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Take time out with a 30-minute classical soundscape, bookended with music inspired by Shakespeare and his wife.

Take time out with a 30-minute classical soundscape, bookended with music inspired by Shakespeare and his wife Anne (also known as Agnes). This edition of the Classical Mixtape opens with Ralph Vaughan Williams鈥檚 The Cloud-Capp鈥檇 Towers (its text taken from The Tempest) and closes with music from Max Richter鈥檚 Oscar-nominated score for the 2025 film Hamnet. We also hear music from composers Joanna Marsh, Gerald Finzi, Frederic Chopin, JS Bach, Frank Martin, Dobrinka Tabakova and Clara Schumann.

Producer: Christina Kenny.

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麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    3 Shakespeare songs for chorus: no.2; The Cloud capp'd towers

    Singer: Grace Davidson. Singer: Victoria Meteyard. Choir: The King鈥檚 Singers.
    • Signum Records.

  • Joanna Marsh

    In Winter's House

    Orchestra: United Strings of Europe. Conductor: Julian Azkoul.
    • BIS.

  • Gerald Finzi

    5 Bagatelles Op.23 for clarinet and piano (No. 3 Carol; No. 4 Forlana)

    Performer: Amy Dickson. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Decca.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Prelude in D flat major 'Raindrop' (24 Preludes Op.28)

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Decca.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: Badinerie

    Performer: James Galway. Orchestra: Zagreb Soloists.
    • RCA.

  • Frank Martin

    Mass for Double Choir: Sanctus

    Conductor: Jan Yngwe. Choir: Pro Musica Chamber Choir.
    • Swedish Society.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Desert Swimmers

    Performer: Joby Burgess.
    • Signum Records.

  • Clara Schumann

    3 Romances Op.22 (no.1)

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • Decca.

  • Max Richter

    Of Agnes (from Hamnet)

    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).

Broadcast

  • Last Friday 19:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3

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