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Expand your horizons with classical music

An eclectic mix featuring classical favourites, lesser-known gems and a few surprises. Tonight we journey with Don Juan from serenading at a window ledge to the gates of hell.

Half an hour of back-to-back classical music, journeying with Don Juan from serenading at a window ledge, mandolin in hand, to the gates of hell and beyond. In between, luxuriate in the beauty of the piano with Shostakovich and Chopin, dance the czardas with Nicola Benedetti and Ksenija Sidorova, and get electric with Pat Metheny and Philip Glass.

Producer: David Fay

29 minutes

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Deh, vieni alla finestra (Don Giovanni)

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Performer: Greg Lawson. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Mozart: Tutto Mozart!: Bryn Terfel/Sir Charles Mackerras.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 14.
  • Steve Reich

    Electric Counterpoint: II. Slow

    Performer: Pat Metheny.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Concerto no.2 in F major Op.102 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Boris Giltburg. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
  • Vittorio Monti

    Czardas arr Parhamovsky

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Tam谩s Andras. Performer: Ksenija Sidorova. Performer: Thomas Carroll.
  • Muriel Herbert

    Lean out of the window

    Singer: James Gilchrist. Performer: David Owen Norris.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor, Op.66

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Don Juan (ending)

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 28 Jul 2022 19:00
  • Mon 2 Sep 2024 19:00

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