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Thirty minutes of classical inspiration

In Tune’s specially curated mixtape, including haunting melodies from Judith Weir, Duke Ellington’s ‘Take the 'A' Train’ – and a trip to the movies with ‘Chicken Run’.

In Tune’s specially curated mixtape; 30 minutes of musical delight and discovery. Tonight’s mix takes to the rails, with Duke Ellington’s ‘Take the 'A' Train’, before turning a little spooky, with Saint-Saen’s ‘Danse Macabre’. On the way, the first movement of Edvard Grieg’s ‘Holberg Suite’, cello from Elgar and a trip to see the animals, with Movieland’s ‘Chicken Run’ and J.S. Bach’s ‘Sheep May Safely Graze’.

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Fri 2 Dec 2022 19:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg suite (Op.40) - 2nd mvt; Sarabande

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • HANSSLER CLASSIC.

  • Harry Gregson‐Williams

    Flight Training

    Composer: John Powell. Composer: Gavin Greenaway. Composer: Nick Ingman. Composer: Steve Jablonsky. Composer: James McKee Smith. Composer: Geoff Zanelli. Performer: Studio Orchestra.
    • Chicken Run.
    • RCA Victor.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sheep may safely graze

    Music Arranger: Gabriela Montero. Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • Gabriela Montero - Bach and Beyond.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 8.

  • Edward Elgar

    Cello Concerto in E minor Op 85 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Decca.

  • Judith Weir

    Drop down ye heavens from above

    Choir: Choir of Merton College, Oxford. Conductor: Benjamin Nicholas.
    • Advent at Merton: Choir of Merton College, Oxford.
    • Delphian.
    • 5.

  • Isaac Albéniz

    Cadiz (Suite española)

    Music Arranger: Unspecified. Performer: John Williams.
    • Echoes of Spain.
    • CBS.
    • 7.

  • Billy Strayhorn

    Take the "A" Train

    Performer: Duke Ellington. Performer: Ray Nance.
    • Battle of the Bands.
    • BMG.
    • 18.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Danse macabre, Op. 40

    Conductor: Adrian Boult. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Sir Adrian Boult: A Musical Legacy, Vol. 3.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 112.

Broadcast

  • Fri 2 Dec 2022 19:00
    BBC Radio 3

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