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Expand your horizons with classical music

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites and discoveries, including pieces by Antonio Vivaldi, Emilie Mayer, Gabriel Faur茅 and John Rutter.

Starting with 'Bawo Thixo Somandla', one of the 'Five African Songs' by South African composer Mzilikazi Khumalo, we'll then remain in the Southern Hemisphere, in Australia this time, with Elena Kats-Chernin's 'Green Leaf Prelude'. The rhythm of life infuses tonight's mixtape with Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields next, before Madeleine Dring's Italian Dance. We'll stay in Italy indeed for a bit of Antonio Vivaldi - and watch out for a (French) siciliana later on - before contemporary composer Sofia Gubaidulina toys with a playful drum, while Emilie Mayer's score plays with 16 strings. And for a glorious conclusion, John Rutter's 'Gloria' brings your half-hour of music to a festive end.

Producer: Julien Rosa

30 minutes

Last on

Thu 12 Jan 2023 19:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Mzilikazi Khumalo

    5 African Songs: Bawo Thixo Somandla (Father God Almighty)

    Orchestrator: P茅ter Louis van Dijk. Orchestra: SABC National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Cock.
    • African Songs.
    • MARCO POLO.
    • 2.

  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Green Leaf Prelude

    Performer: Nicola Sweeney. Performer: Sarah Nicolls.
    • Ragtime & Blue.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.
    • 2.

  • Cy Coleman

    Rhythm of Life

    Composer: Dorothy Fields. Music Arranger: Peter Knight. Ensemble: The King鈥檚 Singers.
    • The Library, Vol. 4.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 801.

  • Madeleine Dring

    Italian Dance

    Performer: Leslie Odom. Performer: Soomee Yoon.
    • Scene rustique.
    • RAVELLO RECORDS.
    • 10.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    L'Incoronazione di Dario (Sinfonia)

    Ensemble: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.
    • A Tale of Two Seasons.
    • Avie.
    • 1-3.

  • Sofia Gubaidulina

    Musical toys for piano: no.13; The Drummer

    Performer: Mei Yi Foo.
    • Musical Toys.
    • ODRADEK.
    • 13.

  • Emilie Mayer

    String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 14: II. Scherzo. Allegro assai

    Ensemble: Erato Quartett Basel.
    • Mendelssohn-Hensel, Mayer & Sirmen: String Quartets.
    • CPO.
    • 202.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Sicilienne Op.78

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Mariko Anraku.
    • Beau Soir, French and Japanese melodies: Pahud/Anraku.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.

  • John Rutter

    Quoniam tu solus sanctus (Gloria)

    Conductor: John Rutter. Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia.
    • Gloria: The Sacred Music of John Rutter.
    • Collegium.
    • 03.

Broadcast

  • Thu 12 Jan 2023 19:00
    大象传媒 Radio 3

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