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Half an hour of the finest classical music

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.

This evening's Classical Mixtape celebrates disabled composers and performers. Sit back and enjoy a Trumpet Minuet for Organ by blind organist Alfred Hollins, followed by Frederic Delius' Aquarelles for String Orchestra.
Les Sirenes by French Composer Lili Boulanger who died of Crohn's disease at just 24-years-old precedes dreamy music by the blind Celtic harpist, singer and composer Turlough O'Carolan. Plus, music by Rodrigo and the Left-handed pianist Nicholas McCarthy plays Scriabin. To finish, blind Dutch flautist and composer Jacob van Eyck evokes the beautiful song of the English Nightingale.
Producer: Kevin Satizabal Carrascal

30 minutes

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Mon 4 Dec 2023 19:00
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Music Played

  • Alfred Hollins

    A Trumpet Minuet

    Performer: Roger Fisher.
    • A Celebration of Organ Music from Hull City Hall.
    • AMPHION.
    • 002.

  • Frederick Delius

    2 Aquarelles

    Music Arranger: Eric Fenby. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Julian Lloyd Webber.
    • Naxos.

  • Lili Boulanger

    Les Sirènes

    Performer: Antonii Baryshevskyi. Singer: Catherina Witting. Choir: Orpheus Vokalensemble. Conductor: Michael Alber.
    • Lili Boulanger: Hymne au Soleil. Chorwerke.
    • Carus.
    • 5.

  • Turlough O'Carolan

    O'Carolan's Dream

    Performer: Ronn McFarlane.
    • The Celtic Lute.
    • Sono Luminus.
    • 107.

  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Song of the Sparrow (4 Catalan Songs)

    Singer: Raquel Lojendio. Orchestra: Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias. Conductor: Maximiano Valdés.
    • Songs and Madrigals for Soprano and Orchestra.
    • Naxos.
    • 014.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Nocturne in D flat major, Op 9 No.2, for piano left hand

    Performer: Nicholas McCarthy.
    • Solo.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 11.

  • Jacob van Eyck

    Engels nachtegaeltje (‘The English Nightingale’)

    Performer: Marion Verbruggen.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

Broadcast

  • Mon 4 Dec 2023 19:00
    ±«Óãtv Radio 3

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