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Music for a royal wedding at the Medici court in Florence in 1589 begins tonight's sequence, which also takes in a Handel aria, a serene Brahms symphonic movement, and the Vitamin Quartet's version of the Dolly Parton classic 'I will always love you'.

30 minutes

Last on

Tue 4 Jul 2023 19:00

Music Played

  • Cristofano Malvezzi

    Una stravaganza dei Medici (The 1589 Florentine Intermedi), I. The Harmony of the Spheres - Sinfonia a 6

    Composer: Hugh Keyte. Conductor: Andrew Parrott.
    • La Pellegrina.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 94 in G in G major, H. 1/94 "mit dem Paukenschlag": Finale. Allegro

    Conductor: Jack Martin H盲ndler.
    • Sinfonien 93, 94 und 103.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 8.
  • Dolly Parton

    I will always love you (Bridgerton cover)

    Ensemble: Vitamin String Quartet.
    • Sony.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Lascia ch'io pianga from Rinaldo

    Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Orchestra: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev.
    • Erato.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No 1 in C minor, Op 68 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Brahms: 4 Symphonies: Berlin Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne in E minor Op.72`1

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.
    • Chopin: The Nocturnes: Maria Joao Pires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 9.

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  • Tue 4 Jul 2023 19:00

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