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Classical music to inspire you

Tonight's mini-epic starts with Viennese popular music by Joseph Lanner and travels though Venice with Vivaldi, contemporary America with Philip Glass and 17th-century Mexico thanks to Juan Guti茅rrez de Padilla.

30 minutes

Music Played

  • Josef Lanner

    Gartenfest-Galopp

    Ensemble: Philharmonia Schrammeln.
    • Gemischter Satz.
    • Gramola Records.
    • 2101.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    6 Bagatelles Op.126 (no.4 in B minor)

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
    • HUNGAROTON.
  • Juan Guti茅rrez de Padilla

    A siolo flasiquiyo (villancico)

    Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing. Ensemble: Harp Consort.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Mandolin Concerto in C major, RV.425

    Performer: Avi Avital. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra.
    • Avi Avital Vivaldi.
    • DG.
    • 7.
  • Tom Blankenberg

    Piscine

    Performer: Tom Blankenberg.
    • Piano Layers vol 2.
    • 7K!.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 98 in B flat major (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
    • Haydn: The London Symphonies: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Davis.
    • Philips.
    • 6.
  • Philip Glass

    Knee 5 (Einstein on the Beach)

    Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble. Conductor: Michael Riesman.
    • Glass: Einstein on the Beach.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 020.

Broadcast

  • Tue 25 Jan 2022 19:00

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