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An eclectic mix featuring Charles Ives’ Symphony No. 1, Howard Shore’s score for The Lord of the Rings and the finale of Gustav Holst’s Symphony in F Major, ‘The Cotswolds’.

The third movement of Charles Ives’ Symphony No. 1 begins today’s In Tune Mixtape, followed by music from Howard Shore’s score for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. The Allegretto of Sir Malcolm Arnold’s Four Scottish Dances and Philip Glass’s Etude No. 2 lead into Camille Saint-Saens’ Romance for Horn and Orchestra. Melody, the third of Edvard Grieg’s Lyric Pieces Book Four leads into ‘Blue Nun’, the fourth movement of Tan Dun’s Eight Memories in Watercolour. The mixtape draws to a conclusion with the fourth movement Finale of Gustav Holst’s Symphony in F Major, ‘The Cotswolds’.

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 5 Dec 2022 19:00

Music Played

  • Charles Ives

    Symphony No. 1 - Mvt. III. Scherzo Vivace

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Charles Ives: Complete Symphonies.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 3.
  • Howard Shore

    The Shadow of the Past

    Lyricist: Philippa Boyens. Conductor: Howard Shore. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Choir: London Voices.
    • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Original Motion Picture Sound.
    • Reprise.
    • 3.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Four Scottish Dances: Allegretto III

    Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Lockhart.
    • The Celtic Album.
    • RCA Victor.
    • 14.
  • Philip Glass

    Etude No.2

    Performer: Nicolas Horvath.
    • Glass: Glassworlds, Vol. 2.
    • Grand Piano.
    • 102.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Romance Op.36

    Performer: Radovan Vlatković. Ensemble: Ensemble orchestral de Paris. Conductor: Jean‐Jacques Kantorow.
    • EMI.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Melody (Lyric pieces - book 4)

    Performer: Shani Diluka.
    • MIRARE.
  • Tan Dun

    Eight Memories in Watercolour, Op.1: No.4 Blue Nun

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Lang Lang - Live at Carnegie Hall.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 13.
  • Gustav Holst

    Symphony in F major, Op. 8 'The Cotswolds': IV. Finale

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Naxos.

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  • Mon 5 Dec 2022 19:00

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