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Yasmin Evans

Meditation, Monteverdi and how music moves - Radio 1Xtra DJ and all-round music fanatic Yasmin Evans makes some new musical discoveries.

Meditation, Monteverdi and how music moves: 1Xtra DJ and all round music fanatic Yasmin Evans makes some new classical music discoveries.

Yasmin's playlist:
Monteverdi - Pur ti miro (I gaze at you) from The Coronation of Poppea
Weber - Clarinet Concerto no.1 in F minor (3rd movement)
Arvo Part - Spiegel im Spiegel
Janacek - In the Mists (1st movement)
Duke Ellington - Nutcracker overture (based on music by Tchaikovsky)
Γ“lafur Arnalds - For now I am winter

Classical Fix is a podcast from ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3. If you're new to classical music and wondering where to start - this is where you start.

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Mon 26 Aug 2019 00:00
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Pur ti miro, pur ti godo (L'Incoronazione di Poppea)

    Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Singer: Robin Blaze. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Eternal Light: Elin Manahan-Thomas.
    • Heliodor.
    • 16.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Concerto no.1 in F minor Op.73 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Michael Collins.
    • Weber: Clarinet Concertos etc.: Stirling/CLS/Collins.
    • Chandos.

  • Arvo PΓ€rt

    Spiegel im Spiegel

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Alexei Grynyuk.
    • Nicola Benedetti: Fantasie.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 6.

  • Leos JanÑček

    In the Mists; 1. Andante

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • VIRGIN.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker Suite: Overture

    Performer: Duke Ellington. Music Arranger: Duke Ellington. Ensemble: Duke Ellington Orchestra.
    • Columbia.

  • Γ“lafur Arnalds

    For Now I Am Winter

    Composer: Arnor Dan Arnarson. Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson. Performer: VOCES8.
    • Decca.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 17 Dec 2018 00:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
  • Mon 26 Aug 2019 00:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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