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Classical music to fill half an hour

In Tune's specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, including a few surprises. Today we'll hear Dukas, Bach on the marimba, Roberto Alagna, Oscar Peterson and Julian Bream.

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Wed 26 Aug 202019:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Paul Dukas

    Fanfare to La Péri

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • LPO.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    English Suite no.2 in A minor BW. 807 (Prelude)

    Music Arranger: Colin Currie. Music Arranger: Sam Walton. Performer: Colin Currie. Performer: Sam Walton.
    • Striking a Balance.
    • EMI.
    • 11.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Clarinet Sonata in E flat major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Dieter Klöcker. Performer: Thomas Duis.
    • Mendelssohn: Complete Clarinet Chamber Music: Consortium Classicum.
    • MDG.
    • 6.

  • Ruggero Leoncavallo

    Vesti la giubba (I pagliacci)

    Singer: Roberto Alagna. Orchestra: The London Orchestra. Conductor: Yvan Cassar.
    • Roberto Alagna: My Life is an Opera.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 16.

  • Jimmy McHugh

    On The Sunny Side of the Street

    Performer: Oscar Peterson. Performer: Ed Thigpen. Singer: Ray Brown.
    • Verve.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Guitar Quintet in D major, G 488 (Introduction and Fandango)

    Music Arranger: Julian Bream. Performer: Julian Bream. Performer: George Malcolm.
    • RCA.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Wonderful Town (Overture)

    Ensemble: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Wonderful Town.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Wed 26 Aug 202019:00
    BBC Radio 3

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