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Tonight's Classical Mixtape begins with the Minuet from John Ireland's Downland Suite. There is also Rachmaninov, Arvo Part and chamber music by Louise Farrenc.

Producer: Zerlina Vulliamy

29 minutes

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Wed 4 Dec 202419:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • John Ireland

    A Downland Suite (3rd mvt, Minuet)

    Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in B flat major, Op 23 No 2

    Performer: Simon Trpceski.
    • Simon Trpceski Plays Rachmaninov.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.

  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Sonata - 1676 no.1 in C major [Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes]

    Ensemble: Purcell Quartet.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Le jardin féerique (Mother Goose Suite)

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini.
    • Giulini in America: Los Angeles Philharmonic/Giulini.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 8.

  • Arvo Pärt

    O Immanuel (7 Advent Antiphons)

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.
    • GIMELL.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Flute Trio No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 45 (Transcr. for Violin, Cello & Piano): II. An

    Performer: Thomas Albertus Irnberger. Performer: David Geringas. Performer: Barbara Moser.
    • It’s a Girl!.
    • Gramola Records.
    • 102.

  • Leos Janáček

    The Queen's Monastery, Brno (Sinfonietta)

    Conductor: Neeme Järvi. Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra.
    • Dvorak: Legends, Op. 59 / Janacek: Sinfonietta.
    • BIS.
    • 13.

Broadcast

  • Wed 4 Dec 202419:00
    BBC Radio 3

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