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Thirty minutes of classical inspiration

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, including some tracks inspired by the Bard on Radio 3's Shakespeare Day.

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, including some tracks inspired by the Bard on Radio 3's Shakespeare Day. Featuring music that Gerald Finzi wrote for a production of Shakespeare's early comedy Love's Labour's Lost, Thomas Arne's setting of Juno's Blessing from The Tempest, and a classic duet from Bernstein and Sondheim's reworking of Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story. Frederic Mompou paints a musical portrait of the streets of Barcelona, Dvoƙák recalls Czech folk songs, Coleridge-Taylor writes sparkling music for clarinet quintet, and Bach makes the keyboard sing.

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Wed 8 Nov 2023 19:00
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Music Played

  • Federico Mompou

    El Carrer, el Guitarrista, i el Vell Cavall (Suburbis)

    Performer: Jean‐François Heisser.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Love's Labour's Lost - suite from the play Op.28b for small orchestra: Dance

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • LYRITA.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto in G minor after BWV 1056 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • Rachel Podger, Brecon Baroque - J.S. Bach violin concertos.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 8.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor Op.10 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Piano quintet/Clarinet quintet: Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.

  • Thomas Arne

    Honour, riches, marriage, blessing

    Lyricist: William Shakespeare. Singer: Catherine Bott. Ensemble: The Parley of Instruments. Conductor: Peter Holman.
    • Hyperion.

  • AntonĂ­n Dvoƙák

    Lasst mich allein Op.82 / Songs my mother taught Op.55 no.4

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Performer: Anna Polonsky.
    • Decca.

Broadcast

  • Wed 8 Nov 2023 19:00
    ±«Óătv Radio 3

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