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Half an hour of the finest classical music

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites, including haunting melodies from Voces8 and Elgar, to a trip to the ballet, with Prokofiev鈥檚 Romeo and Juliet.

In Tune鈥檚 specially curated mixtape: 30 minutes of musical delight and discovery. Tonight鈥檚 mix travels from the haunting melodies of Voces 8, with John Cameron鈥檚 arrangement of 鈥楲ux aeterna鈥� from Elgar鈥檚 鈥楴imrod鈥� 鈥� to Miles Davis and a George Gershwin classic, 鈥業t Ain鈥檛 Necessarily So鈥�. On the way, Mozart and 鈥楻ondo鈥� in E flat major and also a trip to the ballet, with Herold鈥檚 鈥楩ille mal gardee鈥� and Prokofiev鈥檚 鈥楻omeo and Juliet鈥�.

30 minutes

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo in E flat major, K 371

    Performer: Alan Civil. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rudolf Kempe.
    • Mozart - The Four Horn Concertos; Concert Rondo.
    • EMI Eminence.
    • 6.
  • Samuel Coleridge鈥怲aylor

    Valse Boh猫mienne; Valse Rustique (4 Characteristic Waltzes, Op.22)

    Orchestra: RT脡 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Leaper.
    • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Orchestral Works.
    • NAXOS.
    • 6-7.
  • Edward Elgar

    Lux aeterna [from 'Nimrod' of 'Enigma' variations]

    Music Arranger: John Cameron. Choir: VOCES8.
    • Lux.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.
  • Miles Davis

    It Ain't Necessarily So

    • It Ain't Necessarily So.
    • Supreme Media.
  • Peter Ludwig Hertel

    Clog Dance (La Fille mal gard茅e)

    Music Arranger: John Lanchbery. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: John Lanchbery.
    • Herold/Lecocq: La Fille mal gardee: Royal Opera House Orchestra/Lanchbery.
    • Decca.
    • 17.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No.3 in F major

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Brahms: Hungarian Dances &Dvorak: Slavonic Dances: Haitink.
    • Philips.
    • 3.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Dance of the Knights (Romeo and Juliet Op.64)

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

Broadcast

  • Tue 17 Jan 2023 19:00

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