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The eclectic classical mix

The BBC Singers open this latest musical exploration with a piece by 19th-century French composer Augusta Holmes. Later we hear a spirited Galop by Delibes, a cathedral favourite by Stanford and a Cool Wind blowing from Armenia, as well as music by Chopin, Weber, Mozart and Gershwin.

30 minutes

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Fri 27 May 2022 19:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Augusta Holmès

    Fleur de Neflier

    Performer: Annabel Thwaite. Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Hilary Campbell.
    • BBC RECORDING.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Adagio in E major K.261

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • EMI.

  • Traditional Armenian

    A Cool Wind Is Blowing

    Performer: Djivan Gasparyan.
    • I Will Not be Sad in This World.
    • All Saints Records.
    • 1.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne in C sharp minor

    Performer: Maria João Pires.
    • Chopin: The Nocturnes: Maria Joao Pires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.

  • Léo Delibes

    Galop Final (Coppélia)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    3 Motets (Op.38), no.3; Beati quorum via

    Choir: The Sixteen. Director: Harry Christophers.
    • A New Heaven: The Sixteen.
    • DECCA.
    • 4.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Concertino in E flat major Op.26

    Performer: Emma Johnson. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.
    • Weber: Clarinet Works: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • ASV.
    • 7.

  • George Gershwin

    The man I love, concert arrangement

    Performer: Geoffrey Saba.

Broadcast

  • Fri 27 May 2022 19:00
    BBC Radio 3

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