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Take 30 minutes out with a relaxing classical mix
In Tune's specially curated playlist inspired by the hot, albeit elusive, summer weather, with Steve Reich's The Desert Music, a trip to the underworld Mozart and Ella Fitzgerald singing Irving Berlin.
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Wed 18 Aug 202119:00
BBC Radio 3
Music Played
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John Barry
Out of Africa (Main Title)
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: John Barry.- MCA Records.
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Ella Fitzgerald
Heat Wave
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Jorge Morel
Danza brasilera
Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Manuel de Falla
Ritual Fire Dance (El amor brujo)
Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Singer: Marilyn Horne.![]()
Gerald Finzi
Fear no more the heat o' the sun (Let us garlands bring, Op.18)
Singer: Roderick Williams. Performer: Iain Burnside.- Naxos.
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Steve Reich
The Desert Music: fifth movement
Ensemble: Steve Reich. Choir: Brooklyn Philharmonic Chorus. Orchestra: Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.- NONESUCH.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni, a cenar teco (Don Giovanni)
Singer: Giuseppe Taddei. Singer: Eberhard Wächter. Singer: Gottlob Frick. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Choir: Philharmonia Chorus. Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini.
Broadcasts
- Fri 3 Aug 201819:00BBC Radio 3
- Wed 18 Aug 202119:00BBC Radio 3
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