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Essential Classics for walking the dog

Georgia Mann with a great soundtrack for your daily dog walk – energising classical tracks to lift your spirits as you go. There’s music from George Gershwin and William Grant Still, Florence Price and Franz Schubert, and at the end a touching portrait of Edward Elgar’s little cairn terrier, Mina.

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Music Played

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Peter and the Wolf (excerpt)

    Narrator: Sean Connery. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Doráti.

  • George Gershwin

    Walking the Dog (Shall we Dance)

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Performer: Michael Tilson Thomas.

  • Percy Grainger

    Country Gardens

    Performer: Penelope Thwaites. Performer: John Lavender.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto no.4 in E flat major K.495 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Felix Klieser. Orchestra: Camerata Salzburg.

  • Josef Suk

    Serenade in E flat major, Op.6 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Metamorphosen Berlin. Conductor: Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.

  • William Grant Still

    The Cake Walk Contest (Miss Sally's Party)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Plymouth Music Series. Conductor: Philip Brunelle.

  • Philip Glass

    Dance 8

    Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble.

  • John Williams

    Hedwig's Theme

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Chaconne, Op 8

    Performer: Peter Jacobs.

  • Arnold Bax

    4 Orchestral Sketches (Dance in the Sun)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.

  • Jean-Baptiste Barrière

    Sonata No 10 in G major for 2 cellos (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Guy Johnston. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No.5 in B flat (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Septet in E flat major Op.20 (5th mvt)

    Ensemble: Berlin Soloists.

  • Florence Price

    Symphony no.1 in E Minor (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Roderick Cox.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker Suite (Miniature Overture)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.

  • Edward Elgar

    Mina

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.