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Classical music for focus and inspiration

A woozy version of Donald Byrd's modern hymnal Cristo Redentor, an athletic nonet by Louise Farrenc and the crystal-clear chiming of the Diabate brothers in tonight's Mixtape.

A woozy version of Donald Byrd's Cristo Redentor opens tonight's Mixtape, a work Byrd described as "a modern hymnal... approaching this tradition with respect and great pleasure". The gallant double bouree of JS Bach's Cello Suite No 3 in C major BWV 1009 next, a rollicking nonet by Louise Farrenc - the only woman to hold a full chair at the Paris Conservatoire in the 18th century - and Shostakovich's unashamedly heart-on-his-sleeve Romance from The Gadfly. Then Toumani and Sidiki Diabate's chiming koras follow the "perfect love and adoration" of Gavin Bryars's Lauda Dami conforto, Dio - Give me comfort, O God, and joy. And to end, the sprightly finale from Haydn's Symphony No 53, "L'Imp茅riale".

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Wed 23 Jun 2021 19:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • William Byrd

    Cristo Redentor

    Ensemble: Lushlife.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Unaccompanied Cello Suite No.3 in C Major, BWV 1009: Bourrees I & II

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.
    • Six Evolutions.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 17.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Nonet in E flat major, Op 38 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Ambache Chamber Ensemble.
    • Farrenc Chamber Music.
    • Carlton Classics.
    • 6.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Romance (The Gadfly Suite, Op 97a)

    Performer: Alexander Kerr. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Shostakovich: The Film Album: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Chailly.
    • Decca.
    • 25.

  • Gavin Bryars

    Lauda 24 'Dammi conforto Dio'

    Singer: Ieva Ezeriete. Choir: Latvian Radio Choir.

  • Toumani Diabat茅 & Sidiki Diabat茅

    Toguna Industries

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No.53 in D major 'L'imp茅riale' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.
    • Signum.

Broadcasts

  • Wed 30 Jan 2019 19:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3
  • Wed 23 Jun 2021 19:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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