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Essential Classics for the Great Outdoors

Take to the great outdoors with an hour of uplifting classical music inspired by woodland, nature and the countryside. Enjoy Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag, Pamela Harrison's Shepherd's Siesta and the Banks of Green Willow by George Butterworth. MM.

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Music Played

  • William Grant Still

    Symphony no.1 'Afro American' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Paul Freeman.

  • Scott Joplin

    Maple leaf rag for piano

    Performer: Dick Hyman.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major - Air

    Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.

  • George Gershwin

    Gershwin Songbook: No. 5, I Got Rhythm

    Performer: Martin James Bartlett.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Autumn (The Four Seasons)

    Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Ensemble: Virtuosi di Kuhmo.

  • George Butterworth

    The Banks of Green Willow

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Montgomery Variations, 3 March

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Kellen Gray.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance in E minor, Op.72 No.2

    Performer: Midori. Performer: Robert McDonald.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon, HWV 67)

    Orchestra: Tafelmusik. Conductor: Jeanne Lamon.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Turkish March (Rondo alla Turca from Piano sonata no.11)

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: Matthias Bamert. Music Arranger: Leopold Stokowski.

  • Pamela Harrison

    Shepherd's Siesta (Six Eclogues of Portugal, No 5)

    Performer: Hiroaki Takenouchi.

  • E虅riks Es虒envalds

    Wandering Heart (The Road Is Too Long)

    Author: Leonard Cohen. Choir: Chor Leoni Men's Choir. Conductor: Erick Lichte.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in C sharp minor, Op 27 No 2, 'Moonlight' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.86 in D major (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.

  • Geraldine Green

    Nocturne for flute and piano

    Performer: Gary Woolf. Performer: Sebastian Kurz.

  • Robert Schumann

    Traumerei (Kinderszenen, Op 15) arr. for guitar

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰. Music Arranger: Michael Lewin.