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Mozart's tears

The In Tune MixTape. Drawing pictures on the radio. From Dowland's Crystal tears, and Michael Nyman's theory of Optics, Paul Robeson looks over Jordan and Gershwin hopes there's someone to watch over me - all things visual in an aural world.

30 minutes

Music Played

  • Michael Nyman

    An Eye for Optical Theory (The Draughtsman's Contract)

    Performer: Michael Nyman Band. Ensemble: Michael Nyman Band. Director: Michael Nyman.
    • The Essential Michael Nyman Band.
    • ARGO.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Lacrimosa (Requiem in D minor, K.626)

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
    • Mozart Requiem Reconstruction of First Performances.
    • LINN.
    • 8.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

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

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

    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

    Music Arranger: Lawrence Brown. Performer: Paul Robeson. Performer: Rutland Clapham.
    • Paul Robeson: The Complete EMI Sessions 1928-1939.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 13.
  • George Gershwin

    Someone to Watch Over Me

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.
    • CBS.
  • Carl Nielsen

    String Quintet in G major (4th mvt)

    Performer: Tim Frederiksen. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Carl Nielsen: String Quartets Vol.1.
    • Da Capo.
    • 12.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Study in A flat major, Op 25 No 1

    Performer: Grigory Sokolov.
    • MELODIYA.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Dolly suite (Op.56), no.1; Berceuse (arr. for cello and piano)

    Performer: Andreas Brantelid. Performer: Bengt Forsberg.
    • BIS.

Broadcast

  • Tue 22 Jan 2019 19:00

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