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In Tune's Mixtape's eclectic mix today includes wild dances by Brahms and Britten, music by two female composers from very different worlds and an invitation from a mermaid.

In Tune Mixtape's eclectic mix today includes wild dances by Brahms and Benjamin Britten, and music by two female composers from very different worlds - Clara Schumann and the Syrian qanu-player, Maya Youssef. Haydn brings us an invitation from a mermaid, and mysterious and questioning sound-worlds are conjoured up by Poulenc and James Macmillan.

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 9 Jul 2021 19:00

Music Played

  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G minor

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Director: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.
  • Clara Schumann

    Mazurka in G minor (Soir茅es Musicales Op.6)

    Performer: Yoshiko Iwai.
    • Naxos.
  • Maya Youssef

    Awatef

    Performer: Maya Youssef. Performer: Sebastian Flaig. Performer: Attab Haddad.
    • Syrian Dreams.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 10.
  • Joseph Haydn

    The Mermaid's Song (6 Original canzonettas - set 1)

    Singer: Sarah Walker. Performer: Roger Vignoles.
    • Hyperion.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Oboe Sonata

    Performer: Maurice Bourgue. Performer: Pascal Rog茅.
    • Poulenc: Piano music and chamber works: Pascal Roge.
    • Decca.
    • 10-12.
  • Benjamin Britten

    3 Divertimenti (Burlesque)

    Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • EMI.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzona seconda 脿 6

    Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • King's College.
  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de matin, Op 15 No 2

    Music Arranger: M. Erle. Orchestra: Salonorchester Schwanen. Conductor: Georg Huber.
    • Salon Orchestra Favourites Volume 3: Salonorchester Schwanen/Huber.
    • Naxos.
    • 11.
  • James McMillan

    A New Song

    Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Performer: Timothy Ravalde. Director: Andrew Nethsingha.
    • Hear My Words: Choral Classics from St John's: Choir of St John's College, Cambr.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.

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  • Fri 9 Jul 2021 19:00

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