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Warming festive tunes for a winter's day

Come in from the cold with a seamless mix of classical favourites, studded with tracks from jazz and folk traditions.

Come in from the cold with a seamless mix of classical favourites, studded with tracks from jazz and folk traditions. This edition of the mixtape starts with the frosty Hedwig's Theme from John Williams's Harry Potter score and Richard Allain's chilling arrangement of the Coventry Carol. Warmth begins to creep into the mix with Jeff Buckley's breathtaking performance of Britten's Corpus Christi Carol and a lush marimba arrangement of Eric Whitacre's Lux Aurumque, followed by Herbert Howell's exquisite A Spotless Rose and Oscar Peterson's jazz treatment of Away in a Manger. By the time we reach Julie Fowlis's Hùg Air A' Bhonaid Mhòir, we're thoroughly warmed up. The mix ends with the warm hug of Mozart's Laudate Dominum, arranged and performed by pianist Víkingur Ólafsson.

Producer: Christina Kenny for BBC Audio

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 19 Dec 2022 19:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • John Williams

    Hedwig's Theme (Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone)

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Orchestra: Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Corpus Christi Carol

    Composer: Jeff Buckley. Performer: Jeff Buckley.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Lux Aurumque

    Music Arranger: Joby Burgess. Ensemble: Joby Burgess Marimba Quartet.
    • Eric Whitacre: Marimba Quartets.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 101.

  • Herbert Howells

    3 Carol-anthems (A spotless rose)

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Singer: Michael John McCarthy. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Once as I remember....
    • PHILIPS.
    • 13.

  • James Ramsey Murray

    Away in a Manger (arr Oscar Peterson)

    Performer: Oscar Peterson. Performer: Jack Schantz. Music Arranger: Oscar Peterson.
    • An Oscar Peterson Christmas.
    • Telarc.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Laudate dominum (Vespers K339)

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson. Music Arranger: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • DG.

Broadcast

  • Mon 19 Dec 2022 19:00
    BBC Radio 3

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