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The eclectic classical mix

Tonight's specially curated Mixtape traverses prepared piano with Belle Chen, not one but two keyboard works by the genius that is Johann Sebastian Bach, and a deliciously playful tarantella by Saint-Saens - the perfect way to usher in your evening.

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Mon 7 Jun 202119:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fantasia in C minor BWV.906

    Performer: Tatiana Nikolayeva.
    • MEZHDUNARODNAYA-KNIGA.

  • Belle Chen

    Chasing the Chirinda Apalis

    Performer: Belle Chen.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Tarantelle Op.6

    Performer: Clara Novakova. Performer: Richard Vieille. Orchestra: Ensemble orchestral de Paris. Conductor: Jean‐Jacques Kantorow.
    • Saint-Saens: La Muse et le Poete etc: Kantorow.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 3.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Turkish March

    Music Arranger: Leopold Stokowski. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ora Shiran.
    • Chandos.

  • Anon.

    Propinan del Melyor

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Les Biches - suite (Adagietto)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto No 7 in G minor, BWV 1058 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Murray Perahia. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Murray Perahia.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Alexander's Entry in Pskov (Alexander Nevsky Op.78)

    Choir: Mariinsky Chorus. Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 31 Jan 201919:00
    BBC Radio 3
  • Mon 7 Jun 202119:00
    BBC Radio 3

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