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The perfect classical half hour

Exquisite chamber music from Rebecca Clarke, joyous bursts from Poulenc and Arnold, and a heavenly slice of Renaissance Polyphony, sprinkled with Stardust from Wynton Marsalis.

In Tune's specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, taking you on a journey of contrasts, beginning with Baroque eloquence from Arcangelo Corelli, a haunting Spanish song by Manuel de Falla and a lively movement from Beethoven's first symphony. There is some ecstatic and joyous orchestral music from Poulenc and Malcolm Arnold, and ethereal, sublime moments are provided by Renaissance Portuguese composer João Lourenço Rebelo and the incomparable Rebecca Clarke. At the centre of the sequence is a lush, laid back arrangement of Hoagy Carmichael's classic "Stardust", performed with characteristically smooth swagger by the jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis.

Producer Helen Garrison

30 minutes

Last on

Thu 1 Jul 2021 19:00

Music Played

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto grosso in F major Op.6`2

    Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
  • Manuel de Falla

    Nana (Night and Dreams)

    Performer: Justus Zeyen. Singer: Measha Brueggergosman.
    • Measha Bruggergosman - Night And Dreams - Justus Zeyen.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 15.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.1 in C major Op.21 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9.
    • Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • 3.
  • João Lourenço Rebelo

    Panis Angelicus

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • A Golden Age of Portguese Music.
    • Coro.
    • 008.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Rondeau (Les biches)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Paris 1920: Orchestre de Paris/Semyon Bychkov.
    • Philips.
    • 2.
  • Hoagy Carmichael

    Stardust

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Music Arranger: Bob Freedman. Conductor: Bob Freedman. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Resolution to Swing.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • 1.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Little suite for orchestra No 2 (Overture)

    Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
  • Rebecca Clarke

    Piano Trio (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Storioni Trio.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 19 Feb 2019 19:00
  • Thu 1 Jul 2021 19:00

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