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Bolu Babalola

Journalist, academic and author Bolu Babalola tries Clemmie's classical playlist, which takes in fairy tales, yearning Harlem poetry and popular High Life melodies from Nigeria.

Journalist, academic and author Bolu Babalola tries Clemmie's classical playlist which takes in fairy tales, yearning Harlem poetry, and popular High Life melodies from Nigeria.

Bolu's playlist in full:

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Theme
Errollyn Wallen: Horseplay - Lively
Margaret Bonds: Three Dream Portraits - Dream Variation
Philip Glass: Glassworks - opening
Fela Sowande: African Suite - Akinla
Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, BWV1051 - Allegro

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31 minutes

Last on

Mon 23 Mar 202000:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake, Op. 20 Suite

    Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.

  • Errollyn Wallen

    Horseplay (Lively)

    Ensemble: Ensemble X.
    • AVIE.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Three Dream Portraits - II Dream Variation

    Performer: Ashley Jackson. Singer: Malcolm Merriweather.

  • Philip Glass

    Glassworks (Opening)

    Music Arranger: Christian Badzura. Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson. Ensemble: Siggi String Quartet.

  • Fela Sowande

    Akinla (African Suite)

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • African Heritage Symphonic Series, Volume 1.
    • CEDILLE.
    • 8.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, BWV1051 - Allegro

    Ensemble: The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 9 Dec 201900:00
    BBC Radio 3
  • Mon 23 Mar 202000:00
    BBC Radio 3

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