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Power through with classical music

An eclectic mix featuring classical favourites, lesser-known gems and a few surprises

A joyful journey through popular classics, with peals of bells, from Carillon from Bizet's 1st L'arlesienne suite to Westhoff's Imitazione delle campane, also with The Nightingale by Alyabyev, Chopin's Ballade No.2 in F major and Esenvalds Stars for chorus, Tibetan singing bowls and glasses.

Elizabeth Arno (producer)

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 7 Nov 2022 19:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Georges Bizet

    L'Arlésienne Suite no.1 (Carillon)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles. Director: Marc Minkowski.
    • Bizet: L'arlesienne, Carmen suites: Minkowski.
    • Naive.
    • 8.

  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon vigesima settima à 8

    Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble. Director: Philip Jones.
    • Decca.

  • Alexander Alexandrovich Alyabiev

    The Nightingale

    Singer: Natalie Dessay. Orchestra: Berlin Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Schønwandt.
    • Vocalises - Natalie Dessay.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.

  • Johann Paul von Westhoff

    Violin Sonata No 3, 'Imitazione delle campane'

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Jonathan Cohen.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 12.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Ballade no.1 in G minor Op.23

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Alexandre Tharaud: Chopin; Journal Intime.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 8.

  • Ēriks Ešenvalds

    Stars

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Ēriks Ešenvalds: Northern Lights & other choral works.
    • Hyperion.
    • 15.

  • Geirr Tveitt

    Hardanger Ale (A Hundred Hardanger Tunes)

    Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • NORWEGIAN CLASSICAL FAVOURITES VOL.2.
    • NAXOS.
    • 006.

Broadcast

  • Mon 7 Nov 2022 19:00
    BBC Radio 3

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