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Classical music for focus and inspiration

In Tune鈥檚 specially curated playlist, an eclectic mix of music including Rzewski, Ethel Smyth, Shostakovich and Beethoven.

Frederick Rzewski's set of Variations on the Chilean protest song "The People United Will Never Be Defeated" forms the backbone of today's mixtape. Interspersed between each variation is music that ties in with the idea of people joining together in solidarity. We hear Ethel Smyth's March of the Women, the exuberant Finale of Dvorak's "American" String Quartet, John Adams' chorus from Nixon in China "The People are the Heroes Now", the visceral 2nd movement of Shostakovich's Symphony No 10 and the joyous finale of Beethoven's 9th Symphony.

Producer Barnaby Gordon

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 6 Mar 2020 19:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Frederic Rzewski

    The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (Thema: Tempo I)

    Performer: Christopher Hinterhuber.
    • Rzewski & Bach: Variations.
    • Paladino Music.
    • 1.

  • Ethel Smyth

    March of the Women (Songs of Sunrise)

    Singer: Eiddwen Harrhy. Orchestra: Plymouth Festival Orchestra and Chorus. Conductor: Philip Brunelle.
    • EMI.

  • Frederic Rzewski

    The People United will never be Defeated: Variation 13: quarter note = 72

    Performer: Christopher Hinterhuber.
    • Rzewski & Bach: Variations.
    • Paladino Music.
    • 114.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Quartet no.12 in F major, Op.96 'American' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet.
    • Dvorak String Quartets - Pavel Haas Quartet.
    • Supraphon.
    • 8.

  • Frederic Rzewski

    The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (Variation 1: Delicate but firm)

    Performer: Christopher Hinterhuber.
    • Rzewski & Bach: Variations.
    • Paladino Music.
    • 2.

  • John Adams

    The People Are The Heroes Now (Nixon in China)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke鈥檚. Conductor: Edo de Waart. Choir: St. Luke's Choir.
    • Nixon In China.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 03.

  • John Adams

    Landing Of The Spirit Of '76 (Nixon in China)

    Choir: St. Luke's Choir. Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke鈥檚. Conductor: Edo de Waart.
    • Nixon In China.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 4.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No 10 in E minor, Op 93 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth. Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales.
    • BIS.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no. 9 (Op.125) in D minor "Choral"; Mvt 4 Finale Chorus "An die Freude"

    Conductor: Benjamin Zander. Singer: Rebecca Evans. Singer: Patricia Bardon. Singer: Robert Murray. Singer: Derek Welton. Choir: Philharmonia Chorus. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Brattle Media.

  • Frederic Rzewski

    The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (Thema: Reprise)

    Performer: Christopher Hinterhuber.
    • Rzewski & Bach: Variations.
    • Paladino Music.
    • 39.

Broadcast

  • Fri 6 Mar 2020 19:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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