solemnis)Orchestra: New York Philharmonic, conductor: Bruno WalterAntonio VivaldiViolin Concerto in B-flat major, Rv. 583Performer: , orchestra: I Solisti Veneti, conductor: Claudio ScimoneArvo PärtFür AlinaPerformer: Jeroen van VeenWolfgang Amadeus Mozart"Dies Irae" (Requiem)Choir: Choir of New College Oxford, orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conductor: Edward HigginbottomPhilip Glass"Knee Play 5" (Einstein on the Beach)Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble, conductor: Michael RiesmanFranz SchubertPiano Trio No. 2 in E-flat major (2nd movement: Andante)Ensemble: Beaux Arts TrioJohann Sebastian Bach"Wir eilen mit schwachen" (Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78)Singers: Julianne Baird (soprano), Allan Fast (countertenor), ensemble: Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, conductor: Joshua Rifkin12 Jan 2020Helen CammockBarbara Strozzi"Che si puo fare"Performers: Leonardo García Alarcón, , ensemble: Cappella MediterraneaTraditional DanishSekstur from Vendsyssel/The Peat DanceEnsemble: Danish String QuartetFrancesca CacciniCiaconnaEnsemble: Cappella di Santa Maria degli Angiolini, conductor: Gian Luca Lastraioli.J. S. BachGoldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Aria & Variations 1 & 2)Performer: Glenn GouldHenry Purcell"Thy hand Belinda... When I am laid in earth" (from Dido and Aeneas)Singer: Jessye NormanDmitri ShostakovichCello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major (1st movement: Allegretto)Performer: Truls Mørk, orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic, conductor: Vasily PetrenkoNina Simone"African Mailman"Performer: Nina Simone19 Jan 2020William SieghartW. A. MozartPiano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat major, K. 456 (2nd movement: Andante un poco sostenuto)Performer: Imogen Cooper, orchestra: Northern Sinfonia of EnglandSchubert"Ständchen" (No. 4 of Schwanengesang)Performer: Lise de la Salle. Music arranger: Franz LisztJ. S. BachConcerto for Two Violins in D minor (1st movement: Allegro)Violins: Isabelle Faust, , Akademie für Alte Musik BerlinClaude Debussy"Clair de lune"Performer: Paul CrossleyThe Skatalites"Swing Easy"Ensemble: The SkatalitesFelix MendelssohnSong without Words, Op. 30, No. 6Performer: Murray Perahia2 Feb 2020James ThorntonJean SibeliusViolin Concerto in D minor (3rd movement: Allegro)Performer: Jascha Heifetz. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Walter Hendl.W. A. Mozart"Der Hölle Rache" (from The Magic Flute, Act 2)Singer: Lucia Popp. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Otto Klemperer.Brian Eno"Just Another Day"Performer: Brian Eno.J. S. BachGottes Zeit ist die allerbeste ZeitPianos: György Kurtág, Márta Kurtág. Music arranger: György KurtágBéla Bartók"Sebes (Fast Dance)" (Contrasts, 3rd movement)Performer: Benny Goodman. Performer: Joseph Szigeti. Performer: Béla Bartók.Lou Harrison"La Koro Sutro" (excerpt)Choir: Chamber Chorus of University of California, Berkeley. Ensemble: American Gamelan Ensemble. Conductor: Philip Brett.9 Feb 2020Ann WroeSchubertPiano Sonata in C minor, D 958 (4th movement: Allegro)Performer: Alfred BrendelWilliam WaltonSymphony No. 1 (1st movement: Allegro assai)Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North. Conductor: Paul Daniel.Jacques Brel"Les Remparts de Varsovie"Performer: Jacques Brel.Frank BridgeThe Sea (3rd movement: Moonlight)Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.Jonathan Dove"Seek Him that maketh the seven stars"Choir: Choir of St John's College, Cambridge. Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha.Ralph Vaughan Williams"The Roadside Fire" (Songs of Travel)Performer: Viola Tunnard. Singer: John Shirley-Quirk.Maurice RavelRigaudon (Le Tombeau de Couperin)Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François-Xavier Roth.16 Feb 2020Jonathan AitkenGeorge Frideric Handel"Ev'ry Valley" (Messiah)Singer: Richard Lewis. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Sargent.Traditional Irish"The Garden Where the Praties Grow"Performer: John McCormack.Benjamin Britten"Sammy's bath" (The little sweep)Orchestra: English Opera Group. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.Richard WagnerEntry of the Gods into Valhalla (Das Rheingold)Singer: Iain Paterson. Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.Beethoven"O welche Lust" (Fidelio)Choir: Arnold Schoenberg Chor. Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.Joseph Barnby"Psalm 24"Performer: Andrew Lumsden. Choir: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Conductor: Martin NearyArthur Sullivan"When I was a lad" (H.M.S. Pinafore)Performer: John Reed. Orchestra: D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Isidore Godfrey.Handel"All we like sheep" (Messiah)Singer: Emma Kirkby. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.23 Feb 2020Chibundu OnuzoChristian PetzoldMinuet in GPerformer: Lang Lang.Handel"Hallelujah Chorus" (Messiah)Orchestra: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: David Temple. Choir: Crouch End Festival Chorus.Traditional music"I Wonder as I Wander"Singer: Gerald Finley. Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.Antonín DvořákSymphony No. 9 in E minor (From the New World) (2nd movement: Largo)Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra, conductor: Kevin John EduseiFela Kuti"Water no get enemy"Performer: Fela Kuti.Walter Donaldson"My Baby Just Cares for Me"Lyricist: Gus Kahn. Performer: Nina Simone.Ken Okeke"The Lord is my Shepherd" (Psalm 23)Performer: Chibundu Onuzo.1 Mar 2020Piers GoughWilliam Walton"The Writing on the Wall" (Belshazzar's Feast)Conductor: William Walton. Singer: Dennis Noble. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.Claudio Monteverdi"Pur ti miro" (L'incoronazione di Poppea)Singer: Roberta Invernizzi. Singer: Sonia Prina. Ensemble: Claudiana Ensemble. Conductor: Luca Pianca.Orlando GoughPerils of TourismEnsemble: Man JumpingHandelEndless pleasure, endless love (Semele)Singer: Rosemary Joshua. Orchestra: Early Opera Company. Conductor: Christian Curnyn.Truckstop HoneymoonTruckstop HoneymoonEnsemble: Truckstop Honeymoon.RavelDaphnis and ChloeOrchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Dutoit.Paulo Vinicius"Blue in the flame"km_ Tanya Wells. Ensemble: Seven Eyes.15 Mar 2020Isabel AllendeW. A. MozartFlute Concerto No. 1 in G major (2nd movement: Adagio)Performer: Jean-Pierre Rampal, orchestra: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Zubin MehtaVíctor Jara"Te Recuerdo Amanda"Singer: Víctor Jara.Tomaso Giovanni AlbinoniOboe Concerto in D minor, Op. 9, No. 2 (2nd movement: Adagio)Performer: Anthony Camden. Orchestra: London Virtuosi. Conductor: John Georgiadis.Traditional music"Si me quieres escribir"Performer: Rolando Alarcón.Vivaldi"Spring" (The Four Seasons)Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.Gonzalo Roig"Quiereme Mucho"Singer: Plácido Domingo.Violeta Parra"Gracias a la vida"Performer: Mercedes Sosa.22 Mar 2020Stephen SchwartzLeonard Bernstein"World without end" (Mass)Performer: Mary Bracken Phillips. Performer: Leonard Bernstein.BeethovenSonata in C-sharp minor (Moonlight) (1st movement: Adagio)Performer: Jonathan BissJ. S. BachBrandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major (3rd movement: Allegro)Orchestra: Marlboro Festival Orchestra, conductor: Pau CasalsAaron CoplandAppalachian Spring (excerpt)Orchestra: New York Philharmonic, conductor: Leonard BernsteinCarl Orff"O Fortuna" (Carmina Burana)Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Choir: Atlanta Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Donald Runnicles.Stephen Schwartz"No One Mourns the Wicked" (Wicked)Performer: Cristy Candler. Performer: Kristin Chenoweth. Performer: Jan Neuberger. Performer: Sean McCourt.RachmaninovPrelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3, No. 2Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.Giacomo Puccini"Chi il ben sogno di Doretta" (La rondine)Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra, conductor: Jeffrey Tate, singer: Renée Fleming5 Apr 2020Jools HollandJ. S. BachPrelude in B minor (No. 24 from The Well-Tempered Clavier, book 1)Performer: Edwin FischerJ. S. BachPrelude in B-flat minor (No. 22 from The Well-Tempered Clavier, book 1)Performer: Friedrich GuldaJean-Paul-Égide Martini"Plaisir d'amour"Performer: Tito Schipa.Richard StraussArabella (excerpt)Singer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. Singer: Josef Metternich. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Lovro von Matačić.Edwin T. AstleyThe World Ten Times OverPerformer: Edwin T. Astley.Felix MendelssohnGreeting, Op. 63, No. 3Performer: Gerald Moore. Singer: Kathleen Ferrier. Singer: Isobel Baillie.Olivier Messiaen"Regard du Pere" (Vingt Regards sur l'enfant-Jésus)Performer: Yvonne Loriod.Wagner"Pilgrim's Chorus" (Tannhauser)Performer: Donald Lambert. Music arranger: Donald Lambert.12 Apr 2020Chris WatsonÁnde SombyGadni – Spirit of the MountainJean SibeliusTapiolaOrchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.Hildur GuðnadóttirFolk faer andlitPierre SchaefferEtude aux Chemins de FerBrittenCello Suite No. 2 (5th movement: Chaconne)Performer: Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich.Adrian Corker"I have the package"Claire M SingerSolas26 Apr 2020John DysonBeethovenPiano Concerto No. 1 in C major (1st movement: Allegro con brio)Performer: Géza Anda. Orchestra: Salzburg Camerata.Leonard BernsteinChichester Psalms (1st movement, excerpt)Orchestra: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Choir: Vienna Youth Choir. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.SchubertFantasia in F minor, D 940Performers: Paul Badura-Skoda, Jörg DemusJ. S. BachGoldberg Variations (opening)Performer: Sir András SchiffVerdiOtello (act 1, finale)Singers: Margaret Price, Carlo Cossutta, orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic, conductor: Georg SoltiRichard Strauss"Im Abendrot" (Four Last Songs)Singer: Karita Mattila. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.John Lennon and Paul McCartney"Hey Jude"Ensemble: The Beatles.10 May 2020Andrew O'HaganJules Massenet"Meditation" (Thais)Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.Trad."Ca' the Yowes"Music arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams. Singer: Ian Partridge. Choir: London Madrigal Singers. Conductor: Christopher Bishop.Edward ElgarSospiriOrchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Barbirolli.John FieldNocturne No. 9 in E-flat majorPerformer: Micheál O'Rourke.June ChristySomething CoolFrank Bridge"Music, When Soft Voices Die"Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.Ludwig van Beethoven"Mir ist so wunderbar" (Fidelio)Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.24 May 2020Brian GreeneJohannes BrahmsRhapsody in G minor, Op. 79, No. 2Performer: Radu Lupu.Cappy Barra Boys Harmonica QuartetRockin' in the RockiesLudwig van BeethovenSymphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 (2nd movement: Allegretto)Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Joshua BellJ. S. BachChaconne in D minor (from Partita for Violin No. 2)Performer: Joshua Bell, music arranger: Felix Mendelssohn, orchestrator: Julian Milone, orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the FieldsJeff Beal"Light Falls"J. S. BachGoldberg Variations (Variation No. 25)Performer: Glenn GouldPhilip GlassIcarus at the Edge of TimeOrchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke's. Conductor: Brad Lubman.Alan Greene"Sometimes it's Good to Cry"Performer: Roberta Cooper. Performer: Carmel Lowenthal.31 May 2020Patricia WiltshireFrédéric ChopinBerceuse in D-flat major, Op. 57Performer: Arthur Rubinstein.Joseph Parry"Myfanwy"Choir: Treorchy Male Voice Choir.Alphonse HasselmansLa SourcePerformer: Judy Loman.J. S. BachBrandenburg Concerto No. 4 (1st movement: Allegro)Performer: Wendy Carlos. Music arranger: Wendy CarlosAram KhachaturianAdagio for Spartacus and Phrygia (Spartacus)Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Aram Khachaturian.Traditional Spanish"Dame un Poquito de Agua"Performer: Paco de Lucía. Singer: Camarón de la Isla.W. A. Mozart"Voi che sapete" (from The Marriage of Figaro)Singer: Cecilia Bartoli14 Jun 2020Peter StanfordHildegard von BingenO