Dancing cows, waltzing and singing cats, creeping spiders, frogs, ponies, butterflies and bats. Welcome to the animal world in Club9! From the early times till today animals, insects, and birds – all living creatures have been an inspiration for composers, and their music – a delight for listeners and performers. This edition of Club9 is dedicated to the animal world in music. From the Renaissance music to classical, from romantic to minimalistic, song and dance, solo instrumental and fully orchestral. Pieces by Ralph Vaughan Williams, John Dowland, Edward Grieg, Frederic Chopin, Aaron Copland, Rossini and Johann Strauss, Michael Karlsson and Andrew York – a wide range of musical delight. Aired live from the Freies Radio Salzkammergut studio in Bad Ischl on October 1, 2026.
Tracks played in the programme:
Christian Fritz, Spark – Waltz of the Ladybirds
Mikael Karlsson – Hooves
Andrew York – Spider Dance
Erlend Oye – Spider
Ralph Vaughan Williams, London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn – The Wasps: Overture
Helen Jane Long – Frog
John Dowland, Joel Cohen, Boston Camerata – Dowland: The Frog Galliard, P. 23
Paolo Scoto, Massimo Lonardi – The Goat – Lute Only
Aaron Copland, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Faletta – The Red Pony Suite: IV. Walk to the Bunkhouse
Aaron Copland, Hugh Wolff, Thomas Hampson, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra – Copland: Old American Songs, Book I: No. 5, I Bought Me a Cat
Charles Trenet, Francois Le Roux, Jeff Cohen – Trenet: La cigale et la fourmi
Edvard Grieg, Emil Gilels – Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Op. 43: No. 1, Butterfly
Frederic Chopin, Maurizio Pollini – Chopin: 12 Etudes, Op. 25: No. 9 in G-Flat Major «Butterfly»
Gioachino Rossini, Felicity Lott, Ann Murray, Graham Johnson – Rossini: Cats’ Duet (Also Attributed to Pearsall)
Leroy Anderson, Simon Tedeschi, Paul Mann, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra – The Waltzing Cat
Johann Strauss II, Edouard Strauss Orchestra – Die Fledermaus (The Bat), Overture (RV 503)
