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Half an hour of the finest classical music

Radio 3's specially-curated 30-minute music mix to usher in your evening. Tonight鈥檚 mixtape includes passion from Haydn and Gesualdo, serenity from cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and a homesick Louis Armstrong. Plus Eric Coates takes us to Covent Garden.

Produced by David Fay.

30 minutes

Music Played

  • Eric Coates

    Covent Garden (London (London every day) suite)

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic. Performer: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Charles Gounod

    Ave Maria

    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • SONY.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.49 in F minor H.1.49 'La Passione' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Ludwig. Conductor: Barbara Hannigan.
    • La Passione: Nono, Haydn & Grisey.
    • Alpha.
    • 3.
  • Louis Armstrong & His Dixieland Seven & Louis Armstrong

    Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?

    • Louis Armstrong: The Best of the Complete RCA Victor Recordings.
    • RCA Victor.
    • 13.
  • Franz Liszt

    Feux-Follets (Etudes d'execution transcendante S.139)

    Performer: Kirill Gerstein.
    • Myrios.
  • Carlo Gesualdo

    Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday (In monte Oliveti)

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Couperin: Le莽ons de T茅n猫bres 鈥 Gesualdo: Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursd.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 201.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No 10 in E minor, Op 93 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.
    • Berlin Philharmoniker.

Broadcast

  • Mon 3 Apr 2023 19:00

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