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30 minutes of Classical Inspiration

Tonight, a swooning sigh, symphonies from Mendelssohn and Magnard, Till Eulenspiegel in an ash grove, Leo Delibes’ Sylvia and crocodiles, ostriches and hippos dance away the hours.

This evening, after a swooning sigh, Felix Mendelssohn and Alberic Magnard appear in symphonic guise, that master of tricks and wheezes Till Eulenspiegel travels by an ash grove courtesy of Richard Strauss and Benjamin Britten, and we trip lightly with Leo Delibes’ Sylvia before crocodiles, ostriches and hippos dance away the hours with Amicare Ponchielli.

Producer: Richard Denison

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 17 Jan 2022 19:00

Music Played

  • Franz Liszt

    Un Sospiro (3 Concert studies)

    Performer: Jorge Bolet.
    • Decca.
  • Albéric Magnard

    Symphony No 3 in B flat minor, Op 11 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jean-Yves Ossonce.
    • Magnard: The Four Symphonies.
    • HYPERION.
    • 2.
  • Richard Strauss

    Till Eulengspiegel einmal anders

    Music Arranger: Franz Hasenöhrl. Ensemble: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal.
    • ANALEKTA.
  • Trad.

    The Ash Grove

    Music Arranger: Benjamin Britten. Singer: Philip Langridge. Performer: Graham Johnson.
    • Britten: Folk Song Arrangements.
    • Naxos.
    • 6.
  • Léo Delibes

    Pizzicato (Sylvia)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Anatole Fistoulari.
    • Delibes: Sylvia & Coppelia: LSO/Fistoulari/Minneapolis SO/Dorati.
    • Mercury.
    • 5.
  • Amilcare Ponchielli

    Dance of the Hours (La Gioconda)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Intermezzo: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Jarvi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 15.

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  • Mon 17 Jan 2022 19:00

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