Thirty minutes of classical Inspiration
Lose yourself in a 30-minute mix of music quirkily inspired by the Baroque dance suite, starting in the 17th century and ending firmly in the 21st.
Lose yourself in a 30-minute mix of music quirkily inspired by the Baroque dance suite.
We open and close with choral music: starting in the 17th century with the gigue rhythms of the Gloria from Bach's B minor Mass, and ending firmly in the 21st with Allemande from Caroline Shaw's Pulitzer Prize-winning Partita for 8 Voices. Along the way, we hear music by Lawes, Chopin, Moondog and Paul McCartney - whose Blackbird was inspired by the Bourr茅e from Bach's E minor Lute Suite, which he played on the guitar as a boy.
Producer: Christina Kenny
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Gloria (Mass in B minor)
Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Director: John Butt.- J. S. Bach, Mass in B minor: Dunedin Consort and Players.
- Linn.
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Paul McCartney
Blackbird
Music Arranger: Iain Farrington. Singer: Allan Clayton. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.- Insomnia.
- Warner Classics.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Polonaise No.6 in A flat major, Op.53 'Heroic'
Performer: Martha Argerich.- EMI.
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Moondog
Chaconne in G major
Ensemble: Moondog.- Moondog (The Viking of Sixth Avenue).
- Honest Jon's.
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William Lawes
Royall Consort Suite no.1 in D minor (Corants 1 & 2, Sarabande)
Ensemble: Phantasm.- LINN.
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Caroline Shaw
Partita (Allemande)
Ensemble: Roomful of Teeth.- New Amsterdam Records.
Broadcast
- Wed 15 Jun 2022 19:00成人快手 Radio 3
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