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A journey to Notre-Dame

Venture to Paris with Sara Mohr-Pietsch as Music Map marks the re-opening of Notre-Dame....with Widor's famous Toccata for organ as its focus.

This week's Music Map takes its inspiration from the reopening of the Notre Dame cathedral.

Join your sonic travel guide Sara Mohr-Pietsch as she takes a musical voyage extraordinaire to the organ Toccata by French composer Charles-Marie Widor, who first played the original Notre Dame organ back in 1868.

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1 hour, 29 minutes

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

    Performer: Lucie Horsch. Conductor: Bojan Čičić. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music.
    • Baroque Journey.
    • Decca.
  • Richard Wagner

    Lohengrin: Bridal Chorus

    Choir: Vilumanis Choir Latvija. Orchestra: Latvian State Symphony Orchestra.
    • 50 Most Essential Classical Pieces (Volume 1).
    • Denon.
  • Maria Theresia von Paradis

    Sicilienne

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Orchestra: Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Christopher Warren‐Green.
    • The Royal Wedding - The Official Album.
    • Decca.
  • Frederick Loewe

    Get Me To The Church On Time

    Lyricist: Alan Jay Lerner. Singer: Bing Crosby.
    • My Fair Lady.
    • Barajazz.
  • Louis Vierne

    Organ Suite no.3: Carillon de Westminster

    Performer: Olivier Latry.
    • Titulaire Des Grandes Orgues De Notre-Dame De Paris "12 Des Plus Belles Pages De.
    • BNL.
  • Charles‐Marie Widor

    Organ Symphony no.5: Toccata

    Performer: Pierre Cochereau.
    • UMP.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    L'Orfeo: Toccata

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • L'Orfeo.
    • Alia Vox.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Toccata

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • DG.
  • Léon Boëllmann

    Suite Gothique: Toccata

    Performer: Marie‐Claire Alain.
    • Warner.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata and Fugue in D minor

    Music Arranger: Leopold Stokowski. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: José Serebrier.
    • Naxos.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Für Elise-Batiste

    Music Arranger: Jon Batiste.
    • Beethoven Blues.
    • Verve Records/Interscope.
  • Antonio Lotti

    8 Part Crucifixus

    Ensemble: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Allegri Miserere.
    • Signum Classics.
  • Florence Price

    An Elf on a Moonbeam

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Luna.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Charles‐Marie Widor

    Organ Symphony no. 5: Toccata

    Performer: Charles‐Marie Widor.
    • EMI.
  • Nadia Boulanger

    Cantique

    Ensemble: Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott.
    • Merci.
    • Sony.
  • Darius Milhaud

    Scaramouche Suite - 3. Braziliera

    Performer: Jess Gillam.
    • Rise.
    • Decca.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane pour une infante défunte

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Árpád Joó.
    • ARTS PRODUCTIONS.
  • Alan Menken

    Paris Burning

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • The Hunchback of Notre Dame Original Soundtrack.
    • WALT DISNEY.
  • André Campra

    Requiem: Agnus Dei

    Ensemble: Ensemble Correspondances. Director: Sébastien Daucet.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Waltz of the Snowflakes (Nutcracker, Act 1)

    Choir: Libera. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • The Nutcracker.
    • EMI Classics.

Broadcast

  • Sun 8 Dec 2024 13:30