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Percy Grainger's two-piano arrangement of Danny Boy features in this Mixtape, as does a piece by Louis XIII's court lutenist, travelling through one of Canteloube's lesser-known Songs of the Auvergne, and ending with a Tarantella by Debussy.

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Wed 29 Jan 2025 19:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in B flat major, K 361, 'Gran Partita' (7th mvt)

    Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.

  • Percy Grainger

    Irish Tune From County Derry

    Performer: Christopher Glynn. Singer: Claire Booth.

  • Max Bruch

    String Octet (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Zsolt Fejérvári. Ensemble: Kodály Quartet. Ensemble: Auer String Quartet.
    • Mendelssohn/Bruch: String Quartets.
    • Naxos.

  • René Mézangeau

    Tablature de luth de différents auteurs, vol. 2: Allemande IV

  • Joseph Canteloube

    Songs of the Auvergne: Bourees: i. N'ai pas ieu de mio; ii. Lo Calhe

    Singer: Kiri Te Kanawa. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.

  • György Ligeti

    Baladă Şi Joc [Ballade and Dance]

    Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Performer: Suyeon Kang.

  • Claude Debussy

    Tarantelle styrienne

    Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon. Conductor: Jun Märkl.

Broadcasts

  • Fri 7 Jul 2023 19:00
    BBC Radio 3
  • Wed 29 Jan 2025 19:00
    BBC Radio 3

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