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Expand your horizons with classical music

An eclectic mix featuring classical favourites, lesser-known gems and a few surprises, including a Josef Strauss Polka, and some escapism with a trip to the US with Caroline Shaw's Sarabande and Sunrise from the immense Grand Canyon Suite by Ferde Grofé.

Produced by Calantha Bonnissent

30 minutes

Last on

Tue 28 Jun 2022 19:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Josef Strauss

    Wiener Leben Op.218

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.
    • New Year's Concert 2015.
    • Sony.
    • 3.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D major, BWV 1050 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jacques Zoon. Performer: Giuliano Carmignola. Performer: Ottavio Dantone. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart.
    • J.S. Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos; Orchestra Mozart, Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.

  • Maurice Ravel

    La flûte enchantée (Shéhérazade)

    Performer: Burcu Karadağ. Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Fatma Said.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Edvard Grieg

    The Brook, Op 62 No 4 (Lyric Pieces)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • EMI.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Trio No 1 in B major, Op 8 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Jeremy Denk. Performer: Joshua Bell.
    • For the Love of Brahms.
    • Sony.

  • Caroline Shaw

    Partita (Sarabande)

    Ensemble: Roomful of Teeth.
    • New Amsterdam.

  • Ferde Grofé

    Sunrise (Grand Canyon Suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Enrique Bátiz.
    • EMI.

Broadcast

  • Tue 28 Jun 2022 19:00
    BBC Radio 3

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