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Your go-to introduction to classical music

Music by English composers Coates, Howells and Bridge, and French composers Debussy (arranged by Ravel) and Faur茅. Plus, Brad Mehldau's arrangement of a Beatles song for jazz piano.
Producer Nick Holmes

30 minutes

Music Played

  • Eric Coates

    Television March

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Avie.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No 6 in D major, BWV 1012 (Courante)

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.
    • J. S. Bach, The Cello Suites: Yo-Yo Ma.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 12.
  • John Lennon / Paul McCartney

    Martha My Dear

    Music Arranger: Brad Mehldau. Performer: Brad Mehldau.
    • Day is Done.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 003.
  • Claude Debussy

    Tarantelle styrienne

    Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Debussy and Ravel: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Berceuse Op.16

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Florent Boffard.
    • Faure: Violin sonatas: Isabelle Faust/Florent Boffard.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 8.
  • Herbert Howells

    Jubilate Deo

    Performer: Simon Bell. Choir: Winchester Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Andrew Lumsden.
    • Howells: The Winchester Service and other late works.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Frank Bridge

    Suite for String Orchestra (Finale)

    Conductor: Norman Del Mar. Orchestra: Bournemouth Sinfonietta.
    • Bridge/Butterworth/Bantock: Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Del Mar.
    • Chandos.

Broadcast

  • Tue 31 Mar 2020 19:00

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