Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Essential Classics for Earth Day

Georgia Mann with an hour of classical tracks inspired by nature and birdsong, curated specially for Earth Day. Let yourself be at one with the sounds of the natural world, featuring music from Ravel to Caroline Shaw. MM

1 hour

Last on

Sat 20 Apr 2024 01:30
BBC Radio 3

More episodes

Previous

Essential Classics for morning motivation

Next

Essential Classics for study and focus

See all episodes from Essential Classics Mix

Music Played

  • Edvard Grieg

    Morning Mood, Op 23, No 13 (Peer Gynt)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Grieg: Complete music with orchestra: Gothenburg SO/Jarvi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 14.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Jeux d'eau

    Performer: Hélène Grimaud.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.

  • Trad.

    Blow the Wind Southerly

    Music Arranger: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Decca.

  • Florence Price

    Summer Moon

    Music Arranger: William Newell. Ensemble: Solem Quartet.
    • The Four Quarters.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 10.

  • Kalevi Aho

    Laulu maasta [Song of the Earth]

    Performer: Jan Lehtola. Performer: Kaija Saarikettu. Performer: Anna-Kaisa Pippuri.
    • Ludus Solemnis.
    • BIS.
    • 09.

  • George Fenton

    The Blue Planet

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Choir: The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford.
    • The Classic Chillout Album 2 CD2.
    • BBC Worldwide.
    • 17.

  • Caroline Shaw

    And the Swallow

    Music Arranger: Julian Azkoul. Orchestra: United Strings of Europe. Conductor: Julian Azkoul.
    • Renewal.
    • BIS.
    • 501.

  • Trad.

    The Song of the Birds

    Music Arranger: Pau Casals. Performer: Sol Gabetta. Ensemble: Cello Ensemble Amsterdam Sinfonietta.
    • SONY.

  • Rosey Chan

    Adagio for Planet Earth

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Watkins.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Mammy (Magnolia Suite)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jack Sheen.

  • Hugo Alfvén

    The Mountain King Suite, Op. 37: III. Summer Rain

    Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin.
    • Alfvén: Symphony No. 3 in E Major, Uppsala Rhapsody & The Mountain King Suite.
    • CPO.
    • 3.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in A major, Op 101 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Beethoven, The Late Piano Sonatas Nos. 28-32: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    The cuckoo (The birds)

    Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Henry Raudales.
    • Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances & The Birds.
    • CPO.
    • 17.

  • Arnold Bax

    Spring Fire Symphony (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.

  • Harold Arlen

    Over the Rainbow

    Music Arranger: Toru Takemitsu. Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.
    • The Sound of Silence.
    • Decca.
    • 16.

  • Hans Zimmer

    This Land (The Lion King)

    Performer: Amy Dickson. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Gavin Greenaway.
    • Sony.

Broadcast

  • Sat 20 Apr 2024 01:30
    BBC Radio 3