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In Tune's specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, featuring favourites, lesser-known gems, and a few surprises. Tonight includes Reich's Electric Counterpoint.

In Tune's specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, featuring favourites, lesser-known gems, and a few surprises. This evening's Mixtape begins with Johann Strauss II, and the exhilarating Tarantella from his ballet Cinderella, before the Waltz from Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings. Expect Corelli, Vaughan Williams and Glazunov before ending on an upbeat Steeplechase by another Strauss, Johann's brother Josef.

Producer: Hayley Wiltshire

29 minutes

Last on

Mon 23 Aug 2021 19:00

Music Played

  • Johann Strauss II

    Tarantella (Cinderella: Act III)

    Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • Decca.
    • 0289 470 5222 7.
    • 4.
  • Erroll Garner

    Erroll's Blues

    Performer: Joanna MacGregor.
    • LDR (3).
    • LDRCD 1004.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Serenade for Strings, Op 48 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: The Russian Virtuosi of Europe. Conductor: Yuri Zhislin.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • ORC100052.
    • 2.
  • Steve Reich

    Electric Counterpoint: II. Slow

    Performer: Pat Metheny.
    • Elektra Nonesuch.
    • 79176-2.
    • 6.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto Grosso No 4 in D major, Op 6 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: The Brandenburg Consort. Director: Roy Goodman.
    • Hyperion.
    • CDD22011.
    • 18.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on 'Greensleeves'

    Ensemble: Consort of London. Conductor: Robert Haydon Clark.
    • Collins Classics.
    • RET0008.
    • 1.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Two Pieces for Piano, Op 22: No 1 (Barcarolle)

    Performer: Stephen Coombs.
    • Helios.
    • CDH55222.
    • 4.
  • Josef Strauss

    Steeplechase, polka schnell (Op 43)

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Dittrich.
    • Naxos.
    • 8.556846.
    • 13.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Tarantella (Cinderella)

    Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
  • Erroll Garner

    Erroll's Blues

    Performer: Joanna MacGregor.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Serenade for strings (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Russian Virtuosi of Europe. Performer: Yuri Zhislin.
    • Orchid Classics : ORC100052.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 2.
  • Steve Reich

    Electric Counterpoint: II. Slow

    Performer: Pat Metheny.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto Grosso in D major, Op 6 No 4 (2nd mvt; Allegro)

    Ensemble: The Brandenburg Consort. Conductor: Roy Goodman.
    • Rondeaux Royaux: The Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman.
    • Hyperion.
    • 14.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Orchestra: Consort of London. Conductor: Robert Haydon Clark.
    • Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves/Lark Ascending etc: Consort of London.
    • 1.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Barcarolle in D flat major, Op 22 No 1

    Performer: Stephen Coombs.
  • Josef Strauss

    Steeplechase Polka-schnell, Op 43

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava. Conductor: Michael Dittrich.

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  • Tue 28 Aug 2018 19:00
  • Mon 23 Aug 2021 19:00

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