Fist-pumping highs to tear-jerking lows - Bobby Friction from BBC Asian Network finds it all in this week's playlist as he discovers a powerful emotional virus lurking in the music of French composer Claude Debussy but says [spoiler] NO NO NOT NOT NOT NO NO to Dvorak.
Bobby's playlist in full
Bernstein: Candide Overture
Couperin: Les Baricades Misterieuses (arranged by Thomas Ades)
Debussy: Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (from Children’s Corner)
Dvorak: String Quartet in F AKA "American"
Purcell: Music for a While (from Oedipus)
Smetana: Vltava (from Ma Vlast)
Bonus tracks
Ravi Shankar's Raga Piloo
The Humma Song from OK Jaanu
Published on Sunday, 29th July 2018.
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