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The eclectic classical mix

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music., including a few musical dinosaurs and birds, dances from Russia, Scotland and Romania, and the Swingle Singers

Half an hour of back to back classical music to help you wind down at the end of the day. Today's specially curated sequence includes some menacing musical dinosaur eggs, lovelorn birds sitting side by side with The Swingle Singers, and dances from Russia, Scotland and Romania.

Producer: Helen Garrison

30 minutes

Last on

Wed 14 Feb 2024 19:00
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • John Williams

    Jurassic Park (main theme)

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.

  • Trad.

    Dark Eyes

    Music Arranger: John Harle. Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Andee Birkett. Ensemble: Tippett Quartet. Performer: John Harle. Performer: Zeynep Γ–zsuca.

  • Gustav Holst

    Hymn to the Dawn (Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Op.26'3)

    Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber. Performer: Jiaxin Lloyd Webber. Performer: Guy Johnston. Performer: Laura van der Heijden. Performer: Catrin Finch.
    • NAXOS.

  • Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Colas Breugnon Op.24 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Director: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Khachaturian, Mussorgsky, Shchedrin etc..
    • Onyx.
    • 01.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Four Scottish Dances, Op 59 (No 3, Scottish Waltz)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Irving.
    • Arnold: Homage to the Queen etc, PO / Irving.
    • EMI.
    • 41.

  • John Bennet

    Venus' birds, whose mournful tunes

    Singer: Ruby Hughes. Performer: Jonas Nordberg. Performer: Mime Yamahiro-Brinkmann.

  • Alexander Borodin

    Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens (Prince Igor)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.
    • Tchaikovksy:1812 / Borodin: Polovtsian Dances / Balakirev: Islamey : Esa-Pekka S.
    • Philips.
    • 3.

  • BΓ©la BartΓ³k

    Romanian Folk Dances arr Szekely (Dance with a Sash)

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Sebastian Knauer.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Adagio From Sonata No 3 For Violin And Keyboard In E Major, BWV 1016

    Music Arranger: Ward Swingle. Choir: The Swingle Singers.
    • Jazz Sebastian Bach vol 2.
    • Philips.

  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    Prelude in F sharp minor, Op.28 no.8

    Performer: CΓ©dric Tiberghien.

Broadcasts

  • Fri 9 Oct 2020 19:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
  • Wed 14 Feb 2024 19:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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