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Souls and Celebrations

Music reflecting the joys of living and the souls of the departed in a half hour uninterrupted sequence ranging from Ravel and Durufle to Joplin and Arlen

Reflecting the season of All Saints and All Souls, the In Tune mixtape weaves its unbroken way through ravishing requiems and languid laments by Maurice Durufle and Frank Bridge, mixed with joyous bursts celebrating life in dances from Malcolm Arnold and Aram Khachaturian. The struggle and fragility of existence flutters into view in Ravel's depiction of moths and Scott Joplin's rag "The Strenuous Life", and in the haunting score to the film American Beauty. But the sequence ends optimistically with Harold Arlen's show stopper "Get Happy", as we all travel together to the Promised Land.

Producer Helen Garrison

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 1 Nov 2019 19:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Four English Dances, Set 2, Op 33 (No 2)

    Conductor: Malcolm Arnold. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Malcolm Arnold: English, Irish, Scottish & Cornish Dances: LPO/Arnold.
    • Lyrita.
    • 6.

  • Maurice Durufl茅

    Requiem, Op.9 (In Paradisum)

    Choir: Bavarian Radio Symphony Choir. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Ivan Repu拧i膰.
    • Durufl茅: Requiem - Respighi: Concerto gregoriano.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 109.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Noctuelles (Miroirs)

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music: Steven Osborne, Piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Lezghinka (Gayane)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Aram Khachaturian.
    • Khachaturian: Spartacus/Gayaneh: Wiener Philharmoniker/Khachaturian.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

  • Frank Bridge

    Lament for strings

    Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Orchestral Works, Vol.4.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.

  • Thomas Newman

    Still Dead (American Beauty)

    Director: Thomas Newman.
    • Dreamworks.

  • Scott Joplin

    The Strenuous life

    Performer: Dick Hyman.
    • Scott Joplin - Piano Works, 1899-1904.
    • RCA.
    • 009.

  • Anonymous

    Homo fugit velut umbra (Passacaglia della Vita)

    Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • Landi: "Homo fugit velut umbra...".
    • Alpha.
    • 1.

  • Harold Arlen

    Get Happy (Summer Stock)

    Composer: Ted Koehler. Singer: Kim Criswell. Orchestra: John Wilson Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • The Best Of The John Wilson Orchestra.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Fri 1 Nov 2019 19:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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