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Power through with classical music

An eclectic mix of classical favourites, lesser-known gems and a few surprises: music by JS Bach, R. Murray Shafer, Glass, Brahms, Ravel, Vaughan Williams, Haydn, Duke Ellington.

An eclectic mix of classical favourites, lesser-known gems and a few surprises, including a prelude and fugue by JS Bach, Gamelan music as imagined for voices by R. Murray Shafer, Glass' music for the film Mishima on saxophones, one of Brahms' Hungarian dances, Ravel's Rapsodie Espagnole on 2 pianos, Vaughan Williams' Mass in G minor, Haydn's Symphony 83 'The Hen'... and Duke Ellington's 'It don't mean a thing (if it ain't got that swing)' played by Django Reinhardt.
Producer: Juan Carlos Jaramillo

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 16 Sep 2022 19:00

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 870

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • J.S. Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1-2.
  • R. Murray Schafer

    Schafer: Gamelan

    Lyricist: R. Murray Schafer. Conductor: Manolo Cagnin. Choir: Vienna Boys' Choir.
    • Jubilate Deo.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 11.
  • Philip Glass

    String Quartet No 3, 'Mishima' (1st mvt)

    Music Arranger: Stephen Cottrell. Ensemble: Delta Saxophone Quartet.
    • Clarinet Classics.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian dance no.1 in G minor

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Brahms: The Symphonies.
    • Decca.
    • 25.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Pr茅lude 脿 la nuit (Rapsodie espagnole for two pianos)

    Performer: Sergio Tiempo. Performer: Karin Lechner.
    • Live from the Lugano Festival 2009, Martha Argerich and friends.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 4.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Mass in G minor, Kyrie

    Conductor: David Price. Choir: Portsmouth Cathedral Choir.
    • Sing to the Lord.
    • Convivium Records.
    • 1.
  • Duke Ellington

    It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

    Performer: Django Reinhardt. Performer: St茅phane Grappelli. Ensemble: Stephane Grapelli Hot Four.
    • I Got Rhythm!.
    • Past Perfect.
    • 11.

Broadcast

  • Fri 16 Sep 2022 19:00

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