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Music for an Epic Road Trip

In Tune's specially curated playlist takes us on an epic road trip tonight. After the sun rises in Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé we hear a selection of music with velocity, power and perpetuum mobile...and if there's time, we'll make a quick stop in Harlem.

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Thu 30 Aug 201819:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Maurice Ravel

    Lever du jour (Daphnis et Chloé)

    Ensemble: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 905280.
    • 15.

  • Duke Ellington

    Drop Me Off in Harlem

    Ensemble: Duke Ellington Orchestra.
    • Duke Ellington and his Orchestra: Drop Me Off at Harlem.
    • Conifer.
    • 22.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto in C Major, K 467 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jonathan Biss. Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • EMI.

  • Franz Schubert

    Der Wegweiser (Winterreise, D 911)

    Performer: Paul Lewis. Singer: Mark Padmore.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Nils Frahm & Anne Müller

    Journey For A Traveller

    • 7fingers.
    • Erased Tapes.
    • 6.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Perpetuum mobile Op.257

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Strauss Family: Waltzes & Polkas.
    • DG.
    • 3.

  • György Ligeti

    Car Horn Prelude (Le Grand Macabre)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.
    • Ligeti: Le Grand Macabre.
    • Sony.
    • 1.

  • John Adams

    Short Ride in a Fast Machine

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • John Adams: Shaker Loops.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Thu 30 Aug 201819:00
    BBC Radio 3

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