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Half an hour of the finest classical music

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.

Tonight's Classical Mixtape takes us on a journey from Bernstein's Wonderful Town, solo JS Bach writing for piano, an arrangement of Vivaldi by Yo-Yo Ma, to a Schubert song played by Daniel Hope. Wind music by Holst leads to music by Chopin and Mendelssohn, and it ends with a flourish with the cimbalom taking centre stage in a Circus Galop played by the virtuoso percussionist Heather Corbett.

Producer: Rebecca Bean

30 minutes

Last on

Thu 15 Feb 202419:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Wonderful Town (Overture)

    Orchestra: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Bernstein: Wonderful Town.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    English Suite No. 4 in F Major, BWV 809: II. Allemande

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Bach: English Suites Nos. 2, 4 & 5.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.

  • Yo‐Yo Ma & Bobby McFerrin

    Andante

    • Hush.
    • Sony.
    • 2.

  • Franz Schubert

    Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D 774 arr Hope

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Sebastian Knauer.
    • The Romantic Violinist, A celebration of Joseph Joachim: Daniel Hope.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.

  • Gustav Holst

    Wind Quintet in A flat major, Op 14 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Hexagon Ensemble.
    • The British Connection.
    • Etcetera.
    • 005.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Mazurka in F minor, Op 63 No 2

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Chopin: Late Masterpieces, Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet No 6 in F minor, Op 80 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.
    • ERATO.

  • Trad.

    Circus Galop

    Performer: Heather Corbett. Orchestra: Marianne and her Gypsy Orchestra.
    • Dark Eyes: Marianne and her Gypsy Orchestra.
    • MO.

Broadcast

  • Thu 15 Feb 202419:00
    BBC Radio 3

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