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Power through with classical music

Starting with a sprightly tune from I Fagiolini, then Britten and Reich, music for wind ensemble by Gounod and Ruth Gipps, and the fresh grass of Vaughan William's Silent Noon.

We begin today's eclectic In Tune Mixtape passing some time in good company with a sprightly tune from the vocal ensemble I Fagiolini. We make two forays into music for wind ensemble, with music by Gounod and Ruth Gipps, and hear two legendary instrumentalists - violinist Itzhak Perlman and Andre Previn -enjoying themselves in an arrangement of Scott Joplin's Pineapple Rag. After a visit to Aldeburgh for one of Britten's atmospheric Sea Interludes and percussion music from Steve Reich, we finish in the fresh grass "neath billowing skies" for Vaughan William's Silent Noon.

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 28 Feb 2022 19:00

Music Played

  • Robert Hollingworth, Forbury Consort & I Fagiolini

    Pastyme with good companye (De mon triste deplaisir) for 3 voices

  • Scott Joplin

    Pineapple rag, arr. Perlman for violin and piano [orig. for piano]

    Performer: Andr茅 Previn. Performer: Itzhak Perlman.
  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    Suite Popolar Brasileira: Schottische Choro (Guitar)

    Performer: Julian Bream.
    • BMG.
    • 09026-61848-2.
  • Charles Gounod

    Petite symphonie in B flat major for 9 wind instruments

    Conductor: Christopher Hogwood. Performer: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.
    • Decca.
    • 430231-2.
  • Benjamin Britten

    4 Sea interludes [from 'Peter Grimes'] Op.33a [concert version]

    Conductor: Edward Gardner. Performer: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.
    • CHSA5250.
  • Steve Reich

    Nagoya marimbas for 2 marimbas

    Performer: Colin Currie. Performer: Sam Walton.
    • EMI CLASSICS.
    • NA-NA.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Pan and Apollo Op.78 for 2 oboes, cor anglais and harp

    Conductor: Jonathan Bloxham. Performer: 成人快手 National Orchestra of Wales.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The House of life for voice and piano

    Performer: Iain Burnside. Performer: Roderick Williams (1965).
    • Naxos.
    • 8557643.

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  • Mon 28 Feb 2022 19:00

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