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Switch up your listening with classical music

In Tune's specially curated playlist on the theme of late summer as the temperatures begin to fall, including music by Vivaldi, Barber, Poulenc and Gershwin.

In Tune's specially curated playlist on the theme of summertime as the season changes and the high temperatures start to fade, including a fiery summer storm by Vivaldi, Barber in a nostalgic mood, and Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong performing Gershwin - the perfect way to usher in your evening.

Produced by Dominic Wells.

30 minutes

Last on

Tue 22 Sep 2020 19:00

Music Played

  • Samuel Barber

    Knoxville: Summer of 1915

    Singer: Dawn Upshaw. Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke鈥檚. Conductor: David Zinman.
  • Claude Debussy

    Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Wasps (Overture)

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Seasons: July (Song of the Reaper)

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
  • Edward Elgar

    As Torrents in Summer (Scenes from The Saga of King Olaf)

    Choir: Cambridge University Chamber Choir. Conductor: Christopher Robinson.
    • NAXOS.
  • Michael Tippett

    The Midsummer Marriage (Ritual Dances)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Hotel (Banalites)

    Singer: R茅gine Crespin. Performer: John Wustman.
    • Decca.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons - 'Summer': III. Tempo impetuoso d'Estate

    Performer: Fabio Biondi. Orchestra: Europa Galante.
  • George Gershwin

    Summertime (Porgy and Bess)

    Performer: Louis Armstrong. Singer: Ella Fitzgerald.
    • Verve.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 5 Jul 2018 19:00
  • Tue 22 Sep 2020 19:00

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