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The eclectic classical mix

The Classical Music Mixtape: featuring the soaring voice of Jessye Norman, music from eccentric composer Moondog, and a piece inspired by an ancient Scandinavian herding call.

Half an hour of back-to-back classical music: an imaginative and eclectic mix, including the soaring voice of Jessye Norman, a chaconne from 'the Viking of 6th Avenue', classic keyboard works from Beethoven and Bach, and a choral work inspired by ‘kulning’, an ancient Scandinavian herding call.

Producer: Rachel Gill

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 20 May 202419:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Susanne Rosenberg

    Pust (extract)

    Choir: Swedish Chamber Choir. Conductor: Simon Phipps.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Festival Overture Op.4 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leoš Svárovský.
    • Smetana: Swedish Symphonic Poems.
    • Naxos.
    • 401.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 59, 'Für Elise'

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • The World of The Piano: Ashkenazy, Schiff, Lupu.
    • Decca.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.

  • Moondog

    Chaconne in G major

    Ensemble: Moondog.
    • Moondog (The Viking of Sixth Avenue).
    • Honest Jon's.

  • Richard Strauss

    Im Abendrot (4 Last Songs)

    Singer: Jessye Norman. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Kurt Masur.

Broadcasts

  • Wed 26 May 202119:00
    BBC Radio 3
  • Mon 20 May 202419:00
    BBC Radio 3

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