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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Petite Suite

Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps the musical landscape of one of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's most delightful works, with music for carnivals and pieces by Dvorak and Schubert along the way.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps the musical landscape of one of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's most delightful works. The Petite Suite began life as a youthful piece, inspired by the mischief and romance of the commedia dell'arte. Sara follows all the fun of the fair with the high jinks of Schumann and Stravinsky, and the doomed love of Leoncavallo's clown.

The Suite is also packed with great tunes, including nods to a humorous Dvorak and a yearning Borodin. And there's time for a family romp with Schubert too, as well as music from other great black British composers - including the Master of the King’s Music, Errollyn Wallen.

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Music Played

  • Trad.

    Deep River

    Music Arranger: Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor. Ensemble: The Kanneh‐Masons.
    • DECCA.

  • Fabritio Caroso

    Cascarda allegrezza d'Amore

    Performer: Jeremy Barlow. Ensemble: The Broadside Band.
    • HELIOS.

  • Ruggero Leoncavallo

    Pagliacci Act I: vesti la giubba

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • DECCA.

  • Robert Schumann

    Carnaval op.9: 18 Promenade

    Performer: Claudio Arrau.
    • Warner.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Pulcinella Suite I-V

    Performer: Pablo Heras‐Casado. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Humoresque no.7

    Performer: Augustin Hadelich. Performer: Charles Owen. Music Arranger: Oskar Morawetz.
    • Warner.

  • Athanasius Kircher

    Tarantella napoletana, Tono hypodorico

    Performer: Christina Pluhar. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata.
    • ALPHA.

  • Trad.

    Pizzica di San Vito

    Performer: Rhiannon Giddens. Performer: Francesco Turrisi.
    • Nonesuch.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker Act II: Divertissement - dance of the reed-flutes

    Performer: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Alexander Borodin

    Nocturne (from String Quartet no.2)

    Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber. Performer: James Judd. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Phillips.

  • Ignatius Sancho

    Minuet in G minor (from Minuets etc. Book II)

    Music Arranger: Rebecca Cypess. Ensemble: The Raritan Players.
    • Centaur.

  • Angeline Morrison

    Unknown African Boy

    Singer: Angeline Morrison.
    • The Sorrow Songs (Folk Songs of Black British Experience).
    • Topic Records.
    • 1.

  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Sussex Landscape op.27: II lento e molto tranquillo

    Performer: Roderick Cox. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra.
    • Decca.

  • Errollyn Wallen

    Concerto Grosso: I.

    Performer: Tai Murray. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Chi-Chi Nwanoku. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Parnther.
    • NMC.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 "Trout Quintet": III Scherzo

    Ensemble: The Kanneh‐Masons.
    • Decca.

  • Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor

    Petite Suite de Concert op.77

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Parnther.
    • Decca.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Anitra's Dance (Peer Gynt Suite No 1, Op 46)

    Conductor: Sakari Oramo. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
    • ERATO.

Broadcast

  • Yesterday13:30
    BBC Radio 3