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'Down by the Rio Grande, they dance the Sarabande'. Of course, they do - it's the In Tune MixTape, and heading off into the sunset, we find the usual suspects: Mozart, Grieg and Percy Grainger and a Scarlatti sonata performed by a WWII air ace.

Producer: Bill Nicholls

30 minutes

Music Played

  • Constant Lambert

    The Rio Grande

    Singer: Sally Burgess. Performer: Jack Gibbons. Choir: Chorus of Opera North. Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.
    • Lambert: Summer's Last Will and Testament; The Rio Grande.
    • HYPERION.
    • 1.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg suite (Op.40) vers. for piano: Sarabande (second movement)

    Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland.
  • John Playford

    Wallom Green (English Dancing Master)

    Music Arranger: Bjarte Eike. Performer: Bjarte Eike. Ensemble: Barokksolistene.
    • Rubicon RCD1017.
    • Rubicon.
    • 1.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in B minor, Kk27

    Performer: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli.
  • Andy Scott

    Seven Dances (No 7, 'Big!')

    Ensemble: Aquarelle Guitar Quartet.
  • Eduardo Di Capua

    O sole mio

    Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Giancarlo Chiaramello.
    • DECCA.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance Op.46 No.5 in A

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.
  • Victor Hely-Hutchinson

    Old Mother Hubbard 'in the manner of Handel'

    Singer: Bejun Mehta. Performer: Julius Drake.
    • Bejun Mehta - Down by the Salley Gardens.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 19.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Thamos, Ko虉nig in A虉gypten, K.345: Overture

    Orchestra: Orchestra of Classical Opera Company. Conductor: Ian Page.
  • Percy Grainger

    A Lincolnshire Posy

    Music Arranger: Timothy Higgins. Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass.

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  • Wed 15 Jan 2020 19:00
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