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Expand your horizons with classical music

Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, including works by Bach, Tsfasman, Spain-Dunk, Schubert, Wiseman and Chopin.

Two arrangements start tonight's Mixtape – J.S. Bach's 'Fuge a la gigue' in G Major, arranged for orchestra, followed by Alexander Tsfasman's Jazz Suite arranged for two pianos. Plus an overture for flute and strings by Susan Spain-Dunk, an octet by Schubert and Debbie Wiseman's music for the film 'Wild'. We finish with an Impromptu by Chopin.
Producer: Kevin Satizabal Carrascal

30 minutes

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fugue à la Gigue

    Orchestrator: Gustav Holst. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Chandos.
  • Alexander Tsfasman

    Jazz Suite: Snowflakes

    Performer: Ludmila Berlinskaya. Performer: Arthur Ancelle.
    • Melodiya.
  • Susan Spain-Dunk

    The Farmer's Boy

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stephen Bell.
  • Franz Schubert

    Octet in F Major, Op. Posth. 166, D. 803: III. Allegro vivace

    Ensemble: Wigmore Soloists.
    • BIS.
  • Debbie Wiseman

    Wilde

    Orchestra: Uncredited orchestra. Conductor: Debbie Wiseman.
    • Music Collection International.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Impromptu in F sharp major, Op 36

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • London.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 2 Nov 2023 19:00
  • Thu 25 Sep 2025 19:00

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