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Essential Classics for walking the dog
Georgia Mann with a great soundtrack for your daily dog walk – energising classical tracks to lift your spirits as you go. There’s music from George Gershwin and William Grant Still, Florence Price and Franz Schubert, and at the end a touching portrait of Edward Elgar’s little cairn terrier, Mina.
Music Played
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Sergey Prokofiev
Peter and the Wolf (excerpt)
Narrator: Sean Connery. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Doráti. -
George Gershwin
Walking the Dog (Shall we Dance)
Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Performer: Michael Tilson Thomas. -
Percy Grainger
Country Gardens
Performer: Penelope Thwaites. Performer: John Lavender. -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Concerto no.4 in E flat major K.495 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Felix Klieser. Orchestra: Camerata Salzburg. -
Josef Suk
Serenade in E flat major, Op.6 (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Metamorphosen Berlin. Conductor: Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt. -
William Grant Still
The Cake Walk Contest (Miss Sally's Party)
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Plymouth Music Series. Conductor: Philip Brunelle. -
Philip Glass
Dance 8
Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble. -
John Williams
Hedwig's Theme
Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams. -
Cécile Chaminade
Chaconne, Op 8
Performer: Peter Jacobs. -
Arnold Bax
4 Orchestral Sketches (Dance in the Sun)
Orchestra: 91ȱ Philharmonic. Conductor: Andrew Davis. -
Jean-Baptiste Barrière
Sonata No 10 in G major for 2 cellos (3rd mvt)
Performer: Guy Johnston. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. -
Franz Schubert
Symphony No.5 in B flat (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard. -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Septet in E flat major Op.20 (5th mvt)
Ensemble: Berlin Soloists. -
Florence Price
Symphony no.1 in E Minor (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Roderick Cox. -
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker Suite (Miniature Overture)
Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel. -
Edward Elgar
Mina
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.