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Music of the Gods

In Tune’s specially curated mixtape featuring musical depictions of ancient gods and goddesses - Bacchus, Pan, Jupiter, Apollo, Venus and Mars. The music is by Delibes, Mouquet, Mozart, Britten, Cambefort and Holst.

Producer: Ian Wallington

29 minutes

Last on

Tue 6 Aug 201919:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Léo Delibes

    Marche de Bacchus (Sylvia)

    Orchestra: Razumovsky Sinfonia. Conductor: Andrew Mogrelia.
    • FRENCH BALLET FAVOURITES.
    • NAXOS.
    • 024.

  • Jules Mouquet

    Pan et les bergers (La Flute de Pan, Op.15)

    Performer: James Galway. Performer: Phillip Moll.
    • MUSIC FOR MY FRIENDS - JAMES GALWAY.
    • RCA VICTOR RED SEAL.
    • 001.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Menuetto & Trio ('Jupiter' - Symphony No.41 in C major, K551)

    Performer: Camerata Academica of Salzburg Mozarteum. Conductor: Sándor Végh.
    • MOZART: SYMPHONIES 40 & 41 etc.
    • DECCA.
    • 004.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Young Apollo Op.16

    Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • RATTLE CONDUCTS BRITTEN.
    • EMI CLASSICS.
    • 002.

  • Jean de Cambefort

    Fuyez bien loin, enemis de la joye (Venus et les Graces)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Correspondances. Director: Sébastien Daucé.
    • Le Concert Royal de la Nuit.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 017.

  • Gustav Holst

    Mars, the Bringer of War (The Planets)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Holst The Planets.
    • LSO LIVE.
    • 001.

Broadcast

  • Tue 6 Aug 201919:00
    BBC Radio 3

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