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Take 30 minutes out with a stirring sequence of moving music by composers from Bach to 叠箩枚谤办.

Take 30 minutes out with a stirring sequence of moving classical music. This mixtape opens with 叠箩枚谤办's Overture from Selmasongs, before moving effortlessly on through piano music by Howells, violin virtuosity from Tchaikovsky and the intensity of Erbarme dich from JS Bach's St Matthew Passion. Next is Caroline Shaw's And the swallow, written in response to the Syrian refugee crisis, followed by the second movement of Florence Price's Violin Concerto No 1. The mix closes with the triumphant main theme of John Williams's Jurassic Park film score.

Producer: Christina Kenny

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Music Played

  • 叠箩枚谤办

    Overture

    • Selma Songs: Music From The MotionPicture Soundtrack Dancer In The Dark.
    • One Little Indian Limited.
  • Herbert Howells

    The Chosen Tune

    Performer: Matthew Schellhorn.
    • Howells: Piano Music, Vol. 2.
    • Naxos.
    • 107.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake: Danse Russe

    Orchestra: Russian State Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dmitry Yablonsky.
    • Naxos.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Erbarme dich (St Matthew Passion, BWV 244)

    Performer: Giuliano Carmignola. Singer: Angelika Kirchschlager. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Andrea Marcon.
    • J.S. Bach: Arias: Angelika Kirchschlager.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 7.
  • Caroline Shaw

    and the swallow

    Choir: Ars Nova Copenhagen. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
    • ...and....
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Florence Price

    Violin Concerto No 1 in D Major: II Andante

    Performer: Er-Gene Kahng. Performer: Jan谩膷kova filharmonie Ostrava. Performer: Ryan Cockerham.
    • Florence Price: Violin Concertos.
    • Albany Records.
  • John Williams

    Theme from Jurassic Park

    • MCA Records.

Broadcast

  • Monday 19:00

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