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Music Played

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Galop from Suite No 2 for Small Orchestra

    Orchestra: Juilliard Orchestra. Orchestra: Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.

  • Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Piano Quartet in F minor, Op 28 (2nd mvt, Adagio)

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Brahms & Contemporaries, Vol. 1.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.

  • Bernard Herrmann

    Scène d'amour (Vertigo)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Herrmann.
    • Music from the Great Hitchcock Movie Thrillers.
    • Decca London.
    • 4.

  • Cristóbal de Morales

    O magnum misterium

    Ensemble: Musica Secreta.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Double Concerto in D minor, BWV.1043

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Andrew Manze. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Andrew Manze.
    • J.S.Bach, Solo & Double Violin Concertos.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 2.

  • Peter Warlock

    The Night (3 Belloc Songs)

    Singer: Allan Clayton. Performer: Joseph Middleton.
    • Songs to the Moon.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.

  • Frank Ferko

    Reflection on Thomas Tallis's 'If ye love me'

    Ensemble: ORA. Director: Suzi Digby.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Johannes Brahms

    4 Pieces, Op. 119: No. 1, Intermezzo in B Minor. Adagio

    Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • Brahms: Late Piano Works, Opp. 116-119.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 17.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major, Op 33 No 6

    Ensemble: Quatuor Mosaïques.
    • Haydn - String Quartets Opus 33.
    • Naive.
    • 001.

  • Evelyn Glennie

    Light in Darkness

    Performer: Evelyn Glennie.
    • Her Greatest Hits.
    • RCA Victor.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Monday21:05
    BBC Radio 3

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