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Power through with classical music

In Tune's specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, including a few surprises. Moments of melancholy introspection from Beethoven and Strauss interspersed with all the Dionysian life force of Mozart and Bernstein - but the party can't start before the arrival of a certain Sheban Queen

30 minutes

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Sinfonia, Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon)

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Archiv.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Fidelio, Act I: No. 3 Quartett: Mir ist so wunderbar (Marzelline/Leonore/Rocco/J

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Simon Rattle Edition: Beethoven.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Quartet in E flat major Op.51 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Albion Quartet.
    • Dvor虒谩k: String Quartets Nos. 8 & 10.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 204.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Organ Concerto in F major HWV.295 'The Cuckoo and the Nightingale' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Simon Preston. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Handel: Organ Concertos: Simon Preston.
    • Archiv Produktion.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata in B flat major for piano duet, K 358 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Christoph Eschenbach. Performer: Justus Frantz.
    • Mozart: Music for Piano Duet: Justus Frantz, Christoph Eschenbach.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.
  • Richard Strauss

    Morgen, Op.27 no.4

    Singer: Jessye Norman. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Kurt Masur.
    • PHILLIPS.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Wonderful Town (Entr'acte)

    Ensemble: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Wonderful Town.
    • EMI.
    • 012.

Broadcast

  • Tue 26 Jan 2021 19:00

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