This is a list of Private Passions episodes from 2015 to 2019. It does not include repeated episodes or compilations.
2015 Date Guest Composer Title Performer4 Jan 2015Kate Gross"Kate Gross", Private Passions, 4 January 2015, BBC Radio 3Traditional musicSonaWolfgang Amadeus MozartThe Magic Flute: OvertureLeonard Bernstein"Tonight" (from West Side Story)Antonín Dvořák"Songs my Mother taught me (Gypsy Songs)Franz SchubertPiano Sonata in B-flat major, D 960 (2nd movement: Andante)Hubert Parry"Dear Lord and Father of Mankind" ("Repton")18 Jan 2015Paul CartledgeGioachino Rossini"Medaglie incomparabili" (Il viaggio a Reims)SchubertString Quintet in C, D 956 (2nd movement: Adagio)Igor StravinskyPrologue (Apollo)Bob Dylan"Masters of War"Johann Sebastian BachCourante (Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010)Johannes Brahms"Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras" (Ein Deutsches Requiem)Ancient Greek traditional music1st Delphic Hymn to ApolloMozart"Ruhe sanft" (Zaide)25 Jan 2015Henrietta Bowden-JonesTraditional music"Roving Gambler"Antonín Dvořák"Song to the Moon" (Rusalka)Mozart"Donne mie la fate a tanti" (Così fan tutte)Mozart"Madamina, il catalogo è questo" (Don Giovanni)Hubert Parry"Jerusalem"Henry Purcell"Thy Hand Belinda... When I am laid in earth" (Dido and Aeneas)Reynaldo Hahn"La Barcheta" (No. 2 from Venezia)8 Feb 2015Nicky ClaytonOlivier Messiaen"Le Rousserolle effarvatte" (No. 7 from Catalogue d'oiseaux)Ottorino Respighi"The Birth of Venus" (3rd movement from [Botticelli Triptych])Astor Piazzolla"Milonga del Angel"Julian AndersonComedy of Change (section V)Leoš Janáček"Death of Ostap" (2nd movement from Taras Bulba)Anton BrucknerSymphony No. 9 in D minor (1st movement: Allegro)Maurice Ravel"Le Gibet" (2nd movement from Gaspard de la nuit)22 Feb 2015Ben OkriGeorge Frideric Handel"Eternal Source of Light Divine" (from Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne)Abdullah Ibrahim"Mannenberg"Harper Simon"Wishes and Stars"Mozart"Laudate Dominum" (Vesperae solennes de confessore)Miles Davis"Blue in Green"BeethovenSymphony No. 6 ("Pastoral") (2nd movement: Andante, 'By the Brook')Richard WagnerEntry of the gods into Valhalla (Das Rheingold)Johann PachelbelCanon in G8 Mar 2015Anna MeredithAnna Meredith"Connect it"Richard AyresIn the Alps (Scene 4: The Bobli Dance)Owen Pallett"I am not afraid"Björk"Unison"Emily HallSonnet (to words by Toby Litt)Gustav HolstSuite No. 2 in F (1st movement: March)John Wilbye"Draw on sweet night"Jean SibeliusSymphony No. 5 (3rd movement: Allegro molto)15 Mar 2015Andy McNabVerdi"Sempre Libera" (La Traviata)Puccini"Nessun dorma" (Turandot)Genesis"Los Endos" (A Trick of the Tail)Plainchant"Crux fidelis"Clannad"Theme from Harry's Game"Handel"The People that walked in darkness...For unto us a child is born" (from Messiah)WagnerDie Walküre (Ride of the Valkyries)22 Mar 2015Robert CohanSergei ProkofievSymphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 (Classical) (1st movement: Allegro)BachChaconne from Partita for Violin No. 2 in D minorEleanor AlbergaLingua FrancaJon KeliehorClassAntonio VivaldiStabat MaterAlan HovhanessTzaikerk (Evening Song)Edward ElgarSospiriBarry GuyLysandra5 Apr 2015Lucy WinkettSister Wynona Carr"I Want to go to Heaven and Rest"Orlando Gibbons"O Clap Your Hands"Messiaen"Vocalise, pour l'ange qui annonce la fin du temps" (2nd movement from Quatuor pour le fin du temps)BachSanctus (Mass in B minor)Traditional music"Were you there when they crucified my Lord?"Sergei RachmaninoffPiano Concerto No. 2 in C minor (1st movement: Moderato)Richard Strauss"Marie Theres'!.... Hab' mir's gelobt" (Der Rosenkavalier)12 Apr 2015Jane HawkingBrahmsEin Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 ("Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen")BachBrandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D majorTchaikovskySwan Lake (act 2: Overture)BeethovenSymphony No. 7 in A major (3rd movement: Presto)MozartClarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622 (1st movement: Allegro)SchubertDie Forelle (The Trout)Frédéric ChopinPiano Concerto No. 2 in F minor (2nd movement: Larghetto)3 May 2015Tim RiceFelix MendelssohnA Midsummer Night's Dream: OvertureFrederick Loewe"You Did It" (My Fair Lady)Malcolm ArnoldPeterlooTim Rice"That's My Story"Ralph Vaughan WilliamsA London Symphony (3rd movement: Scherzo)Traditional English"The Plough Boy"Jacques Offenbach"Ah, que j'aime les militaires" (La Grande-Duchesse de Gerolstein)Jean SibeliusThe Swan of Tuonela17 May 2015Iqbal KhanWagnerDer fliegende Hollander (Wie aus der Ferne)Verdi"La Forza del Destino" (La Vergine degli angeli)Mozart"Don Giovanni, a cenar teco" (Don Giovanni)Nitin SawhneyThe ConferenceBrittenWar Requiem (Libera Me – Strange Meeting)VerdiLa Forza del Destino (act 2, finale)Jacques IbertChanson de la mort de Don QuichotteMahlerSymphony No. 2 (Resurrection) (5th movement, excerpt)31 May 2015Alan MosesHandel"Oh Lord, Whose Mercies Numberless" (from Saul)Gaetano Donizetti"Quando, rapito in estasi" (Lucia di Lammermoor)Harrison Birtwistle"Dinah and Nick's Love Song"BeethovenString Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 130 (5th movement: Cavatina)Georges Brassens"Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux"7 Jun 2015Christopher Le BrunWagner"Good Friday Music" (Parsifal, act 3)Francis Poulenc"La Souris"Francis Poulenc"Fleurs" (Fiançailles pour rire)Cole Porter"Night and Day"Arnold SchoenbergGurrelieder (Prelude)William WaltonViola Concerto (1st movement)Edvard Grieg"Nocturne" (Lyric Pieces, Op. 62, No. 4)DebussyPelléas et Mélisande (act 1, scene 1)14 Jun 2015Jung ChangRichard Rodgers"Blue Moon"何占豪Butterfly Lovers' ConcertoTraditional music"Plum Blossom"HandelSymphony; "Comfort ye, my people" (from Messiah)Traditional music"Wild Geese on the Sandbank"Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni"Adagio in G minor"21 Jun 2015Alison GoldfrappEnnio Morricone"Un altro mare" (Vergogna schifosi)Goldfrapp"Utopia" (Felt Mountain)Traditional music"Pilentzee Pee"Astor Piazzolla"Balda para mi muerte"MahlerSymphony No. 5 (4th movement: Adagietto)György LigetiAtmosphèresRichard Strauss"Frühling" (Four Last Songs)Steve Reich"Pulses" (Music for 18 Musicians)28 Jun 2015Rachel NicholsonJohn AdamsShort Ride in a Fast MachinePriaulx RainierCycle for DeclamationMozart"Sull'aria ... che soave zeffiretto" (The Marriage of Figaro)Handel"Lascia ch'io pianga" (from Rinaldo)SchubertDes Müllers Blumen (Die schöne Müllerin)Domenico ScarlattiSonata in F minor, Kk519HaydnTrumpet Concerto in E-flat major (Finale: Allegro)BachMass in B minor, BWV 232 (Gloria)12 Jul 2015Henry MarshAli Farka Touré"Soukora"Domenico ScarlattiSonata in C-sharp minor, Kk247BeethovenString Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 130 (2nd movement: Presto)Mozart"Tamino mein! O welch ein Glück!" (The Magic Flute)Bach"So ist mein Jesus nun gefangen" (St Matthew Passion)Sergei ProkofievPiano Concerto No. 1, Op. 10 (excerpt)Béla BartókString Quartet No. 3 (Coda: Allegro Molto)19 Jul 2015Mona SiddiquiLisztLiebestraum No. 3 in A-flatMahlerSymphony No. 5 (4th movement: Adagietto)Puccini"Un bel di, vedremo" (Madam Butterfly)Mehdi Hassan"Rafta rafta voh meri hasti ka"TchaikovskyPiano Concerto No. 1 (1st movement: Allegro)John WilliamsRemembrances (Schindler's List)2 Aug 2015John LahrMozartSymphony No. 41 in C major (Jupiter) K. 551 (4th movement: Molto Allegro)Jimmy Van Heusen"Darn That Dream"Noël Coward"Why do the Wrong People Travel"SchubertGute Nacht (Winterreise)Charlie Foxx"Mockingbird"Leonard BernsteinCandide: OvertureJule Styne"Catch our act at the Met" (Two on the Aisle)9 Aug 2015Faramerz DabhoiwalaBachConcerto in D minor for 2 violins, BWV 1043 (1st movement: Vivace)Cristóbal de Morales"Parce mihi Domine"Nina Simone"Mississippi Goddam"Henry Purcell"When I am Laid in Earth" (Dido and Aeneas)Philip GlassLa Belle et La Bete: OuvertureBachCantata Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140: "Wachet auf" (opening chorus)SchubertPiano Sonata in A, D959 (2nd movement: Andantino)30 Aug 2015Jancis RobinsonTraditional music"A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go"TchaikovskyEugene Onegin (Overture and opening)MozartHorn Concerto No. 1 in D major, K. 412 (1st movement: Allegro)Keith JarrettSolo Concert: Bremen, 12 July 1973Mozart"Finch'han dal vino" (Don Giovanni)Traditional music"Cherry Tree Carol"Handel"Con rauco mormorio" (from Rodelinda)4 Oct 2015Athene DonaldLili BoulangerPsalm 130 (Du fond de l'abime)Leoš JanáčekString Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters" (2nd movement: Adagio)Thomas Tomkins"When David Heard"BachBrandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major, BWV 1051 (1st movement)Brahms"Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras" (Ein Deutsches Requiem)Antonín DvořákPiano Quintet in A major, Op. 81 (3rd movement: Scherzo)MozartSinfonia Concertante in E-flat major, K. 364 (1st movement: Allegro maestoso)
2016