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Classical music to inspire you

An eclectic mix of music, including John Barry's ethereal depiction of space James Bond-style, some rousing swing from Cole Porter, and Poulenc looking back to the baroque in his Concert Champêtre.

Producer: Helen Garrison

30 minutes

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Tue 15 Sep 202019:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • John Barry

    Capsule in Space (from You Only Live Twice)

    Orchestra: John Barry. Conductor: John Barry.
    • Columbia.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in G minor, Op 23 No 5

    Performer: Howard Shelley.
    • Hyperion.

  • Claude Debussy

    Danse de la poupée (La boite a joujoux)

    Orchestrator: André Caplet. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Jun Märkl.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Trio in B flat major, Op.97 'Archduke' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Performer: Alexander Melnikov.
    • Beethoven: Piano Trios Op.70 No.2 and Op.97.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 6.

  • Cole Porter

    Begin the beguine (Jubilee)

    Performer: Thomas Ferrante. Music Arranger: Billy May. Music Arranger: Jerry Gray. Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Swing, Swing, Swing: Boston Pops/John Williams.
    • Philips.
    • 2.

  • Francisco Escalada

    Canten dos jilguerillos

    Ensemble: Harp Consort. Director: Andrew Lawrence‐King.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Concert Champetre (Andante)

    Performer: Maggie Cole. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.

Broadcast

  • Tue 15 Sep 202019:00
    BBC Radio 3

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