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Expand your horizons with classical music

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites, including music for lute by Kapsperger, Steal Away to Jesus arranged for chorus by Michael Tippett, and a flute, clarinet and harp trio by Cheryl Frances-Hoad.

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Tue 9 Jul 202419:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Arturo Márquez

    Conga del fuego nuevo

    Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 12.

  • Agathe Backer-Grøndahl

    3 Morceaux, Op. 15: No. 3 in G Minor, Humoresque

    Performer: Hiroko Ishimoto.
    • Pioneers: Piano Works by Female Composers.
    • Grand Piano.
    • 501.

  • Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger

    Canario

    Performer: Matthew Wadsworth. Performer: Gary Cooper. Performer: Mark Levy.
    • Kapsberger/Piccinini: 14 Silver Strings: Matthew Wadsworth.
    • Deux-Elles.
    • 22.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Quartet concertant in B flat major Op.15 No.6 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Arabella String Quartet.
    • Saint-Georges: 6 Quartetto concertans.
    • Naxos.
    • 601.

  • Michael Tippett

    Steal away (5 Spirituals from A Child of Our Time)

    Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • a la Gloire de Dieu: The Sixteen.
    • Coro.
    • 6.

  • Cheryl Frances-Hoad

    Vocalise for flute, clarinet and harp

    Ensemble: Korros Ensemble.
    • Convivium.

  • Jules Massenet

    Le Cid - ballet suite: no.2 Andalouse

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • CHANDOS.

Broadcast

  • Tue 9 Jul 202419:00
    BBC Radio 3

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