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Classical music to inspire hope

A journey of Hope, from the innocence we experience at the birth of the day to our dreams in the stars. The first of five musical mixes as part of Mental Health Awareness Week.

Part of Mental Health Awareness Week, the first of a series of In Tune Mixtapes inspired by our human emotions and experiences.

Today, there's a musical journey on the theme of Hope, which takes us from Thomas Arne's luminous depiction of the rising sun via one of Liszt鈥檚 meditative Consolations to Handel鈥檚 Eternal Source of Light. The tawdry hopes of the girl in William Bolcom鈥檚 鈥楢mor,鈥� lead on to our dreams as we contemplate the stars. Elgar's Starlight and a Chinese moon song bring us to Holst鈥檚 Jupiter, the planet associated in ancient astrology with long journeys and healing.

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Mon 18 May 2020 19:00
成人快手 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Thomas Arne

    The Morning

    Singer: Emma Kirkby. Ensemble: The Parley of Instruments. Conductor: Roy Goodman.
    • HYPERION.

  • Mariam Batsashvili

    Consolations, Six Pens茅es po茅tiques, S.172: iii) Lento placido

  • George Frideric Handel

    Eternal source of light divine (Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Singer: Iestyn Davies. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • EMI.

  • Jacques Ibert

    Matin sur l'eau (6 Pieces)

    Performer: Kyunghee Kim-Sutre.
    • La Harpe Consolatrice.
    • Hortus.
    • 1.

  • Edward Elgar

    The Wand of youth - suite no. 1 Op.1a (Sun dance)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Wu Man and The Kronos Quartet

    The Round Sun And Crescent Moon in the Sky

    • Immeasurable Light.
    • Traditional Crossroads.
    • 1.

  • Miguel Llobet Sol茅s

    El Noi de la Mare

    Performer: Thibaut Garcia.

  • Gustav Holst

    Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (The Planets arr Roberts)

    Performer: Black Dyke Band. Music Arranger: Stephen Roberts. Conductor: James Watson.
    • The Planets.
    • Doyen.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Mon 18 May 2020 19:00
    成人快手 Radio 3

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