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Classical music mix inspired by Vaughan Williams

An eclectic mix featuring classical music inspired by Ralph Vaughan Williams's setting of Shakespeare's words from The Merchant of Venice: Serenade to Music.

As part of 大象传媒 Radio 3's Vaughan Williams's 150th anniversary celebration, the In Tune Mixtape begins with one of the composer's best loved works, then embarks on a journey of music inspired by it in different ways. Serenade to Music is a setting of Shakespeare's words from The Merchant of Venice, famously scored for 16 solo singers and orchestra. There follows music by Henry Purcell, Frank Bridge, William Walton, Glenn Miller, John Dankworth and Jocelyn Pook, catching the thematic threads of moonlight, serenades, music's transcendent beauty, and Shakespeare, and weaving them into an eclectic half hour mix.

Producer: Helen Garrison

30 minutes

Last on

Wed 12 Oct 2022 19:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Serenade to Music

    Performer: Duncan Riddell. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington. Singer: Felicity Lott. Singer: Lisa Milne. Singer: Rosa Mannion. Singer: Yvonne Kenny. Singer: Ann Murray. Singer: Diana Montague. Singer: Della Jones. Singer: Catherine Wyn-Rogers. Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Singer: Robert Lloyd. Singer: Stephen Roberts. Singer: Michael George. Singer: John Mark Ainsley. Singer: Toby Spence. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Singer: Christopher Maltman. Singer: Timothy Robinson.

  • Henry Purcell

    Moonlight on the Green - Scotch Tune

    Composer: James Oswald. Ensemble: Concerto Caledonia.

  • Lennox Berkeley

    String Serenade - 1st movement, Vivace

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • The Berkeley Edition, Volume 1.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.

  • Frank Bridge

    The Sea (Moonlight)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Over Hill, Over Dale (Three Shakespeare Songs)

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.

  • John Dankworth

    Fear no more the Heat o' the Sun

    Author: William Shakespeare. Singer: Cleo Laine.
    • Wordsongs.
    • Philips.
    • 04.

  • Glenn Miller

    Moonlight Serenade

    Orchestra: Glenn Miller Orchestra.
    • In The Mood 鈥� The Definitive Moonlight Collection.
    • Bluebird.
    • 20.

  • Jocelyn Pook

    How sweet the moonlight (The Merchant of Venice)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Performer: Siobh谩n Armstrong. Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Ensemble: Baroque String Quartet.
    • Decca.

  • Ola Gjeilo

    The Spheres

    Choir: Tenebrae. Orchestra: The Chamber Orchestra of London. Director: Nigel Short.
    • Ola Gjeilo.
    • Decca.
    • 002.

  • William Walton

    Henry V (Overture)

    Music Arranger: Muir Mathieson. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Walton: Belshazzar's Feast etc: Terfel/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Litton.
    • London.
    • 11.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 10 May 2022 19:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3
  • Wed 12 Oct 2022 19:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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