In Tune Mixtape

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BBC Radio 3 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced Third Programme.

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Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music.

Classical Mixtape: Poulenc, Alice Coltrane, Tallis

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Poulenc, Alice Coltrane, Tallis

BBC Radio 3 - Classical Mixtape, Poulenc, Alice Coltrane, Tallis

An eclectic mix of music, from transcendental jazz to a lush Romantic piano trio.

In Tune's specially curated playlist: an eclectic mix of music, featuring transcendental jazz from Alice Coltrane and a lush Romantic piano trio from Amy Beach.

Tonight's specially curated playlist begins at a Parisian soirée, where the 'darlings' of fashionable society preen and parade in the opening to Poulenc's ballet 'Les Biches'. The mood darkens with a turbulent movement from Amy Beach's Piano Trio in A minor, reminiscent of Rachmaninov, followed by Alice Coltrane's spiritual journey through experimental jazz and Indian traditions, both musical and mystical. Dvořák's melancholic 'dumka' (thought) brings a Slavonic flavour, as does Haydn's 'Bird' Quartet, which has a boisterous final movement derived from a Slavonic folk dance. A moment of calm comes from Tallis's exquisite Renaissance polyphony, and the mixtape ends with Alison Balsom and Guy Barker's languorous, luxurious arrangement of Satie.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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