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

We start this evening's Mixtape with the lively ballet from Debussy's Petite Suite, followed by Aaron Copland's Hoe-Down arranged for string quartet from his Rodeo ballet.
Plus a host of musical delights, including a piano impromptu by Alice Mary Smith and an ear-worm by Ponchielli. We round off the mixtape with Franz Schreker's Intermezzo for Strings.
Producer: Kevin Satizabal Carrascal.

30 minutes

Last on

Wed 16 Apr 202519:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    Petite suite (Ballet)

    Music Arranger: Henri Büsser. Orchestra: Paris Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Zehetmair.
    • Debussy; Ravel.
    • Naive.
    • 10.

  • Aaron Copland

    Hoe-Down arr Thomas (Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo)

    Music Arranger: Paul Cassidy. Music Arranger: Jacqueline Thomas. Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • New World Quartets.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.

  • Mario Castelnuovo‐Tedesco

    Sonatina for Flute & Guitar, Op. 205: I. Allegretto grazioso

    Performer: Britta Jacobs. Performer: Irene Kalisvaart.
    • 20th Century Music for Flute & Guitar.
    • Naxos.
    • 101.

  • Richard Strauss

    Ständchen, Op 17 No 2

    Singer: Diana Damrau. Orchestra: Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
    • Richard Strauss: Orchestral Songs, Diana Damrau/Christian Thielemann.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 11.

  • Alice Mary Smith

    Impromptu

    Performer: Hiroaki Takenouchi.

  • Amilcare Ponchielli

    Dance of the Hours (La Gioconda)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Happy New Year! Joyful Classical.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 3.

  • Manuel de Falla

    Nana (7 Popular Spanish Songs)

    Performer: Martin Frost. Music Arranger: Göran Fröst. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Roots.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 15.

  • Ren Guang

    Coloured Clouds Chasing The Moon

    Music Arranger: Jianzhong Wang. Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Dragon Songs.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 15.

  • Franz Schreker

    Intermezzo for strings Op. 8

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.

Broadcast

  • Wed 16 Apr 202519:00
    BBC Radio 3

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