Bobby Friction
Fist-pumping highs to tear-jerking lows - Bobby finds it all in Clemmie's playlist, with music by Bernstein, Debussy and Thomas Adès.
Fist-pumping highs to tear-jerking lows - Bobby Friction from ´óÏó´«Ã½ Asian Network finds it all in this week's playlist as he discovers a powerful emotional virus lurking in the music of French composer Claude Debussy but says [spoiler] NO NO NOT NOT NOT NO NO to Dvorak.
Bobby's playlist in full
Bernstein: Candide Overture
Couperin: Les Baricades Misterieuses (arranged by Thomas Ades)
Debussy: Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (from Children’s Corner)
Dvorak: String Quartet in F AKA "American"
Purcell: Music for a While (from Oedipus)
Smetana: Vltava (from Ma Vlast)
Bonus tracks
Ravi Shankar's Raga Piloo
The Humma Song from OK Jaanu
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Music Played
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Leonard Bernstein
Candide (Overture)
Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.- Mehta - Gershwin; Copland; Bernstein; Kraft.
- Decca.
- 10.
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François Couperin
Les Barricades Mysterieuses
Music Arranger: Thomas Adès. Ensemble: The Composers Ensemble.- Ades: America: A Prophecy.
- Warner.
- 14.
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Claude Debussy
Dr Gradus ad Parnassum (Children's Corner)
Performer: Simon Trpceski.- Debussy: Images/Children's Corner etc: Simon Trpceski.
- EMI Classics.
- 3.
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AntonÃn Dvořák
String Quartet in F, Op 96, 'American' (Finale)
Ensemble: Juilliard String Quartet.- Sony.
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Henry Purcell
Music for a while (Oedipus)
Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Performer: Laurence Cummings.- BIS.
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Bedrich Smetana
Vltava (Má vlast)
Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jiřà Bělohlávek.- B. Smetana; Ma Vlast: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Belohlavek.
- Supraphon.
- 2.
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Ravi Shankar
Raga Piloo
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin.
Broadcasts
- Mon 30 Jul 2018 00:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3
- Mon 22 Jun 2020 00:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3
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