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Half an hour of uninterrupted music including an exquisite lament, stunning organ music, Oscar Peterson on piano, and choral and orchestral music with a rural twist.

In Tune鈥檚 eclectic mix of uninterrupted music: featuring Oscar Peterson's version of Angel Eyes, a lush folk song arrangement by Percy Grainger and a stunning piece of organ music composed by Jehan Alain, tragically killed in World War II, and played by his sister Marie-Claire. There's also an exquisite lament by Grace Williams, a poignant piano prelude by Rachmaninov, and the sequence ends with the ever popular overture "Land of the Mountain and the Flood" by Hamish MacCunn.

Producer: Helen Garrison

30 minutes

Last on

Wed 22 Jun 2022 19:00

Music Played

  • Matt Dennis

    Angel Eyes

    Performer: Oscar Peterson. Music Arranger: Oscar Peterson.
    • Round Midnight.
    • Gitanes jazz.
  • Jehan Alain

    Litanies

    Performer: Marie鈥怌laire Alain.
  • Grace Williams

    Roundelay (The Dancers)

    Singer: Eiddwen Harrhy. Choir: The Richard Hickox Singers. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Grace Williams: The Dancers etc.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 3.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    10 Preludes Op.23 (no.5 in G minor)

    Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Water music - suite (HWV.350) in G major, Country dance

    Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
  • Hamish MacCunn

    Land of the Mountain and the Flood

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Gibson.
    • Music of the Four Counties: Scottish National Orchestra/Gibson.
    • Classics for Pleasure.
    • 3.

Broadcasts

  • Wed 9 Oct 2019 19:00
  • Wed 22 Jun 2022 19:00

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