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Take time out with a beautiful mix of uplifting classical music - from the joyful Dam Busters March to a poignant reworking of Nimrod from Elgar's Enigma Variations.

Take time out with a beautiful mix of uplifting classical music - from the joyful Dam Busters March to a poignant reworking of Nimrod from Elgar's Enigma Variations.

In between, we hear inspiring works from composers Ottorino Respighi, Rebecca Clarke and Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. The second part of tonight's mixtape takes a meditative turn, with tender music by Ralph Vaughan Williams performed by Bryn Terfel, Peter Gregson's reinterpretation of a famous cello suite by JS Bach, and an austerely beautiful choral work by the late John Tavener.

Producer: Christina Kenny

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Thu 10 Apr 2025 19:00
蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Eric Coates

    March: The Dam Busters

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Eric Coates 鈥� Orchestral Works, Vol. 3.
    • Chandos.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Il cuccu (The Birds)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Marriner.
    • HMV Classics.
    • 17.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto in G major, Op 8 No 2 (3rd mvmt, Rondeau)

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra.
    • Vivaldi: Les 4 Saisons.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 15.

  • Rebecca Clarke

    I'll Bid My Heart Be Still (Version for Cello & Piano)

    Performer: Gerald Peregrine. Performer: Antony Ingham.
    • Folk Tales, Vol. 2: British & Irish Miniatures.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
    • 7.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Songs of Travel: 7. Whither Must I wander?

    Performer: Bryn Terfel. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
    • DG.

  • Peter Gregson

    1. Prelude, Recomposed by Peter Gregson: Bach - Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major

    Performer: Peter Gregson. Performer: Reinoud Ford. Performer: Ben Chappell. Performer: Katherine Jenkinson. Performer: Richard Harwood.
    • Recomposed by Peter Gregson - Bach: the Cello Suites.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • John Tavener

    Mother of God, Here I Stand (The Veil of the Temple)

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • LUX/Voces 8.
    • Decca.
    • 5.

  • Benjamin Wallfisch

    Variation 15 from Dunkirk (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

    Composer: Edward Elgar. Performer: Studio Orchestra.
    • Dunkirk (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 10.

Broadcast

  • Thu 10 Apr 2025 19:00
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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