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Power through with classical music

An eclectic mix featuring music from the Baroque era to the twentieth century, including pieces by Mozart, Lully, Backer Grøndahl, Cage and Leoncavallo.

We start with a piece by Jean-Baptiste Lully, composed for the 1670 comedy-ballet "Le Bourgeois gentilhomme" by Moliere. It is followed by a "Humoresque" solo piano piece by the Norwegian composer Agathe Backer Grøndahl, and some contemporary vocal work by John Cage.

We also listen to Barbara Henricks singing a duet from André Messager's operetta "Véronique", to cellist Sol Gabetta playing Ernest Bloch's "Prayer" from "Jewish Life", and to a suite by Romantic composer Benjamin Godard for flute and piano.

Finally, Renée Fleming is Mimi in Ruggero Leoncavallo's version of "La bohème", before one of W. A. Mozart's Church Sonatas. Cecile McLorin Salvant closes tonight's mixtape with a jazz song entitled "Nothing Like You".

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Producer: Julien Rosa

30 minutes

Last on

Thu 17 Nov 2022 19:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Jean‐Baptiste Lully

    Chaconne des Scaramouches (Le bourgeois gentilhomme)

    Orchestra: Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • L'Orchestre du Roi Soleil.
    • Alia Vox.
    • AV9807.
    • 8.

  • Agathe Backer-Grøndahl

    3 Morceaux, Op. 15: No. 3 in G Minor, Humoresque

    Performer: Hiroko Ishimoto.
    • Pioneers: Piano Works by Female Composers.
    • Grand Piano.
    • GP844.

  • John Cage

    Hymns & Variations: Var. 1

    Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Conductor: Sigvards Kļava.
    • John Cage: Choral Works.
    • Ondine.
    • ODE1402-2.
    • 4.

  • André Messager

    Véronique: 'De-ci, de là'

    Performer: Barbara Hendricks. Performer: Gino Quilico. Orchestra: Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.
    • Barbara Hendricks: Operetta Arias & Duets.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5046752.

  • Ernest Bloch

    Prayer

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Orchestra: Amsterdam Sinfonietta. Director: Candida Thompson.
    • Prayer.
    • Sony.
    • 88883762172.
    • 1.

  • Benjamin Godard

    Suite de trois morceaux, Op 116 (No 3, 'Valse')

    Performer: Jeffrey Khaner. Performer: Hugh Sung.
    • The Romantic Flute: Jeffrey Khaner.
    • Avie.
    • AV2131.
    • 7.

  • Ruggero Leoncavallo

    Musette svaria sulla bocca viva (La bohème)

    Performer: Renée Fleming. Orchestra: Coro Sinfonica di Milano Guiseppe Verdi. Conductor: Marco Armiliato.
    • Decca.
    • 4781533.
    • 7.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Church Sonata in G major, K. 274

    Performer: Peter Hurford. Ensemble: Amsterdam Mozart Players.
    • Decca.
    • 421 2972.
    • 12.

  • Bob Dorough

    Nothing Like You

    Performer: Cécile McLorin Salvant.
    • Dreams and Daggers.
    • Mack Avenue Records.
    • 673203112025.
    • 15.

Broadcast

  • Thu 17 Nov 2022 19:00
    BBC Radio 3

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