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Classical music for your commute

In Tune's specially curated playlist including Every Valley Shall Be Exalted from Handel's Messiah, a waltz by Dame Ethel Smyth and the ball scene from Prokofiev's Cinderella.

Half an hour of back to back classical music, including Every Valley Shall Be Exalted from Handel's Messiah, a graceful waltz for piano by Dame Ethel Smyth and the ball scene from Prokofiev's Cinderella - including the moment the clock strikes midnight! Mixed in with these is music by Dvorak, Villa-Lobos, Schubert and Peeter Vahi.

Producer: Ian Wallington

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 25 Mar 2024 19:00

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Every valley shall be exalted (Messiah)

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Choir: The English Concert Choir. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance in C major, Op 46 No 1

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Doráti.
  • Heitor Villaâ€Lobos

    Melodia sentimental

    Performer: Sharon Isbin.
  • Ethel Smyth

    Piano Piece in E major

    Performer: Liana Șerbescu.
    • Ethel Smyth - Complete Piano Works.
    • CPO.
    • 004.
  • Franz Schubert

    Ballet in G major (Rosamunde - Incidental music)

    Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Günter Wand.
    • RCA.
  • Peeter Vähi

    Pastoral of Computerized World (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Algirdas Vizgirda. Performer: Teet Järvi. Performer: Aina Kalnciema. Ensemble: The Baltic Trio.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Midnight (Cinderella Op.87)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • EMI.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 25 Feb 2021 19:00
  • Mon 25 Mar 2024 19:00

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