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Choral music by the Icelandic composer, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, the Flower Duet from Lakme and an arrangement for saxophone and orchestra of the Kate Bush song, This Woman's Work.

Producer: Kevin Satizabal Carrascal.

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BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Peter Warlock

    Pieds en l'air (Capriol suite)

    Orchestra: Metamorphosen Berlin. Conductor: Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Eric Coates

    Birdsongs at Eventide

    Performer: Gary Beecher. Singer: Niamh O'Sullivan.

  • Anna Thorvaldsdottir

    Heyr þú oss himnum á [Hear us in the heavens]

    Choir: Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis. Conductor: Hörður Áskelsson.
    • Meditatio: Music for Mixed Choir.
    • BIS.
    • 10.

  • Kate Bush

    This Woman's Work

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe.
    • Decca.

  • Léo Delibes

    Flower Duet from Lakme

    Performer: Katherine Bryan. Performer: Kevin Gowland. Orchestra: Opera North Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
    • Silver Voice, opera arias played by flute and orchestra.
    • Chandos.
    • 008.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Arietta, Op.12/1

    Performer: Alistair McGowan.
    • Sony.

  • Frederick Delius

    The Walk to the Paradise Garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet)

    Music Arranger: Thomas Beecham. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • LONDON.

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  • Yesterday19:00
    BBC Radio 3

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