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The perfect classical half hour

An eclectic mix featuring classical favourites, lesser-known gems and a few surprises, including music by Charpentier, Joplin, Vanhal, Copland, Caroline Shaw and Frederick Loewe.

In today's In Tune Mixtape we hear Scott Joplin's Elite Syncopations played by a wind trio, the finale of Johan Baptist Vanhal's cello concerto, Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man and Caroline Shaw's And the Swallow. Andre Previn gives us his jazzy take on the Ascot Gavotte from My Fair Lady before the London Symphony Orchestra take on the baton with The Embassy Waltz from the same show. To kick things off there's a pastoral tribute to the Sun King by Charpentier.

Producer: Ian Wallington

29 minutes

Last on

Wed 10 Aug 2022 19:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Marc‐Antoine Charpentier

    A pastoral tribute to the Sun King: Pastorale H.486 (excerpt)

    Performer: Boston Early Music Festival Chorus. Ensemble: Boston Early Music Festival Ensemble. Conductor: Paul O’Dette.
    • CPO.

  • Scott Joplin

    Elite Syncopations arr for wind trio

    Ensemble: Vancouver Wind Trio. Music Arranger: Anthony Averay.
    • Celebrated Classics: The Vancouver Wind Trio.
    • Sonrise Audio.
    • 15.

  • Johann Baptist Vanhal

    Cello Concerto in C: Finale

    Performer: István Várdai. Ensemble: Camerata Schweiz. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • CPO.

  • Aaron Copland

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Doráti.
    • DECCA.

  • Caroline Shaw

    And the Swallow

    Music Arranger: Julian Azkoul. Orchestra: United Strings of Europe. Conductor: Julian Azkoul.
    • Renewal.
    • BIS.
    • 501.

  • Frederick Loewe

    Ascot Gavotte (My Fair Lady)

    Performer: André Previn. Performer: Shelly Manne. Performer: Leroy Vinnegar.
    • My Fair Lady - Shelly Manne and Friends.
    • Contemporary Records.
    • 5.

  • Frederick Loewe

    Ball Sequence: Eliza's Entrance/Transylvanian March/Embassy Waltz (My Fair Lady)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Mauceri.
    • My Fair Lady.
    • DECCA.
    • 10.

Broadcast

  • Wed 10 Aug 2022 19:00
    BBC Radio 3

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