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A collection of music to make you dream of snow, from Heikki Samanto's Singing Snow ('Hanget soi') to the Waltz of the Snowflakes.

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Mon 3 Feb 202019:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Dance of the Tumblers (Snow Maiden Suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Overture and Suites from the Operas.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 5.

  • Heikki Sarmanto

    Singing Snow

    Choir: Tapiolan kuoro. Conductor: Kari Ala-Pöllänen.
    • ONDINE.

  • Claude Debussy

    The Snow is dancing (Children's corner)

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Hyperion.

  • Traditional Chinese

    Yang chun bai xue (Snow on a sunny spring day)

    Performer: Lui Pui.
    • Elektra Nonesuch.

  • Elena Langer

    Snow

    Performer: Roman Mints. Performer: Katya Apekisheva.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker (Waltz of the Snowflakes)

    Choir: Libera. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Berliner Philharmoniker/Rattle.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 10.

  • James Oswald

    The Snow Drop (Airs for the Seasons - Winter)

    Performer: Janet See. Ensemble: The Broadside Band. Director: Jeremy Barlow.
    • Oswald: Airs for the Seasons.
    • Dorian.
    • 040.

  • Trad.

    The snow it melts the soonest

    Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson. Choir: VOCES8. Performer: Eleanor Turner.
    • Winter.
    • Decca.
    • 14.

Broadcast

  • Mon 3 Feb 202019:00
    BBC Radio 3

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